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 🔹 A scramble turns tense over one very serious pickleball rule.
 🔹 Open play vibes collapse the moment someone says “ball thing.”
 🔹 Victorian insults might be the next weapon on pickleball courts.

Plus, Roger Belair from Pickleball in Prision & PICL joins us to talk about bringing pickleball inside maximum-security prisons. The game is creating unlikely friendships, lowering disciplinary issues, and proving that a paddle and plastic ball can change prison culture.

🎧 Listen now before someone labels the ball and ruins open play.
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Photo credit: Pulitzer Prize winning Kim Komenich Copyright PIckleball in Prison, LLC 

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 🔹 Total knee replacement, hospital diapers, zero chill
 🔹 Turning 40 and dropping the people-pleaser act
 🔹 A bronze medal comeback fueled by one smile

Plus, Tony Roig from Better Pickleball joins us to unpack why perspective wins more matches than pretty mechanics. From pressure-proofing your mind to rethinking improvement, this conversation changes how you approach the court.

🎧 Listen now before you blame your partner again.
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Pickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the Court

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Pickleball Joy is a community movement by Pickleball Nikki celebrating connection through pickleball

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We’re coming in hot with:

 🔹 Unhinged store loyalty debates (CVS carpet? Absolutely not.)
 🔹 The things people say immediately after buying a new pickleball paddle
 🔹 Why bringing a grocery bag to the court is a cry for help

Plus, Greg Mather from the Arizona Pickleball Players League joins us to talk about building team-based pickleball from six dudes in 2012 to nearly 6,000 players and a full-blown national movement. Captains. Rosters. State championships. Volunteer armies. This isn’t rec play—this is pickleball with standings and bragging rights.

🎧 Listen now before you blame your duper rating on your old paddle again.

The Pretty Pickleball Company
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BlooBallz
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Dink and Dash App
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Pickleball Journal
Pickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the Court

Pickleball Joy Pledge
Pickleball Joy is a community movement by Pickleball Nikki celebrating connection through pickleball

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We’re coming in hot with:
 🔹 Private pickleball lessons that exposed our split step lies and middle-court commitment issues
 🔹 A Florida country club kitchen dispute that escalated from trash talk to actual arrests
 🔹  Pick 6 confessions about what pickleball players secretly love 

Plus, Jonathan and Ian from Amigos Pickleball join us to talk building a Dallas-based pickleball brand from 200 to 900 followers in two months, trash talking in four languages, Navy discipline (selectively applied), and why a little toxic energy might be exactly what open play needs.

Dink and Dash App
Capture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.

Pickleball Journal
Pickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the Court

Pickleball Joy Pledge
Pickleball Joy is a community movement by Pickleball Nikki celebrating connection through pickleball

The Pretty Pickleball Company
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BlooBallz
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 We’re coming in hot with:
 🔹 A grocery receipt ruined Valentine's Day
 🔹 Pickleball quotes we can’t unhear
 🔹 Plus, Danielle from Paddle Battles joins us to talk about building a following with funny reels, Rhode Island pickleball pride, and becoming a literal cartoon in a children’s book

🎧 Listen now before your Valentine hands you a BOGO bouquet and calls it a day.
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Dink and Dash App
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 We’re coming in hot with:
 🔹 A deep dive into mixed doubles and why your Corvette shouldn't try to tow a trailer
 🔹 Paddle taps, pocketed wedding rings, and ego-fueled dinks
 🔹 The gender dynamics that only pickleball seems bold enough to expose
 🔹 A foam-ball fever dream called Typti—and yes, we’re obsessed

Plus, Wadon Khan from Pickle N' Chill joins us to talk turning “Netflix and chill” into pickleball and purpose—building community, crushing loneliness, and how 85 miles wasn’t enough.

 🎧 Listen now before someone hits you with a paddle... or a sandal. 

The Pretty Pickleball Company
Paddles that are as beautiful as they are functional.

BlooBallz
Play hard. Smash harder.

Dink and Dash App
Capture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.

Pickleball Journal
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 We’re coming in hot with:
 🔹 What actually makes a pickleball venue great (hint: it’s not kombucha)
 🔹 A Pick 6 of things you can’t say to your kids (but definitely say to your dog)
🔹 The new 2026 pickleball rules you didn’t ask for—but need to know

Plus, Aaron Thompson from Guardian Pickleball joins us to talk traumatic brain injuries, dark humor, and how the game turned his PTSD into MVP energy.

🎧 Listen now before your self-appointed “volunteer” makes you download another useless app.
 #BigDinkEnergy

The Pretty Pickleball Company
Paddles that are as beautiful as they are functional.

BlooBallz
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Dink and Dash App
Capture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.

Pickleball Journal
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We’re coming in hot with:
 🔹 Childhood myths we believed—hello, quicksand panic
 🔹 How your duper can tank even after 50 episodes
 🔹 The secret sauce behind making pickleball content that doesn’t suck

Plus, Sean Munoz from Volair Pickleball joins us to talk playing till your limbs give out, building a pickleball following without selling your soul, and why he might just bring the game to Argentina (¡Vamos!).

 🎧 Listen now before your DUPR drops just from hearing this.
 #BigDinkEnergy 

The Pretty Pickleball Company
Paddles that are as beautiful as they are functional.

BlooBallz
Play hard. Smash harder.

Dink and Dash App
Capture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.

Pickleball Journal
Pickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the Court

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We’re coming in hot with:
 🔹 A deep question: why hasn’t pickleball made the Wheaties box yet?
 🔹 The problem with “New Year, New Me” and why your gym bag is still in the trunk
 🔹 A Pick Six question you are gonna chime in on

Plus, Luis Rojas from The Real Dink Master joins us to talk about bailing on tennis, going all-in on pickleball, and how positivity (mostly) works on and off the court.

🎧 Listen now before your resolution ghosts you and signs up for Dry February.
 #BigDinkEnergy

The Pretty Pickleball Company
Paddles that are as beautiful as they are functional.

BlooBallz
Play hard. Smash harder.

Dink and Dash App
Capture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.

Pickleball Journal
Pickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the Court

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We’re coming in hot with:
 🔹 A group of 3.0s bringing Olympic-level drama to a backyard scramble
 🔹 What happens when Gen X meets tournament time limits and bedtime
 🔹 A Pick 6 question that has us all laughing (and maybe getting divorced)
 🔹 Tesla enters the pickleball chat... and we have questions

Plus, Igor Hiller from Dink Different joins us to talk child acting with Robin Williams, adulting in comedy, and why LA pickleball is its own sitcom.

🎧 Listen now before your serve gets fact-checked by a 3.0 with receipts.

The Pretty Pickleball Company
Paddles that are as beautiful as they are functional.

BlooBallz
Play hard. Smash harder.

Dink and Dash App
Capture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.

Pickleball Journal
Pickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the Court

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