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Takeaways 

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

May 19, 2025 admin 3 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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Opinion 

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

April 28, 2025 admin 16 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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Opinion 

Is Anna Bright the Kevin Durant of Pro Pickleball?

April 11, 2025 admin 13 Comments Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, girlies, pickleball, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Authored by Gritty – as a caveat for this post, this is a question that the two of us fundamentally

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour North Carolina Open – 6 Takeaways – First Half Review

April 10, 2025 admin 3 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

It’s only April but the new division of the schedule between PPAs and MLPs means that the first half of

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Opinion Takeaways 

PPA Tour Texas Open – 2 Takeaways (plus a Bonus MLP Trade Takeaway!) – Wind in the Heart of Texas

March 18, 2025 admin 2 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, pro pickleball association

We are already getting to that point in the pickleball season where events are bleeding into each other. We had

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Opinion 

MLP 2025 Premier Draft Grades

March 3, 2025 admin 14 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Another year. Another draft. It was more of a reset considering the tenuous keeper situation that was created by MLP, which

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour Mesa Cup – 5 Takeaways – Is Ben Johns Washed?

February 24, 2025February 26, 2025 admin 5 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Recency bias be damned, this had to be one of the best PPA events in the history of the tour.

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Opinion 

MLP 2025 Offseason Premier Trade and Keeper Grades

February 19, 2025February 20, 2025 admin 13 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

For the first time in MLP’s history, we finally have some continuity. Kind of. With the league’s new keeper system,

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Opinion 

NML Pickleball Podcast Ep. 10 – Do the Best Teams Win at MLP?

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 admin 8 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Ep. 10 of the NML Pickleball Podcast.

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News Random Thoughts 

NML Pickleball Podcast Ep. 8 – Jillian Braverman the Paddle Crusader

October 10, 2023October 11, 2023 admin 12 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, APP, app tour, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Episode 8 of the NML Pickleball Podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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Have Your Say!

  1. Chris White on Is Too Much Yelling Bad for Pickleball?October 4, 2025

    I don’t mind at all if a player grunts or says things to motivate themselves on court. But I can’t…

  2. admin on 3 Big Questions About the PPA Tour Sacramento (Vintage) OpenOctober 1, 2025

    These are pros and they should have little to no trouble adjusting to their usual paddles. Interesting to hear that’s…

  3. John Richardson on 3 Big Questions About the PPA Tour Sacramento (Vintage) OpenSeptember 30, 2025

    And many that played probably only did so hoping to pick up points not subject to as much competition. I…

  4. admin on 3 Big Questions About the PPA Tour Sacramento (Vintage) OpenSeptember 30, 2025

    That is true. Although some may have played if there wasn’t the Asia opportunity

  5. Steve on 3 Big Questions About the PPA Tour Sacramento (Vintage) OpenSeptember 30, 2025

    AND, many of the best players did decline to down grade their game!!!

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