https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/ Pickleball news briefs: tour, rules, industry, equipment. Mainstream-press and primary-source citations. en-us Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/st-louis-shock-win-mlp-st-louis-2026-06/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/st-louis-shock-win-mlp-st-louis-2026-06/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tour Home court delivered at MLP St. Louis 2026, with the host St. Louis Shock taking 1st place at Chaifetz Arena to win their own host event on day 4. Combined with the November 2025 MLP Cup title, the Shock now own two consecutive franchise headlines and the maximum 25 standings points from stop 3. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/dupr-reset-results-2026-06/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/dupr-reset-results-2026-06/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry DUPR's first-ever Reset closed May 31 with over 400,000 matches submitted; per DUPR, 90% of ratings moved under 0.3 points and the system held no downside risk for participants. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/nj-5s-sweep-mlp-columbus-2026-06/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/nj-5s-sweep-mlp-columbus-2026-06/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tour New Jersey 5s went 5-0 at MLP Columbus 2026 to win the second stop of the season at Pickle & Chill in Columbus, Ohio (May 28-31). https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/selkirk-omni-adjustable-moi-paddle-2026-06/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/selkirk-omni-adjustable-moi-paddle-2026-06/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Equipment Selkirk's new Omni paddle at $300 ships with pre-installed perimeter weights that players remove and reapply themselves. First mainstream flagship with this kind of user-tunable balance system. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/mendocino-cove-resort-pickleball-opens-2026-05/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/mendocino-cove-resort-pickleball-opens-2026-05/ Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry Mendocino Cove, an 11-acre boutique resort south of Fort Bragg, opened May 2026 with 50 rooms, 8 pickleball courts, and a private path to Pine Beach. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/arizona-pickleball-state-sport-pure-scottsdale-2026-05/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/arizona-pickleball-state-sport-pure-scottsdale-2026-05/ Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry Arizona Senate SCR 1021 would name pickleball the official state sport, while PURE Pickleball & Padel, slated as the world's largest indoor facility, opens in Scottsdale 2027. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/selkirk-acquires-bread-butter-pickleball-2026-05/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/selkirk-acquires-bread-butter-pickleball-2026-05/ Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry Bluestone-backed Selkirk Sport, valued at $200M, has acquired direct-to-consumer paddle maker Bread & Butter Pickleball for undisclosed terms. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/ppa-finals-recap-top-seeds-win-2026-05/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/ppa-finals-recap-top-seeds-win-2026-05/ Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tour All five top seeds won their brackets at the Toys R Us PPA Finals: Waters/Johns took mixed, Haworth men's singles, Fahey women's singles, Acevedo/Powell men's doubles. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/partners-pro-pickleball-reality-docuseries-2026-05/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/partners-pro-pickleball-reality-docuseries-2026-05/ Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry Carvana PPA Tour and Shutterstock released the 6-part docuseries Partners on May 5, free across Prime Video, PPA Tour YouTube, and PickleballTV. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/anna-leigh-waters-singles-load-management-ppa-finals-2026-05/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/anna-leigh-waters-singles-load-management-ppa-finals-2026-05/ Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Tour World #1 Anna Leigh Waters opted out of the 2026 PPA Finals singles draw, the latest example of strategic load management at the top of the women's tour. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/upa-a-targeting-rule-2026-rulebook-headshots/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/upa-a-targeting-rule-2026-rulebook-headshots/ Sun, 03 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Rules The UPA-A codified its provisional headshot-targeting rule into the 2026-2027 rulebook. Fines start at $5,000 with $10,000 plus suspension on second offense. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/apollo-225m-pickleball-inc-ppa-mlp-2026-05/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/apollo-225m-pickleball-inc-ppa-mlp-2026-05/ Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Industry Apollo led a $225M structured investment into Pickleball Inc., parent of the Carvana PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball. The round values the company at $750M. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/pickleball-studio-paddle-database-launch-2026-04/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/pickleball-studio-paddle-database-launch-2026-04/ Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Equipment Pickleball Studio relaunched with a paddle database that filters by your criteria and ranks the top eight by match percentage. Closest the sport has to a Consumer Reports tool. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/joola-sues-11-paddle-brands-gen3-2026-04/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/joola-sues-11-paddle-brands-gen3-2026-04/ Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Equipment Joola filed an ITC action April 7 against 11 paddle brands (Franklin, Paddletek, ProXR, Engage, Adidas, others), alleging propulsion-core patent infringement. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/briones-3-skills-amateur-vs-advanced-2026-04/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/briones-3-skills-amateur-vs-advanced-2026-04/ Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Coaching Jordan Briones's 17-minute breakdown of the three skills that gate the 4.0 transition crossed 50,000 views in two weeks. The framework matches what coaches across our citation set have been saying. https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/pickleball-studio-joola-pro-v-review-2026-03/ https://mypickleballconnect.com/news/pickleball-studio-joola-pro-v-review-2026-03/ Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Equipment Pickleball Studio's Joola Pro V review crossed 29,000 views with a notably skeptical headline. The paddle market's pace of innovation is a real conversation now.