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Share Your Thoughts! We're diving into: 🏆 Things we're secretly better at than most people. According to ourselves, anyway. 😬 Things you NEVER want to hear someone say right before they start doing their job. 🏓 Six new pickleball paddles in one month. At what point do we have enough? Plus, Cathy Bawden from The Pickleball Passport joins us... After 33 years in law enforcement, she's bringing a whole different perspective to pickleball, from mental toughness to the friendships and drama that come with this sport. And she's got some thoughts on what actually makes a pickleball community worth being part of. Listen now before Guy tells us another thing he's exceptionally good at. Half insight. Half nonsense. 100% entertainment. Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Booty on the CourtThe Activation That Makes Your Pickleball Event Unforgettable. Dink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Into Pickleball Everything pickleball, all the time, and all in one place!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We're diving into: 🏃 Things everybody claims to love that we're convinced half of them are lying about. 🛁 Paddle Princess has taken bath time to a level none of us were prepared for. 🚢 Pickleball is entering its private island era. Apparently we're fancy now. Plus, sports psychologist Dr. Haley Perlis joins us... She's worked with Olympic athletes, NASA, and the U.S. Air Force. Now she's talking about the mental game of pickleball, and why everything you think you know about pressure might be wrong. Listen now before Paddle Princess orders another round of appetizers from the bathtub. Half insight. Half nonsense. 100% entertainment. Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Into Pickleball Everything pickleball, all the time, and all in one place!Pickleball JournalPickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the CourtDink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We're diving into: 👀 The things people do in public that turn us into spectators against our will. 😬 Petty shit we're absolutely NOT fine with...even though we pretend we are. 🌎 Whether putting USA on a pickleball team will finally make us watch pro pickleball. Plus, Alex Aitken joins us from Scotland... He went from self-described couch potato who'd never played a sport to completely hooked on pickleball, getting fitter after 50 and helping introduce other beginners to the game. Listen now before somebody starts kickboxing at the gym and we lose the next 20 minutes watching. Half insight. Half nonsense. 100% entertainment. Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Into Pickleball Everything pickleball, all the time, and all in one place!Dink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Pickleball JournalPickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the CourtDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We're diving into: 👏 Social rules we're officially done pretending make sense. 🪂 Things everybody should experience exactly ONCE...and then never do that shit again. 💸 What happens when the pickleball facility gold rush meets actual business. Plus, Connor Basnight joins us... He went from zero athletic background to a 5.0 pickleball pro, and somehow the guy who started from scratch might have the best perspective on why we play in the first place. Listen now before somebody makes us clap when the plane lands. Half insight. Half nonsense. 100% entertainment. Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Into Pickleball Everything pickleball, all the time, and all in one place!Dink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Booty on the CourtThe Activation That Makes Your Pickleball Event Unforgettable. Pickleball JournalPickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the CourtDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We're diving into: 🏆 When your pickleball rating starts becoming your entire personality. 📟 Things we survived 20 years ago that would absolutely send us over the edge now. 🧓 The shit you suddenly realize you're just too old to tolerate anymore. Plus, Coach Nick Scalise joins us... Nick came with hot takes about ratings, tournament egos, open play and pickleball clubs that may have seriously underestimated what actually keeps people coming back. And apparently wellness darties are a thing. We've been doing them every Tuesday. Who knew.  Listen now before somebody invites us somewhere that starts after 9 p.m.  Half insight. Half nonsense. 100% entertainment. Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Into Pickleball Everything pickleball, all the time, and all in one place!Booty on the CourtThe Activation That Makes Your Pickleball Event Unforgettable. Dink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Pickleball JournalPickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the CourtDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We’re diving into: 📚 When did simply living your life start requiring a $497 framework? 🏓 What if your pickleball game isn't actually the thing holding you back? 🧠 And why are Gen X GATE kids suddenly comparing notes about mall dreams? Plus, Dr. Lane Odom, aka Pickleball Chiro, joins us to talk bodies, injuries, recovery, and the stuff pickleball players probably should be doing before something starts hurting. Half insight. Half nonsense. 100% entertainment. Listen now before we show up in your mall dreams. Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Into Pickleball Everything pickleball, all the time, and all in one place!Dink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Booty on the CourtThe Activation That Makes Your Pickleball Event Unforgettable. Pickleball JournalPickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the CourtDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We’re diving into: 🏓 Why pickleball might just be the playground for adults 😂 The absolutely unhinged games we somehow survived as kids 🤡 The MLP clown controversy because apparently that’s a sentence we have to say Plus, Jake Plummer joins us for Part 2 to talk functional mushrooms, longevity, what he puts in his own body, and why pickleball has become one of the ways he still gets out there and plays. And yes, somehow we end up discussing what a psilocybin pickleball tournament would look like. Because of course we do.  Also this week: grip pressure advice you'll unfortunately never forget, Costco assholes, speakerphone crimes, and why youth sports can turn perfectly normal adults into people nobody wants to sit next to. Half insight. Half nonsense. 100% entertainment. Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Booty on the CourtThe Activation That Makes Your Pickleball Event Unforgettable. Into Pickleball Everything pickleball, all the time, and all in one place!Pickleball JournalPickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the CourtDink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We're coming in hot with: 🔹 We finally watched the pickleball movie and have thoughts.  🔹 One of us learned the hard way what never to volunteer for.  🔹 Back to school shopping might hurt more than you expect this year. Plus, Jake Plummer, a former NFL quarterback, reflects on ten years in the league and the toll professional sports take on the body and mind. He opens up about trading anti-inflammatories for hemp and functional mushrooms through his brand Umbo — proof that life after football looks nothing like people expect. 🎧 Listen now before part two drops next week. #BigDinkEnergy Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Dink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Pickleball JournalPickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the CourtInto Pickleball Everything pickleball, all the time, and all in one place!Booty on the CourtThe Activation That Makes Your Pickleball Event Unforgettable. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We're coming in hot with: 🔹 One of us confidently guessed Captain Crunch and was very wrong.  🔹 One of us accidentally signed her sister up for a tournament.  🔹 There's apparently an official day just for pickleball now. Plus, Soren from The Pickleball Agent joins us to explain how a guy in a pickle-hat sport coat and a headless text-message app are stitching together the fragmented pickleball scene across California's Central Coast. Text the agent your availability and rating, and he'll match you into a game — no app download required. 🎧 Listen now before you get recruited by the agent. #BigDinkEnergy Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Pickleball JournalPickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the CourtDink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We're coming in hot with: 🔹 One of us married someone purely for their anxiety cleaning.  🔹 Apparently asking your dog why it's staring is totally normal.  🔹 One man is sailing the Arctic completely alone right now. Plus, Wally Green joins us to share how he went from a violent childhood in the Brooklyn projects to a pro table tennis career that took him solo into North Korea for a real-life game of ping pong diplomacy. Once pickleball's loudest hater, he's now all in, and even landed a role in the movie Marty Supreme. 🎧 Listen now before he trolls your page. #BigDinkEnergy Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Pickleball JournalPickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the CourtDink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We're coming in hot with: 🔹 Our default setting right now is apparently not ready for humans.  🔹 One of us just got humbled by a bicycle CAPTCHA.  🔹 Remember worrying about your top eight? That drama might return. Plus, Daniela Simon from Serve for Strength joins us with her daughters to share how two years of misdiagnosed injuries and multiple surgeries turned into a nonprofit built to make sure no family goes through that alone. What started as one family's fight is now funding surgeries and building community for young athletes everywhere. 🎧 Listen now before your doorbell rings unannounced. #BigDinkEnergy Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Dink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We're coming in hot with: 🔹 Apparently trash-talking tennis says more about your own game.  🔹 One of us keeps checking the fridge like it'll refill itself.  🔹 The truth behind blaming beer for your bad shots might surprise you. Plus, Joel Mower from Dink Ninjas Pickleball joins us to share how a sleepless night during his wife's cancer diagnosis turned into a paddle brand built on community and purpose. His wife is now healthy, and Dink Ninjas donates to cancer research with every sale. 🎧 Listen now before you start a brand at 2am. #BigDinkEnergy Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Dink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Pickleball Joy PledgePickleball Joy is a community movement by Pickleball Nikki celebrating connection through pickleballPickleball JournalPickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the CourtDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! PickleCon 2026: We Were There for All of It We're coming in hot with: 🔹 We lost our voices and it wasn't from cheering pickleball.  🔹 One of us dinks glow pickleball, the other says destroy it.  🔹 700 positive pins are floating around — Dink & Dash's fingerprint is everywhere. Plus, hear how Stephanie, Paddle Princess, and Carrie rate the entire weekend — vendor booths, a celebrity pro showdown, glow pickleball, and more — live from their PickleCon hotel room. 🎧 Listen now before you book your ticket for 2027. #BigDinkEnergy Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We're coming in hot with: 🔹 Apparently a thumbs up is now a complete conversation.  🔹 This is exactly why we side-eye every conference booth now.  🔹 One wrong text landed in the group chat with the dog groomer. Plus, Cody Sivan, founder of Brick Wall Pickleball and a PickleCon keynote speaker, joins us to unpack how he's building a meritocratic alternative to pro pickleball's biggest tours. He went from sleeping in his car chasing a baseball dream to paying out six figures in year one with zero financial backing. 🎧 Listen now before you pack for Kansas City. Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Pickleball JournalPickleball Wisdom & Life Hacks for Winning On and Off the CourtDink and Dash AppCapture the chaos, the courts, and the characters of your pickleball life.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥

Share Your Thoughts! We're coming in hot with: 🔹 A junk drawer confession involving 300 box cutters and zero regrets.  🔹 Instant red flags range from fingernail clipping to empath opening lines.  🔹 A waterbed once required a full safety briefing for actual houseguests. Plus, Josh Sprague from Orange Mud joins us to talk about turning a ruined water bottle on a training run into a hydration brand built for ultra-endurance athletes. 🎧 Listen now before you check your own junk drawer for expired ketchup packets. #BigDinkEnergy Get your FREE Into Pickleball Membership using the Big Dink Energy Podcast & Dink & Dash App link: HERE A $38 value — just for being part of the BDE community. Because being mediocre at pickleball should come with benefits. Support the show  👉 Love what you heard? Hit follow, leave a review, and share with your pickleball crew!  🔥 Join the conversation at bdepodcast.com or slide into our DMs at @BigDinkEnergyPodcast.  🎧 Keep the dink soft and the energy BIG! 💥