🏓🔥 Pickle N' Pigs Tournament – Oct 25–26! Sign Up Now!
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Hey Dinkville Community,
We’re excited to announce the Pickle N' Pigs Pickleball Charity Tournament happening October 25th–26th at Veterans Park in Hendersonville! This will be an amazing weekend of pickleball, barbecue, and community — all while supporting a great cause.
Here’s what you can expect:
• Brackets for Everyone – Men’s, Women’s, Mixed, and Singles, from beginners to advanced. Find the bracket that fits your game!
• Special 16 & Under Bracket – Got kids who love pickleball? This open bracket is just for them. A fun way for the next generation to get tournament experience!
• Great Food & Atmosphere – Barbecue trucks will be serving up some delicious eats all weekend long.
• Prizes & Merch – Sign up for a chance to win free merch and tournament giveaways.
Whether you’re chasing medals or just looking for a fun time on the courts, this tournament has something for everyone. Don’t miss your chance to play, connect, and celebrate pickleball with our community.
👉 Sign up now and secure your spot today!
Let’s play some pickleball, eat some barbecue, and support a great cause together.
Shop Dinkville Merch and Enjoy 20% off!
Our Dinkville Shop is officially open 24/7 — and stocked with limited edition Dinkville merch you don’t want to miss.
👉 Grab your gear today and rep the community both on and off the courts.
👉 Orders over $50 get 20% OFF when you use promo code DINKVILLE20
👉 Free shipping on orders more than $75
Let us know what you think and tag us when you’re rocking your new Dinkville fit.
Book a Private Lesson with Pickleball Pros
Dinkville is proud to announce Andre Mick and Allison Harris as Dinkville Pros who are will to work with you and share their knowledge to take your game to the next level! They are the TOP Pickleball Players in Nashville and we are thankful to have them apart of the Dinkville Team! Book a Lesson with them today!
TUESDAY NIGHT FREE BEGINNER CLINICS – VETERANS PARK - HENDERSONVILLE
Every Tuesday evening in Hendersonville, we’re hosting free clinics for new players at Veterans Park. You’ll learn the rules, play with other beginners, and get top-notch instruction. Bonus: We give away a free Selkirk paddle every Tuesday, so come learn and maybe leave with some brand-new gear!
Book the Rooftop Court at the Bobby Hotel in Downtown Nashville Today!
Fall weather is here and is PRIME TIME for rooftop Pickleball, what are you waiting for?! This place is legit. Play with friends, host a little event, or just soak up the downtown Nashville vibes while dinking under the skyline. It’s hands down one of the coolest pickleball courts in the country.
Today In Pickleball Brought To You By The Dink
Up Your Game
Anna Bright Wants You to Stop Freaking Out
You know that feeling when you flinch during a speed-up? Or reach to defend the same crosscourt dink over and over, and pop it up every time?
That’s not just a weak spot in your game. That’s panic, the pickleball kiss of death if you ask Anna Bright.
In her latest newsletter and blog post (if you don’t subscribe yet, you really should), she shares a few pearls of wisdom for remaining calm in the face of adversity.
✅ On admitting you have a problem: “Panic is the worst possible emotion to be feeling on the court.”
✅ On identifying what makes you panic: “The best way to find these areas is to do an extended drilling session with a friend or record yourself and be honest about where you struggle.”
✅ On embracing the suck: “Pickleball can be hard, it can be uncomfortable, but the only way to improve is to get comfortable being uncomfortable. You should even look to embrace it!”
✅ On the power of practice: “Once you know when you panic, you have to subject yourself to that feeling until it becomes home.”
✅ On upping the stakes: “If you work hard on conquering the areas of your game where panic creeps in, you’ll watch improvement happen rapidly. I’m a big believer in ‘trial by fire’ and things only being proven through competition.”
Got all that? Good. Now get out there and compete. Panic only wins if you let it.
The Pickleball Ink We Love
In March, Fred Hull lost consciousness and collapsed while playing at a private facility in St. George, Utah.
A player on an adjacent court called 911. He wasn't breathing when two fellow players jumped into action.
They started CPR, and utilized the on-court automated external defibrillator, or AED.
Today, Fred is doing fine. He's even returned to the pickleball court, and plays regularly with the people who helped save his life just a few months ago.
Fred got a tattoo, pictured above, as a heartfelt reminder of his near-death experience and the people who pulled him through it.
It’s just one of many pickleball tattoos our readers sent to us.
➡️ See some of our favorites, right here.
‘It’s an Achilles Rupture Until Proven Otherwise’
Trust us when we say, we know a pickleball clickbait article when we see one. And the NY Post may have just outdone itself with this doozy:
Doctors warn ‘pickleball is a drug’ — as players go to wild lengths to make sure their paddle matches their shoes, injuries be damned
We know we shouldn’t acknowledge its existence. That by mentioning it in this newsletter, we’re giving it exactly what it wants — oxygen to its silly little insignificant flame. But it’s all just so preposterous we couldn’t help ourselves.
Here, then, offered without comment, are a few “takeaways.” We hope they give you a good laugh.
💡 “If a 65-year-old woman comes in with an acute pickleball injury, it’s an Achilles rupture until proven otherwise,” said one doctor.
💡 “Pickleball is a drug. Bone will be sticking out of the skin and the person who had the accident will be like, ‘Hey, doc, how [long until I] can get back on the court?’” offered another.
💡 A third doctor even recounted one avid player who knowingly wore ill-fitting shoes during a “marathon weekend tournament” just because they matched her paddle color, and “she felt she didn’t perform as well when those things didn’t match.”
While this article reads like a joke, pickleball injuries are no laughing matter. It just helps to lean on facts rather than questionable headline-grabbing anecdotes.
➡️ Like this new study out of Saint Louis University.
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Landon Hallam
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