Articles and Videos

Promoting Pickleball

• Pickleball Wizard promotion starring many of our BCPA members!, 20 Jul 2020
• Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest play pickle ball with Ben & Collin Johns, 8 Oct 2021
• Today Show cast play a mini-tournament, 4 Nov 2021
• "How Pickleball Won Over Everyone" - article in Vanity Fair, Nov 2021
• Pickleball's popularity on the rise across the country" - GMA 3, 29 Jun 2022
• "What's All the Racket About Pickleball?" - article in Parade, 22 Jul 2022
• "Pickleball is for everyone’: Inside America’s fastest growing sport" - National Geographic cover story, 17 Oct 2022
• "5 Reasons Behind the Meteoric Rise of Pickleball" - Success, 1 Nov 2022

YouTube videos ... PB lessons

• For quick tips on position and shots to improve your game, check out Pickelball 411:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n0wVXVO8o4  Third Shot Drop, for example
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQa0N5TtSW0   For those who are hesitant to move up to the net (play at the Kitchen Line)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plXkpzRVaq4   Basic Dink shot
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft9R_sBgf3c   Pickleball slice
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAUYwOu9iJ0   Third Shot Drop
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYfCah5kl0g ... Hitting down the middle on serve return ... HMMMMM?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppZKK_zqs_Y Jeff Shank - Villages FL ... Covers ALL ... This guy is great!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plXkpzRVaq4 Basic Dink (audio background ... ugh)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlcfSiCGshg Some good strategy tips for a variety of situations
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8XpasxBrrI  This video is good on why to dink. He is talking about us.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvO9jR6N9JI Pickleball Rules-The Definitive Guide to CALLING OUT BALLS
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WukkhLZLLqU Respect the X to protect the middle, an advanced pickleball strategy that applies all the time.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItFZ5JWm_hw Respect the "X" - UPDATED - The Pickleball Strategy You Need!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLBgoxT5cIY&t=453s Pickleball 3rd Shot Drop: How To Hit It Perfectly!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-ty-cyg6sI How To Dink In Pickleball, The RIGHT Way | The Definitive Beginner's Guide to Dinking
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hgiExFGnOA Pickleball Etiquette For Beginners
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ufV_6mdDM&t=112s Don’t Be A JERK On Court!** PLEAE STOP DOING THESE 9 THINGS ON A PICKLEBALL COURT!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkrJ7xQ4JtU High-level recap on 2024 rules and errors commonly made.

Training videos from In2Pickle thanks to member Robert Lynch

• Everyone Wants To Spin The Pickleball | Are Spins Right for Pickleball Game?
• Scooping Your Pickleball Dinks? | Fix This Common Pickleball Error
• MASTER the pickleball dink & THIRD SHOT | Throw/Toss them
• No 2 Error in Pickleball - How This Error can have a Negative Impact on Every Point you Play
• Shaping the Shot – Deep Thoughts
• Third Shot Drop - Long Dink | Optimal Technique
• Reduce Pickleball Mistakes by Focusing on your Shot Follow-Through
• How to Understand Pickleball Ball Spins so that You can take Action Before the Bounce of the Ball

Pickleball Paddle Selection - YouTube Links:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFp9D8qXD5c (Selkirk Paddles - audio not too good)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3jnci0tvQ4 (Paddles - Total Pickleball)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrJ3OHqHfoQ (Paddles - Russel Ward)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HMSB1eQtl8 (Paddles - BetterPickleball.com CJ Johnson)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siaxE_4mBuU (Paddles Total Pickleball)

Other Pickleball Resources

• Download  Paddle Speed Test
• Green Acres Senior Center -703-273-6090 - offers beginner PB lessons - call for next class