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Aaaand on today’s news:

•  These are the official best spots to play pickleball in the U.S.

• PPA Tour announces massive rules change.

• Is the shallow the best place to win points?

These are the best spots to play pickleball…according to Yelp

Yelp, your phone’s favorite gossip-obsessed app just compiled a list of the top 20 places to play pickleball in America. Know it’s all right if your favorite spot doesn’t appear on the list. I don’t expect my neighborhood court to appear on the list, but I don’t plan to stop playing there either. It’s free! Or at least it will be once I pay rent.

Without further ado, here’s the top 10:

1. Bobby Riggs Tennis Club & Museum (Encinitas, California)

2. Smash Park (West Des Moines, Iowa)

3. San Diego Pickleball (San Diego, California)

4. Gilbert Regional Park (Chandler, Arizona)

5. Gates Tennis Center (Denver, Colorado)

6. ClearOne Sports Centre (Orlando, Florida)

7. Minneapolis Cider Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

8. Pickleball Island (Grand Island, New York)

9. Pear Park (Leesburg, Florida)

10. Liberty Park (Cerritos, California)

If you want to check the rest of the list, click here. And if you are Californian, don’t brag.

PPA Tour to change its rulebook

Pickleball is going through changes and some might make people happy, others not so much. For instance, these are some of the new Tour rules issued by the PPA:

- Serves over 10mph are banned.

- Serves over 100mph are Baned. Yes, that last one was a Batman joke. I promise the rest of the list includes the actual rules.

- Players can now return balls with their free hand as long as contact is made below the wrist.

- Players can add whatever piece of equipment they want to their paddles.

If you’re one of those who love killer serves, you’re screwed ‘cause the PPA basically said “bro, this ain’t tennis”. As for the second rule, yes, you can sucker-punch a whiffle ball now. And about the third one…guys, whatever you add, just keep it decent.

Target the shallow, win more points

Ugh I hate playing against taller athletes. They make it seem like the court is so tiny as they keep winning points from a distance and they constantly remind everyone that they were my height at 13. Man, 5 '6'’ is tall enough in most countries!

Or maybe I should play with tall people who are actually decent human beings.

For the moment, though, I take pleasure in knowing that The Dink released a guide on how to win points against tall players by targeting Lady Gaga’s and Bradley Cooper's favorite area: the shallow. A simple, soft dink will force them to move quickly to the kitchen, weakening their defense and lowering their stamina. Want to know more? Check out the guide4 here.

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