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MLP 2025 Power Rankings 3.0

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 admin 0 Comments major league pickleball, pickleball, pro pickleball

The 2nd and final waiver wire period will take place next week on Monday, June 16th for the Premier division (Challenger

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Takeaways 

MLP Daytona 2025 – 7 Takeaways – “Sample Size”

June 11, 2025 admin 0 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

We have had a couple of very busy life weeks and didn’t come out with any takeaways after MLP Phoenix.

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Takeaways 

MLP Austin 2025 – 5 Takeaways – There’s Nothing Else Like It

May 29, 2025 admin 8 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball

Week 1 of the back-to-back-to-back MLPs wrapped up on the Memorial Day holiday and what a weekend it was. Can

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Opinion Previews 

MLP 2025 Power Rankings 2.0

May 22, 2025 admin 0 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

We are about to begin a stretch of 3 straight weeks of MLP tournaments. MLP Austin will be happening on

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour Atlanta Pickleball Championship – 5 Takeaways – Men’s Doubles is a Gauntlet

May 19, 2025 admin 2 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

The PPA is making a very concerted effort to differentiate some of these slams from their regular tournaments. Progressive draws,

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Takeaways 

MLP Columbus 2025 – 5 Takeaways – Can Anyone Catch the Flash and the Shock?

May 6, 2025May 7, 2025 admin 1 Comment Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

It has been a fascinating start to the MLP season as the first two weekends were overshadowed by incidents involving

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News Opinion 

What Ben Johns and the Eye-Gate Debacle Tells Us About the UPA’s Investment in MLP

May 4, 2025May 4, 2025 admin 20 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Drama is good for the sport of the pickleball. Storylines that go beyond the on-court action is what keeps a

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Random Thoughts 

MLP Columbus 2025 – Live-ish Random Thoughts

May 1, 2025May 4, 2025 admin 14 Comments Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp

It’s a weird feeling having an MLP event on back-to-back weeks. We did have this last year when the first

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Takeaways 

MLP Orlando 2025 – 3 Takeaways – Predictably Predictable

April 30, 2025May 1, 2025 admin 1 Comment Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

The season opening MLP event in Orlando felt like it had more going on than any MLP event we have

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Opinion 

What to Make of the Hayden Patriquin-Anna Leigh Waters Drama?

April 28, 2025 admin 15 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Is MLP back or what? We’ll have plenty to get to as the week goes along and we’ll have takeaways

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  • PPA Tour Atlanta Pickleball Championship – 5 Takeaways – Men’s Doubles is a Gauntlet

Have Your Say!

  1. MLP Daytona 2025 – 7 Takeaways – “Sample Size” – NML Pickleball on What Ben Johns and the Eye-Gate Debacle Tells Us About the UPA’s Investment in MLPJune 11, 2025

    […] were curious to see what version of Ben Johns we were going to get this weekend following the debacle that…

  2. admin on MLP Austin 2025 – 5 Takeaways – There’s Nothing Else Like ItMay 29, 2025

    It’s something like 11 to 6 or 7 (for Orlando) means 17-18 points won on serve, so just add 11…

  3. Big E in Bama on MLP Austin 2025 – 5 Takeaways – There’s Nothing Else Like ItMay 29, 2025

    Can you explain "Calculation less simple"? What calculation?

  4. admin on MLP Austin 2025 – 5 Takeaways – There’s Nothing Else Like ItMay 29, 2025

    What do you think of the more straightforward math calculation of 11-6 equals 21-whatever in rally scoring? Seems like having…

  5. admin on MLP Austin 2025 – 5 Takeaways – There’s Nothing Else Like ItMay 29, 2025

    Still need to think through the rally scoring more as we have had some back and forth with Real Clear…

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