CONTENTS
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017
Volume 2 Issue 5
34
From the USAPA
6 Congratulations to the
2017 Newly‑Certified Referees!
7 From USAPA president
Dave Jordan
Features
26
BUILDING YOUR
DREAM COURT—A
PICKLEBALL COURT
IN YOUR OWN
BACKYARD
8 AAU & USAPA
9 USAPA Announces
Major Region
Restructure for 2018
10 Recently approved paddles
11 USAPA to Introduce
Sanctioned League Play in 2018
12 USAPA Grant Program
Social Media Key To
Future Usapa Growth
40
13 USAPA Great Plains
Ambassador Clinics
Mid South News
14 USAPA Unveils
University Curriculum
At Club Med in January 2018
34
PADDLES ACROSS
THE RIVER—
PICKLEBALL IN THE
HEARTLAND
38
WHAT’S YOUR
LEVEL?
departments
4 From the Publisher
15 Pickleball Equipment
and Accessories
17 The Rules Guru
21 Around the Post
24
44 Player Profile: Mike Prpich
54 Biz Buzz: Spotlight on Prolite
59 Cup of Joe
40
THE 3RD ANNUAL
COEUR D’ALENE
CLASSIC PICKLEBALL
TOURNAMENT
60 Health & Fitness: A
Balancing Act
47
66 Passionate Pickleballers
FINDING PICKLEBALL
IN PARADISE
Instruction
18 Pickleball 411: Hitting
Down The Middle
24 Running Down a Lob Safely
30 How Much of the Court
Should You Take?
48
M A G
A Z I N
E
Building ur
dream co yo
urt
THEPICKLEBALLM
AG.COM
BOBBY RIGGS TENNIS
CLUB
CONSTRU
CT YOUR OWN
BEAUTIFUL
PICKLEBA BACKYARD
LL COURT
64 Tournament Schedule
The 3rd Annua
l
Coeur d’A e
Classic Pic len
kleball
Tourname
nt
ON THE COVER
+PLUS
Running Do
wn a Lob
Hitting Do
wn the Mi
ddle
Recognized
by the
USAPA as
the “Officia
l
Magazine”
of Pickleba
ll
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RESORT BEACH
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Volume 2
Issue 5
September/Octob
er 2017
SEE PAGE
5 FOR DETAI
Publisher Wayne Dollard chronicles how
he built his own backyard pickleball court.
See story on page 26.
Photo by Wayne Dollard.
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