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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.
The Wire — pro pickleball news
July 2026
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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.
June 2026
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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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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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