Pickleball Pros Compete for $$$ (5.5+ DUPR)

High level pickleball, prize money on the line, and a crowd. What more could you want in a pro team pickleball event? This matchup is the men's doubles match during the Ace High Showdown, presented by CRUSH Pickleball. There were 125+ people in the crowd and the nerves were high!

DUPRs on the court:
Ben McClarren (6.21) and Nate Matthews (5.75) vs Kevin Dong (5.59) and Phil Gruber (4.86 - but plays like a 5.5+)

Pickleball Strategy Breakdowns:

My paddle (KD15 for 15% off):

Best over grips in the game (KD15 for 15% off):

Other social media:

[kageyami]

Can i just say that this video is better than any video the ppa channel has put out. Quality 10/10 Sound 10/10 Angle 10/10 Keep up the great work and F the PPA for releasing BS content.

[Top_Daily_Clips]

great match to watch and an amazing put together video 10/10. Keep up the good work!

[TracyJordan]

Blonde guy near us... serves were so high! Seemed above his waist. But he also had the slowest serve so it wasn't even an advantage lol. This was a great game. Can't believe this is only 5.5.

[jonathangee]

From the get go this game was absolute🔥

[davehansen]

That dude's 2 handed backhand is wicked! Great playing

[HeathAiken]

Great match, thanks for sharing. Though the star of the show was the guy in the red hoodie who literally ate from the 9ish minute mark and was still really chowing down when the match ended.

[sazerye]

Nice W for team crush! Let's see the womens and mixed matches!

[davidbasinski]

Wow! Initially, the near team could not adjust to your undercut returns. Well played on both sides.

[Calvin_Chen]

hey kevin, which paddle were you using specifically?

[Istibadits]

The bigger guy (guy without the hat) in the losing team commited lots of errors.

[BigRed_KC]

Opponents serve with the Joola definitely looked illegal. Tossed the ball up often and hit above waist… nice win though! High level play for sure.

[junglegap]

5:10 his foot was on line when he slammed the ball

[anger]

This so is so High level. I am surprised there aren't any comments how this is 3.5 at best California lol

[kenbarrett]

Why do you keep switching the score position?

[ferranoliver]

there's no double bounce in the 8:02, what a joke hahahaa

[MM-escl]

Why does it seem like in any sport if the call is close, the refs always get it wrong? The ref calling a double bounce at 8:02 is wild - An awesome get completely erased...it's almost like they need to justify their job so they have to somehow insert themselves into the game. As an athlete that has to be so frustrating.

[dhui]

Asians are going to dominate this game once it gets popular in Asia.

[Ryanh.hailey]

8:00 That was not a double bounce. If you slow it down you can clearly see it only bounced once.

[OMYFYB]

this does not look like a 5.5 match, way too many pop ups

[Mollysbored]

Great video, but it doesn’t seem like 5.5 to me.. still fun to watch, but I’ve seen way better players in other YouTube Pickleball games. They’re still way better than me ha ha