Noobs Guide to Pickleball Grip Size

Hold your dominant hand out, palm up and fingers together. Line a ruler's zero mark with the bottom crease of your palm. Measure up to the tip of your ring finger.

• Under 4 inches: choose a 4 inch grip.
• 4 to 4.25 inches: choose 4.125 or 4.25.
• Over 4.25 inches: choose 4.375 or 4.5.

Yes. Hold it in a relaxed grip. You should be able to slide the index finger of your other hand into the gap between your ring finger and your palm. If it is a squeeze, the grip is too small. If there is lots of room, it may be too big.

It does. A grip that is too big costs you wrist movement. One that is too small makes your hand tense up. If your arm already hurts, read our tennis elbow picks.

Go smaller. An overgrip (a thin wrap over the handle) adds about 1/16 of an inch, so you can fine tune. Our overgrip guide covers how.

Somewhat. A rough guide: under 5 foot 2 suggests a 4 inch grip, 5 foot 3 to 5 foot 8 suggests 4.125 to 4.25, and taller suggests 4.5. It is the least accurate method, so use the ruler test if you can.