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Rodney "Rocket" Grubbs Pickleball Pro

Rodney “Rocket” Grubbs is a USAPA Legacy rated 5.0 player and has been playing pickleball for over 10 years, and has medaled in many sanctioned tournaments including Gold medals in the 2017 Spanish Open, the 2018 Italian Open, The Duel in the Desert in Casa Grande, The Happy Trails Classic, The Pebble Creek Classic and numerous USAPA Regional tournaments.

Rocket is the USAPA Ambassador for Southeast Indiana, but travels the country promoting the Growth of pickleball through his family’s company and world famous apparel brand, Pickleball Rocks (www.PickleballRocks.com).

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The Revolutionary Hand-Eye Pickleball Trainer: A Game Changer &Raquo; Screen Shot 2023 12 26 At 10.33.09 Pm
The Revolutionary Hand-Eye Pickleball Trainer: A Game Changer

Every great pickleball coach will tell you this same simple, but critical tip.  If you want to improve your ability to control a pickleball, the first key is not in practicing your forehand or backha…

Every great pickleba…

Every great pickleball coach will tell you this same simple, but critical tip.  If you want to improve your ability to control a pickleball, the first key is not in practicing your forehand or backhand or serve. It’s not in practicing your drop, dink or lob.   No, the very first key to work on is your hand-eye coordination.  No amount of shots from a ball machine or training partner will help you improve your control if you do not first improve your hand-eye coordination.  You only have to play this crazy game for a short period of time before you realize that there is a direct correlat…

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Recreational Paddles At Great Prices: Just In Time For Christmas &Raquo; Recreational Paddles
Recreational Paddles at Great Prices: Just In Time For Christmas

The Perfect Pickleball Christmas Gift Can there be a mor…

The Perfect Pickleba…

The Perfect Pickleball Christmas Gift Can there be a more perfect Christmas gift for that special player in your life?  Hint: It may be you. Currently we have a great selection of cool, high quality recreational paddles available for quick shipment.All paddles priced from $39 – $79 and are fully compliant with USA Pickleball rules and regulations. So if you want to give someone the gift of pickleball or simply put a great second paddle in your own…

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What Does A Quiet Paddle Look Like? &Raquo; The Dude Pickleball Paddle On Transparent
What Does A Quiet Paddle Look Like?

A quiet paddle?  Is there such a thing?  Well, yes there is.  But what is QUIET?Nowadays, quiet is the buzz word in town and city council meetings everywhere.  Everyone wants to have their peace a…

A quiet paddle?  Is…

A quiet paddle?  Is there such a thing?  Well, yes there is.  But what is QUIET?Nowadays, quiet is the buzz word in town and city council meetings everywhere.  Everyone wants to have their peace and quiet, and pickleball has become a source of consternation in many places. So paddle companies are swiftly moving to try to solve the noisy problem by making a paddle that is quiet. The challenge is that the word quiet means different things to different people.  What is quiet to one may still be too noisy to others. But at its core, the solution is to either make a quieter paddle or a quieter…

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Avatar Of Rodney &Quot;Rocket&Quot; Grubbs Rodney "Rocket" Grubbs November 23, 2023
Pink Widow: The Paddle Designed By The Ladies Of The Courts &Raquo; Pink Widow Elements Of A Great Paddle
Pink Widow: The Paddle Designed By The Ladies of the Courts

Six months ago, our team at Pickleball Rocks reached out to our huge Facebook fan base and asked a simple question: “With all the macho named paddles out there, what would be a great paddle name tha…

Six months ago, our …

Six months ago, our team at Pickleball Rocks reached out to our huge Facebook fan base and asked a simple question: “With all the macho named paddles out there, what would be a great paddle name that ladies would like?  Go ladies!”And OH MY the responses! There were names like Honey Badger and Godiva.  There was Queen B and there was Bella.And yep there were names of both female and male body parts that we just won’t mention here.  🙂But the point is, we were inundated with names to choose from and ultimately the name that won out was “The Pink Widow”. Thank you Michell Cook for…

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Breaking News: Lime Green Pickleball Shirts No Longer Banned &Raquo; Rocket In Lime Rotated 2
Breaking News: Lime Green Pickleball Shirts No Longer Banned

January 1st, 2023: The new USA Pickleball Rules officially went into effect.  SPOILER ALERT:  You can wear Lim…

January 1st, 2023: T…

January 1st, 2023: The new USA Pickleball Rules officially went into effect.  SPOILER ALERT:  You can wear Lime Green shirts or apparel while playing pickleball. No Rule Against It. Every year it is a big deal.  The new rules go into effect and immediately everybody starts talking about them. Some rules get no discussion, while some rule’s conversations go viral with players dissecting every sentence and word to make …

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Avatar Of Rodney &Quot;Rocket&Quot; Grubbs Rodney "Rocket" Grubbs April 13, 2023
8.9 Million Pickleball Players Now Playing: Can You Say Tsunami?

