Skip to content

NML Pickleball

Pickleball Analysis With a Passion

  • Home
  • About NML Pickleball
  • Newsletter
  • Takeaways
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Live Blog
  • Random Thoughts
  • Previews
  • Rankings

Tyson McGuffin

Takeaways 

PPA Tour Sacramento Open and PPA Tour Malaysia Open – 5 Takeaways – The World is Getting Better

September 30, 2025September 30, 2025 admin 0 Comments APP, app tour, Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

It is easy to get caught up in the monotony of the travelling pickleball circus. Whether it is PPA or

Read more
Takeaways 

PPA Tour Bristol 2025 – 5 Takeaways – Legacy Weekend

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 admin 2 Comments Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Despite our belief that MLP provides the higher ceiling for the long-term growth of pro pickleball, it does feel like

Read more
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

Read more
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

Read more
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

Read more
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,

Read more
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.

Read more
Recaps Takeaways 

PPA Tour Las Vegas Championships and APP Tour Dallas Open – 5 Takeaways – Paddle Shenanigans Are Back

October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 admin 21 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, APP, app tour, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, ppa tour, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

5 Takeaways from the PPA Vegas Championships and APP Dallas Open.

Read more
Previews 

MLP Atlanta Premier Division Group Preview

September 18, 2023September 20, 2023 admin 19 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, pro pickleball, Riley Newman, Simone Jardim, Tyson McGuffin

Premier division group preview for MLP Atlanta.

Read more
Opinion Random Thoughts 

NML Pickleball Podcast Ep. 6 – Is the Tour War Finally Over? Ft. Lea Jansen

September 14, 2023 admin 11 Comments Anna Leigh Waters, APP, app tour, Ben Johns, major league pickleball, mlp, pickleball, ppa, pro pickleball, Pro Pickleball Assocation, Tyson McGuffin

Ep. 6 of the NML Podcast features Lea Jansen as she discusses her journey in the Tour Wars.

Read more
  • ← Previous

Subscribe to the NML Pickleball Newsletter!

Recent Posts

  • Is Pro Pickleball Heading for Burnout? Rethinking the Tour Style Model of UPA’s Current Structure
  • NML’s 2026 MLP Draft Grades (Part 2) – Bottom of the Class
  • NML’s 2026 MLP Draft Grades (Part 1) – Top of the Class
  • PPA Tour 2026 Newport Beach Open – 5 Takeaways – Greatness is Consistency
  • Does the APP Tour’s Signing Spree of Sofia Sewing, Quang Duong and Others Signal a Revival of Tour Wars?

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…

Copyright © 2026 NML Pickleball. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColorMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.