Pickleballers Next Door

Send us Fan Mail What will pickleball look like by 2030? In this episode of Pickleballers Next Door, Mike takes a look into the future of the fastest-growing sport in America and talks about where pickleball could be headed over the next few years. Will pickleball continue exploding in popularity? Will professional pickleball become even bigger? Could paddles, technology, court design, rules, tournaments, and player styles completely change the game? And as more money, sponsors, celebrities, ...

Send us Fan Mail Pickleball started as a fun, social game — easy to learn, welcoming to beginners, and built around community. But as the sport has exploded in popularity, has something changed? In Episode 87 of Pickleballers Next Door, Mike ask the question: Are we ruining pickleball? We look back at how pickleball started and how the game has evolved from a backyard pastime into one of the fastest-growing competitive sports in the country. With more tournaments, ratings, leagues, money, spo...

Send us Fan Mail What are pickleball players really thinking on the court but would never actually say out loud? In Episode 86 of Pickleballers Next Door, Mike takes over the mic for Court Confessions — a funny, relatable look at the thoughts, frustrations, habits, excuses, and unspoken truths every pickleball player has probably experienced at some point. From questionable line calls and partner frustrations to blaming the wind, the paddle, the ball, or just about anything else for a bad sho...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 84 of Pickleballers Next Door, Mike Paze takes over the microphone and goes solo while Christana is busy juggling everything off the court. This time, Mike dives into the gossip on the pickleball court — the conversations, drama, personalities, rumors, opinions, and funny situations that seem to happen anywhere pickleball players gather. If you play pickleball regularly, you already know the court is about more than just dinks, drives, drops, and winning games. The...

Send us Fan Mail Pickleballers Next Door is back — and if you’ve ever heard a pickleball term on the court and wondered, “What in the world does that mean?” this episode is for you. Pickleball has developed a language all its own. From the kitchen, dinks, drops, drives, resets, stacking, poaching, and hands battles to some of the more colorful pickleball slang like shake and bake, body bag, chicken wing, banger, Erne, ATP, Bert, and the helicopter, there is a lot more to learn than simply ke...