MLP St. Louis: Group Standings After Day 1
Pickleball.com's Will Daughton recaps Day 1 of MLP St. Louis at Chaifetz Arena, with the host St. Louis Shock and Palm Beach Royals both opening 1-0 atop Group A and the Brooklyn Pickleball Team, Los Angeles Mad Drops, and SoCal Hard Eights all opening 1-0 in Group B as Brooklyn, SoCal, and Will Mackinnon and Armaan Bhatia make their MLP debuts. Group play continues Friday at 9:30am CT with the top four teams in each group advancing to Super Sunday's standings point matches.
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The Dink's Alex E. Weaver rounds up five new paddles built for kitchen line firefights and quick-hand counters, naming the Aireo Cyclone X, Honolulu J3CR, Luzz Glider, Selkirk Omni, and Spartus P1 as the picks. Weaver argues the pickleball meta is shifting away from pure power toward all-court paddles with enough pop for short-stroke punch volleys and flicks, with the Selkirk Omni leading the all-court feel category and the Honolulu J3CR widebody and Spartus P1 elongated both slated to ship mid-June.
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