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USA Pickleball Sets Its New Spin Rate Limit: 2,100 RPM, Starting Oct. 1
USAP's long-promised Spin Rate Test goes live October 1 with a dual-camera rig from Image Systems, and paddles will need to clear 2,100 RPM to get certified.
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Before she was pickleball's GOAT, Anna Leigh Waters was a soccer prodigy scouted by pro clubs
Her childhood coaches tell The Dink that Waters had pro and national-team potential on the pitch — and that the door hasn't fully closed.
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Navratil called Patriquin out publicly. Patriquin went 10-0.
After Zane Navratil's YouTube video questioned whether Hayden Patriquin was dragging down the St. Louis Shock, Patriquin texted three sentences back — then posted a perfect week and helped engineer an 11-3 dismantling of Ben Johns.
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Blockbuster MLP Trade: Tyra Black to Columbus Sliders for Danni-Elle Townsend
The Columbus Sliders acquired Tyra Black from the Dallas Flash in exchange for Danni-Elle Townsend and cash — a deal framed as one with consequences for both 2026 and the years ahead.
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Fives Make It Two Straight as Waters and Johnson Go 11-1 at MLP Austin
The New Jersey Fives claimed their second straight MLP event title in Austin, with Anna Leigh Waters and Jorja Johnson each going 11-1. Columbus held pool play without Parris Todd while Dylan Frazier's Miami side stormed up the standings.
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New Jersey Fives clinch Group B in Austin, run win streak to 10
The New Jersey Fives beat the hometown Texas Ranchers 3-1 to take the top seed in Group B at 2026 MLP Austin and stretch their match-win streak to 10 in a row, with Anna Leigh Waters in the lineup.
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Columbus Sliders clinch Group A in Austin, top Miami 3-1
The Columbus Sliders closed out the Miami Pickleball Club 3-1 to lock up the top seed in Group A at 2026 MLP Austin, with Andrei Daescu sealing the win.
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MLP Austin brackets locked: unbeaten Columbus Sliders and NJ 5s set for Super Sunday title-match showdown
Group play wrapped in Austin with both unbeatens on a collision course. The Columbus Sliders (4-0) and New Jersey 5s (5-0) meet in Sunday's #1 matchup with 25 standings points going to the winner.
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Lea Jansen calls Jay Devilliers "a joke" after a full bag on Nico Acevedo
The full-bag debate boiled over in MLP mixed: Jansen refused the paddle tap and exchanged words with Devilliers after he tagged her partner Nico Acevedo.
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Hannah Johns says she’s “fully retired” from sideline reporting — with a tiny “funsies” loophole
The former championship-Sunday mic is done living out of a suitcase, she told Pickleballers, though she left herself room for a nostalgia cameo or two.
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Hayden Patriquin Took the Callout, Texted Back, Then Went 10-0
After Zane Navratil says he laid into Hayden’s Columbus showing, Hayden’s response was not exactly a notes-app apology: “I needed some [ __ ] fire.” Then, per Navratil, he showed up and went 10-0.
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