Bad Calls - Pickleball Podcast
Bad Calls is where pickleball talk meets questionable judgment. Hosted by Graham D’Amico and Travis Rettenmaier—co-owners of Major League Pickleball’s Florida Smash and self-proclaimed experts in bad decisions—this show is a mix of unfiltered takes, trash talk, and whatever else comes to mind between games.
Travis is a top PPA pro and a former pro tennis player, which gives him just enough confidence to think he knows what he’s talking about. Graham? Well, he’s got opinions.
Recorded at Crescent Lake Park in St. Pete, Florida, these are the courts where we first learned the game, talked way too much smack, and fell in love with the sport. If you love pickleball but don’t take yourself too seriously, welcome to the party.
Bad Calls - Pickleball Podcast
Are We Ruining Singles Pickleball?
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Are we actually fixing singles pickleball… or making it worse?
This week on... Tennis Sucks? ...we dig into one of the most controversial ideas in pro pickleball right now: shrinking the singles court. Is it a smart way to slow the game down or just a band-aid for bigger equipment and rule issues?
We’re joined by pickleball stat wizard Eric Tice to break down:
- Why singles has become so serve-plus-one heavy
- Whether smaller courts help (or hurt) athleticism
- The real problem no one wants to address
- How these changes could impact the pro game long-term
Plus, we get into MLP 2026, including:
- Draft strategy and roster flexibility
- Whether Challenger should even exist anymore
- Why Sundays might finally become must-watch
- And how team pickleball keeps pulling fans in
Plenty of opinions. A few hot takes. And probably a couple bad calls.
👇 Drop your take in the comments — is singles broken, or are we overthinking it?
