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February 2025: The Dink - Pickleball Magazine - Florida Suncoast: Ray Collins -Superlative Pickleball
Rich Neher
January 31, 2025
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And lastly…
Uncharacteristic snow storms last week had pickleballers shoveling courts all through the south. While the shovel is out, show some love in the snow like this pickleball fan.
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Ray Collins: I Reluctantly Began Pickleball—And Am Glad I Did!
Tennis is part of my DNA. I grew up playing tennis year-round in Buffalo. (Yes, we paid to play indoors half the year.) Played college tennis, country club pro in the summer and have been an announcer for dozens of pro and amateur tennis events up and down the East Coast.
So you’ll understand why I initially dismissed pickleball as a fad–but it clearly struck a chord during Covid when people wanted to be outside, at a safe distance.
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