Wow! I thought our sport was exploding before.  Now the word explosion almost under describes the growth.  How about tsunami?  This just in from USA Pickleball.  The 2023 Sports & Fitness Industry…

Wow! I thought our s…

Wow! I thought our sport was exploding before.  Now the word explosion almost under describes the growth.  How about tsunami?  This just in from USA Pickleball.  The 2023 Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s (SFIA) Topline Participation Report was released today, announcing that pickleball continued to be America’s fastest-growing sport for the third year in a row. According to the report, pickleball participation almost doubled in 2022, increasing by 85.7 percent year-over-year and by an astonishing 158.6 percent over three years. “After anticipating the 2023 SFIA report and its …

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Avatar Of Rodney &Quot;Rocket&Quot; Grubbs Rodney "Rocket" Grubbs February 22, 2023
2022 Pickleball Rocks Player Of The Year Announced &Raquo; Anna Leigh 2 2
2022 Pickleball Rocks Player of the Year Announced

During the year, people throughout Pickleball Nation email us or use our NominateAPlayer.com website to tell us about their favorite players. They tell us about players who have dominated in tournamen…

During the year, peo…

During the year, people throughout Pickleball Nation email us or use our NominateAPlayer.com website to tell us about their favorite players. They tell us about players who have dominated in tournament play, but many times they also tell us about players who have had tremendous impacts on their communities or towns or even the game of pickleball overall.  (We really like those.)Throughout the year we may recognize a player, club or community of the month, or we may give a simple Facebook shout out. They are all deserving.  But once a year, we pull together all the nominations and feedback,…

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Pickleball Rocks Opens First Retail Brick And Mortar Store In Brookville &Raquo; Ribbon Cutting 11 11 2022 2
Pickleball Rocks Opens First Retail Brick and Mortar Store In Brookville

If you haven’t heard of the sport of pickleball, you soon will.  Simply turn on the TV and on any given weekend you’ll see players competing in tournaments and leagues across the country and arou…

If you haven’t hea…

If you haven’t heard of the sport of pickleball, you soon will.  Simply turn on the TV and on any given weekend you’ll see players competing in tournaments and leagues across the country and around the world.  Yes, over 70 countries now have people playing the fun sport of pickleball. Television shows like Good Morning America and The Today Show have recently showcased pickleball, and the news is abuzz about the fact that people like Tom Brady, Lebron James and Mark Cuban now own Major League Pickleball teams. We personally have been playing pickleball in the tiny town of Brookville, Ind…

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Why The Spin Serve Is Here To Stay

The spin serve is here to stay. What???? Seems like everyone is buzzing about the possibility of USA Pickleball banning the spin serve starting in 2023. And people are worrying about how we are going …

The spin serve is he…

The spin serve is here to stay. What???? Seems like everyone is buzzing about the possibility of USA Pickleball banning the spin serve starting in 2023. And people are worrying about how we are going to be able to call it against our opponent if a referee is not there to do it for us.  We’ve read the proposed rule change and one critical thing popped out.  It states that a ball will naturally have some spin on it when it leaves your hand during the serve. That is very true.  It is really tough to toss a pickleball and have it exhibit zero spin.  What that statement told me was that U…

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Avatar Of Rodney &Quot;Rocket&Quot; Grubbs Rodney "Rocket" Grubbs October 18, 2022
Pickleball Rocks Welcomes New Team/Club Sales And Event Sales Director &Raquo; Boys And Paddles For P4K Project 2
Pickleball Rocks Welcomes New Team/Club Sales and Event Sales Director

Today we are welcoming long-time sales professional, Kevin Lindley to the Pickleball Rocks team.Kevin joins the team as our new National Team Sales and Event Sales Director.Besides selling our famous …

Today we are welcomi…

Today we are welcoming long-time sales professional, Kevin Lindley to the Pickleball Rocks team.Kevin joins the team as our new National Team Sales and Event Sales Director.Besides selling our famous Pickleball Rocks clothing all across the country, helping the sport grow has been our passion and mission for over 13 years. We’ve worked with communities, small and large, and we have worked with players of every age and ability level. We are excited to announce that we have added a new business division to ou…

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