The Vatic Pro Flash is one of my personal favorite paddles, up there with paddles like the Ronbus R1 Pulsar, Volair Mach 1 Forza and Six Zero Double Black Diamond.I also have other paddles in our pickleball paddle reviews from Vatic Pro, including my Vatic Pro Alchemy Review, which is Vatic’s newest paddle – and

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Ben Johns is the pickleball GOAT.Johns was born in 1999 and was homeschooled as a child and recently graduated from the University of Maryland with a Materials Science and Engineering degree in 2024. Ben has six other siblings, including his brother Collin who he plays doubles with and is also a professional pickleball player, and his

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What is “the kitchen” in pickleball? Well, the kitchen is actually the non-volley zone, it is just more often referred to as “the kitchen”, and it is the the seven feet on either side of the pickleball net. The 14 feet area in the middle of the court, referred to as the kitchen, the non-volley

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With the Joola Ben Johns Hyperion paddle being one of my initial favorite paddles, it might come as a surprise that I waited so long to get my hands on the Joola Perseus Pickleball Paddle for a full review. While I was excited, I also knew I was going to be a bit underwhelmed given

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When I first started playing pickleball I didn’t even know what overgrip was, hadn’t not come from a tennis background at all.  We don’t overgrip our baseball bats or barbells (my only background is baseball and weightlifting). I saw players using different grips, especially when I was watching the pros play or as I was

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When I first started playing pickleball I relied almost entirely on my athleticism to force my opponents to hit one more ball. And it worked for a while. But as I began improving my game and playing more competitive rec games and opponents I really wanted to learn the key things to begin going from

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