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These are today’s news:

• Does the first-serving team have an unfair advantage? Math’s finally here to prove it.

• Do you have a bad shoulder problem that doesn’t let you play Pickleball? Try replacing it!

• This CEO is using Pickleball as bait to get workers back to the office.

Is the first-serving advantage real?

We’ve all played someone who claims the first-serving advantage is unfair. Or even worse: someone so extra competitive who tries extra hard to win first-serve. Relax, Ben Johns, we were trying to have fun, and now everyone wants to play tennis, dude.

But is the first-serving advantage even real?

Well, someone did the math to prove once and for all if that was the case and the answer is not very clear. If you play with side-out scoring, then yes, it makes a difference, though only if you need 11 points to win. If you need 21 points to win or are using rally scoring, then the person who tries to win first-serve at all costs is just a 100% lunatic.

Hey, it’s not me saying it. It's science! And you can check it here.

Replace your shoulder, go back and play Pickleball!

Remember the days when your shoulder could endure the toll of playing any sport without THE PAIN? Ugh, I miss my 20s. Good thing is there's a way of taking your shoulder back to the old days, and it does not involve a DeLorean driven by a crazy scientist who totally shouldn't be hanging out with a minor.

The solution is a surgery called “shoulder arthroplasty”, which translates to “let’s get you a new metal or plastic shoulder”. It might sound a bit extreme, yet the science shows that within six months to one year after surgery, more than 90% of patients could return to pickleball at your max level.

So next time, think twice before betting against the old man who just had shoulder surgery.

Unless I’m the old man.

Pickleball is just bait for this CEO?

After seeing so many “Beer Fridays” or “Pajama Tuesdays”, is it just me or are bosses getting more experimental with their leadership choices post COVID?

I get the idea behind them, but we just don’t want to get back to our office…except if Seth Besmertnik, CEO of software company Conductor, is our boss. Why? Because he is currently building a Pickleball court with one condition: employees must attend three days to the office.

And that honestly seems like a good deal.