Showing posts with label Equipment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Equipment. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

TORQ Pickleball Paddle



TORQ Sports Group is a Seattle based company made up of experts in the Pickleball and racquet sport industry. Its vision is to introduce new innovative designs and sales development techniques to this rapidly growing sport.


The TORQ Racquet comes apart with quick turn screws.

TORQ – High Tech Materials, Quiet Performance
The “Quiet” TORQ Racquet with polyurethane construction and gel tape around the insert and inside the solid edge guard. (Indiegogo Campaign $110,000)

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Picklball Picker-Upper


Gear Talk: Ball Picker-Upper with Steve Paranto


Picture of PickleBall Picker Upper

A simple but effective pickleball picker upper (Read More)

1. A kitchen trash can.
2. 4 bungee cords.
3. 1/2" PVC pipe and 4 elbows.




The Retrieve-A-Ball for Pickleball is perfect for players who are tired of bending all the way down to pick up Pickleballs! By adding the specially formulated sticky gel to the bottom of any Pickleball paddle handle, this will add almost 15 inches to your reach. By using the paddle to help extend your reach to pick up Pickleballs, now you won't have to bend all the way to the ground. Helps to reduce strain on your knees and your back!
Package includes 2 of each (enough for two paddles):
- Sticky Gel
- Blue Placement Tape (keeps gel in place)
- Cap to cover Gel while not in use


I made this Pickleball Shag Basket for my wife to retrieve pickleballs during her practice sessions. She has a Simon Pickleball Machine, which pitches the balls to her for practice. I added an oscillator to the machine, too, but haven't published it, yet. The Shag Basket is easy to build, requires few tools and few materials. This is the third version. Each revision was an attempt to make it easier to build.



I made it using a 5' piece of 3" diameter lightweight PVC pipe with two holes drilled 1/2" up and 1/2" in on one side. Then I passed a 1/4" bungee cord through the two holes, pulled it tight and tied it in a knot on the outside. The result is the bungee is offset to one side.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Evolution of the Pickleball Pic

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The Original Pickleball Pic has proven to provide the all important collection of balls at the conclusion of workouts associated with either the Simon or the Tudor pickleball machines. The ability to pick up 35 to 65 balls provides the incentive to continue drilling because of the ease of reloading. The Pic35 is popular for those who want to just practice on their own or with a partner.  The two players can use the  Big 10 Drills for Two program offered free (just ask) with the purchase of two Pic35's ($80.00)  
       The worth of the two products have been proven by the satisfaction of the 200+ customers over the passed year and a half.  The quality of service (quick), and the quality of the product, has generated a clientele that has had no problem passing on the word to other pickleball players who are serious about taking their games to new levels. I am constantly looking for ways to improve the quality of practice for pickleballers and i introduce, in the video below, a new products I'm about to offer up in the days ahead - Pic32 Zip and the Pic44 Zip. 

Monday, August 3, 2015

Got A Broken String?




Got a broken string?

For a limited time....

I'll string your racket in exchange for hitting tennis balls with you on a Port Townsend or Chimacum tennis court.

The charge is double the time required to string your racket. Example: 2 hours to string racket =  4 hours of hitting time.

I'm learning how to use the X-2 Gamma Progression II racket stringer.

You need to provide the strings.

Contact: Jack Olmsted (j_olmsted at yahoo dot com)