From the USAPA Ratings Committee:
"The USAPA Ratings Committee is pleased to announce the release of the USAPA Tournament Player Ratings (UTPR) - Review Phase 2! Click here to view your Phase 2 UTPR. This release is another step in our journey towards providing player ratings that are as accurate as possible. These updated ratings are a result of the feedback that has been received by the many members that have taken the time to review their tournament history.
With this release, we are once again asking for your help! We are asking all tournament players to:

• Review your rating and tournament history
  • Report history issues to matchreview@pickleballtournaments.com
  • Report ratings that are believed to be more than a full point off (this may be a result of an inaccurate initial rating)
• Confirm your USAPA number is properly entered in your PickleballTournaments.com profile

We continue to strive towards a final UTPR release on September 12, 2018. It is important to understand that the ELO rating system works (as has been proven in other sports) and that working with three years of history in a software program that was not designed specifically to feed a rating system has proven to be a monumental undertaking. Working back three years and coming up with a starting rating for the calculations is a programming challenge for the team at PickleballTournaments.com."

View the August USAPA member newsletter here.

Here's a link to the latest newsletter from Pickleball Canada.

The 2018 USAPA Nationals will be held between November 3rd & 11th at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, near Palm Springs, California. The tournament will host in excess of 2000 players plus spectators and will be the biggest sanctioned pickleball tournament in history.
Qualified pre-registration started on July 15th - staggered registration for all others opens on August 1st.:
Open and 5.0……………… 11:00 AM PST,
4.5 (all ages, all skills)……. 1:00 PM PST,
4.0 (all ages, all skills)….… 3:00 PM PST,
3.5 (all ages, all skills)……. 5:00 PM PST,
3.0 (all ages, all skills)….… 7:00 PM PST.
To qualify you must play in a USAPA Regional tournament between July 15, 2017 and October 31, 2018 or play in any USAPA sanctioned tournament between November 15, 2017 and October 31, 2018.
This from Anne Reynolds, Tournament Co-Director: "Canadian sanctioned tournaments do not qualify..... If an interested participant does not live in the US for more than 3 months a year and is not able to participate in a sanctioned event, he/she may request a hardship exemption from the Tournament Director."
Open event entrants must have a minimum of a 5.0 USAPA (legacy) rating by July 31, 2018. Events may open up to 4.5 USAPA (legacy) rated players, depending on participation levels in each event.

Glen Peterson is an accomplished pro pickler who’s won many medals in major tournaments such as the US Open and USAPA Nationals. If you’d like to hear from one of the best players in the game and learn a few easily applicable tricks, take a look at the video below. Enjoy!

The Board of Pickleball Canada is pleased to announce Kingston as the successful proponent for the 2019 and 2020 National Championships. The dates of the tournaments will be June 27-30, 2019 and June 25-28, 2020.

Pickleball can play a big role in maintaining good health, even helping you live longer! Watch this video about Loma Linda, California where the sport has been growing exponentially. Listen to multiple academics and professionals from Loma Linda University and the Drayson Center who reveal the uniqueness that is found there. Longer life is possible and pickleball blends perfectly into that ideal.

In a letter penned on Father's Day and released yesterday, Chuck Lafaive of BC Pickleball said that after 13 years he is retiring. Read his letter here.