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FITK Daily Dink - May 15, 2026

Some of the top stories moving in pro pickleball today, from JOOLA and Paddletek Group settling the propulsion-core patent fight with royalty payments and a fall 2026 phase-out, to The Dink's high-speed paddle-lab breakdown of Rachel Rohrabacher's 2,273 RPM spin serve and the compact, repeatable mechanics that make her soft game so hard to read.

  • JOOLA, Paddletek Group settle patent dispute

    Pickleball.com Staff report JOOLA and Paddletek Group have reached a settlement resolving all claims from the propulsion core patent infringement litigation JOOLA filed in early April, covering the Paddletek Reserve, HoneyFoam, and ProXR Signature Jolt paddles. Both companies will add JOOLA's propulsion core patent number to the affected paddles and pay royalties to JOOLA, with the right to continue selling and phase them out through fall 2026, while JOOLA's nine remaining International Trade Commission suits against Proton, Diadem, RPM, Adidas Pickleball, Engage, Facolos, Franklin, Friday, and Volair remain active.

    Read at Pickleball.com →
  • Watch Rachel Rohrabacher Rip a 2,273 RPM Spin Serve in Extreme Slow-Mo

    The Dink's Alex E. Weaver covers John Kew's new CLOCKED series episode, in which high-speed cameras and radar data clock Rachel Rohrabacher's crossbody serve at 2,273 RPM of spin off a tee with near-identical mechanics serve to serve. The breakdown also features Zane Navratil analyzing how Rohrabacher's compact dink motion looks nearly identical to her speedup motion, helping disguise her shots and giving opponents almost no time to read what is coming.

    Read at The Dink →

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