World Pickleball Magazine
World Pickleball Magazine Issue #17: June 2026
World Pickleball Magazine Independent. Global. Curious. The June 2026 issue examines the people, ideas and tensions shaping modern pickleball. A sport still growing, still arguing, and still deciding what it wants to become. Who Owns Pickleball? The Seams of Power…
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✍️ Opinion & Analysis
View All →"When National Teams Stop Behaving Like National Teams: Canada’s Pickleball Divide Heads Overseas"
Canada’s pickleball players are heading towards international competition through different routes, exposing a bigger question about national teams,…
"Five Players Who Could Shape WPC England 2026"
Joshua Bright, Rachel McCrae, Michal Cicvak, Michal Cicvak Jr and Millie Smythe are among the players who could…
"APP Is Not Just Expanding Into Europe. It Is Trying to Organise It."
The APP’s partnership with the European Pickleball Federation is about more than one tournament in Türkiye. It may…
"JOOLA’s Latest Settlement Suggests Pickleball Has Entered Its Patent Era"
JOOLA’s settlement with Proton suggests pickleball paddle innovation may be moving into a new era shaped by patents…
🎙️ World Pickleball Podcast
Pickleball Has DUPR. But Has It Found Its xG Yet?
A conversation with PEWPEW Analytics founder Scott Ross raises a bigger question for pickleball: does the sport actually know what it should be measuring?
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