Cindy Ogden
First Paddle for Students - Coming Soon!
First Paddle: a program that combines pickleball instruction with character development lessons to benefit students launches this fall.
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Davion Bellinger
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Pickleball Serve Rituals: Are Pre-Serve Ball Taps a No-No?
Many sport players have rituals, certain movements or habits that they feel increase their success and pickleball players are no different.
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Cindy Ogden
- 4 days ago
- 3 min
Drill, Baby, Drill!
About 90% or more of my drilling with one other person is doing three drills. These three drills isolate all the important things in pickle
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Davion Bellinger
- Jul 22
- 2 min
Net Serve Shenanigans: Can Your Partner Save the Day?
So, if I can reach the serve from my side, can I swoop in return the serve if it's closer to me as I'm standing near the kitchen?
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Beth Eberhard
- Jul 20
- 3 min
And Twice on Tuesday-How to Schedule Your Pickleball Life
There are three things to consider when scheduling your pickleball life: where to play, who to play with, and how to organize the play.
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Davion Bellinger
- Jul 15
- 3 min
Kitchen Capers
Can I stand in the kitchen and hit the ball? Well, yes you can, but is it legal? Dive into "Kitchen Capers" and see what the ref has to say.
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Beth Eberhard
- Jul 13
- 3 min
Places to Play--Where in the World?
If you are as addicted to pickleball as I am, you'll want to find a game no matter where life takes you.
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Cindy Ogden
- May 30
- 2 min
Teenagers Shine at Aiken’s First Annual Battle of the Paddles Pickleball Tournament
Twenty-four enthusiastic teenagers took the court on Saturday, May 25, for the first annual Battle of the Paddles pickleball tournament.
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Ben Lacy
- May 6
- 2 min
Line Calls...Is it Live or Memorex?!?
QUESTION: My partner and I were playing last week and we were confronted with a situation that neither of us had seen. I am a pretty...
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Cindy Ogden
- Apr 8
- 2 min
Southern Spring Classic
Put your pickleball skills to the test in the Southern Pickleball Academy's Southern Spring Classic on April 27, 2024.
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Ben Lacy
- Apr 1
- 2 min
But I LIKE my shirt....
Nobody likes my jokes...and I nearly got kicked out of a tournament over it.
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Beth Eberhard
- Mar 24
- 2 min
The Power of the Paddle
Recognizing the power of pickleball to help our youth, the Academy began a campaign to get paddles into their hands instead of phones.
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Ben Lacy
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Was that the RIGHT SCORE????
What do I do if I think the wrong score was called?
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Ben Lacy
- Mar 11
- 2 min
I Can Stand Where I Want?!?
Do I HAVE to move up to the kitchen? Everyone tells me to "Move up!" But do I really have to?
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Ben Lacy
- Mar 4
- 1 min
Someone's in the kitchen with...
Can I step into the NVZ now...or later? This answers a very common misconception.
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Ben Lacy
- Feb 26
- 2 min
ALL LINES ARE IN....sort of...
When and who is supposed to make line calls? It can be a little confounding but Coach Ben clears the air.
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