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Opinion 

Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current Structure

April 13, 2026 admin 4 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Should changes be made to pro pickleball’s current schedule?

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour 2026 Newport Beach Open – 5 Takeaways – Greatness is Consistency

March 8, 2026 admin 2 Comments pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

5 Takeaways from PPA Newport Beach.

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News Opinion 

Does the APP Tour’s Signing Spree of Sofia Sewing, Quang Duong and Others Signal a Revival of Tour Wars?

March 3, 2026 admin 2 Comments APP, app tour, mlp, ppa, ppa tour, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tour Wars, UPA

We breakdown what the sudden wave of APP Tour signing means for the landscape of pro pickleball.

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Live Blog 

NML’s 2026 MLP Draft Live Blog

February 27, 2026February 27, 2026 admin 1 Comment major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Live blog of the 2026 MLP Draft

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Previews 

MLP 2026 Pre-Draft: The 20-Team Mega Breakdown (Part 1)

February 17, 2026 admin 3 Comments major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

Part 1 of our MLP 20-team Mega Breakdown

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Takeaways 

PPA Tour Indoor National Championships – 5 Takeaways – “Medical” Timeout Chicanery

January 27, 2026 admin 4 Comments ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

5 Takeaways from Minnesota’s National Indoor Championship.

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Fantasy Previews 

PPA Tour Indoor Championships – Fantasy Sit/Start Preview

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 admin 0 Comments pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

We’re apparently still going to Minnesota in the dead of winter for the PPA International Indoor Championships, which means we

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Recaps Takeaways 

PPA Tour Masters – 6 Takeaways – New Year, Same Sunday Results…Kind Of

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 admin 4 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

6 Takeaways from the PPA’s first event of 2026.

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Fantasy 

NML’s Inaugural Season-Long Fantasy Pickleball

January 14, 2026 admin 2 Comments ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation

The Inaugural NML Season-Long Fantasy Pickleball season begins.

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Rankings 

UPA Player Power Rankings Women – January 2026

January 12, 2026January 12, 2026 admin 8 Comments pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, United Pickleball Association, UPA

Our first top 30 UPA women’s power rankings for 2026!

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Have Your Say!

  1. admin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    We are about to both play the amatuer events in Sacramento and have never both done one together so we’re…

  2. admin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    The lack of difference between events seems like a big contributor to this

  3. Dan Beeman on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    I just got done playing 2 hours of really fun pickleball with friends on our local courts. While I am…

  4. Deb Waldin on Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current StructureApril 13, 2026

    I stopped watching PB tournaments a year ago because…watching Anna Leigh win every single time got very old. Good for…

  5. Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current Structure – NML Pickleball on Winners and Losers of 2025 in Pro PickleballApril 13, 2026

    […] our 2025 Winners and Losers column, we wrote that the new schedule for pro pickleball, with the MLP season…

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