![]() 3.5” (outer diameter) piece of PVC (approx 4 feet in length).What you’ll need to make this DIY Pickleball Picker Upper: PVC Pipe DIY Pickleball Picker-Upper or Ball Retriever ![]() ![]() Here’s a quick video (from Pickleball Channel) with pickleball legend Steve Paranto showing this DIY piece of pickleball equipment. If you’re up for a quick DIY project you could make one of these tubes using PVC pipe for under $10 and about 10 minutes of your time (once you’ve got the materials) since this first solution is pretty much just a piece of pipe and a little bit of handy work at one end using zip ties to keep the pickleballs from falling out. Pickleball equipment manufacturer Franklin Sports also just recently launched this Pickleball Retrieval Tube in 2018 that is specifically designed for our beloved sport.īut if you’re handy and don’t want to spend money on a store-bought ball retriever, these contraptions really are very easy to make. While tennis balls and pickleballs are not exactly the same diameter and not all tubes will work, some tennis tubes like this one are made to accommodate pickleballs and other balls with different diameters like foam and practice balls. “Tennis ball tubes” or ball retrievers have been around for years. ![]() Luckily there are a few simple solutions. If you are practicing with dozens of pickleball balls or you just have a bad back, bending over repeatedly to pick up pickleballs of the court can be hard on your back. Franklin Sports Pickleball Retrieval Tube (click to see on Amazon) ![]()
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