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This award-winning iPhone app hopes to eliminate pickleball disputes forever

This award-winning iPhone app hopes to eliminate pickleball disputes forever

PLUS: Are slower balls better for pickleball? + The 1st OFFICIAL pickleball stadium, announced

Welcome back, picklers.

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Technology is steppin’ in to solve your court disputes before paddles ever have to go flyin’ cross court.

Even if you’ve never heard of the award-winning app called SwingVision, you’ll want to keep reading cause this app is gonna change the way you play pickleball…forever.

Let’s get into it.

TODAY’S MENU

Daily Scoop: SwingVision Apple App meets pickleball
News Stash: The 1st official pickleball stadium, Pickleball is in its Goodyear Blimp era, PPA finals tour recap
Kitchen Talk: Unpopular opinion…slower balls=better

DAILY SCOOP

SwingVision Leverages iPhone Brain To Enhance Pickleball Game

The Apple Design Award-winning SwingVision app recently announced its expansion into pickleball from tennis.

Originally meant to help tennis players improve with AI analysis, SwingVision will now offer its shot tracking, stats, highlights, and line-calling technology to America's fastest growing paddle sport.

SwingVision is backed by former tennis greats Andy Roddick, Lindsay Davenport, and James Blake. How does it work? It utilizes the camera and Neural Engine on iPhones and iPads to track shots in 3D. For pickleball, this includes precise line calling to eliminate court disputes.

Per pickleball business director Josh Freedman, SwingVision claims that it "fixes problems" around arguments over line calls, lack of highlights, and performance data. The app provides game-changing assistance "from perfecting dinks to drop serves."

Key SwingVision features applicable to both tennis and now pickleball:

Automates statistics and line calling
Settles disputes with real-time line challenge replays
Analyzes imported videos recorded externally
Generates shareable TV-quality highlights
Identifies strengths, weaknesses and scouts opponents
Offers shot recommendations to maximize points

By leveraging AI and Apple device cameras for robust biometric tracking and analysis, SwingVision aims to give pickleball players an accessible, personalized "coach" to consistently upgrade their play.

If you haven’t already, check it out in your app store and try it out. It may just save a relationship or 2. 😉

NEWS STASH

43-Court Pickleball Club With Stadium Anchors New Florida Complex

Happenings: Fort Lauderdale has entered a new pickleball era with the upcoming opening of The Fort, an innovative public-private partnership and soon-to-be South Florida destination focused around pickleball. (Wait for it..)

The heart of The Fort is its world-class 43-court pickleball club featuring the first-ever pickleball stadium, along with pro training visibility, leagues, tournaments, a pro shop, locker rooms, and more.

But it transcends being just a pickleball hub. The massive facility is adjacent to a Lakehouse restaurant, 4,000 sq ft event space, golf simulators, game yard with live music, and other amenities catering to all from families to corporates.

Founded by local enthusiasts and opening in 2024( I smell monneeyy), The Fort represents a commitment to supporting charities and schools while offering unmatched pickleball facilities. It's poised to put Fort Lauderdale on the map as a premier pickleball destination.

Goodyear Blimp Embraces Pickleball

Happenings: Pickleball just reached new heights… literally.

This week, pro players battled it out in a match inside the iconic Goodyear Blimp at 1,500 feet. As pickleball fever grips the nation, the blimp is also providing aerial coverage of a major tournament, marking a peak achievement for this trending sport.

Known for broadcasting top-tier events from Super Bowls to World Cups, the Goodyear Blimp's embrace shows pickleball has truly made the big leagues.

Johns and Waters Win Titles

Happenings: In case you missed it, here’s the summary of the recent PPA Tour Finals :) Enjoy.

Men's Singles

Top seed Ben Johns, Connor Garnett, and Christian Alshon all went 2-1 in group play, forcing tiebreakers to determine bracket spots. Johns took 1st in the group and Alshon 2nd.
Federico Staksrud and Tyson McGuffin also battled in group play, with Staksrud winning the group.
In the knockouts, Alshon upset #1 seed Staksrud but lost to Johns in the final.
Johns defeated McGuffin in the semis and Alshon in the finals to take gold.

Women's Singles

#1 seed Anna Leigh Waters survived tight group matches to place first.
Irina Tereschenko pulled group stage upsets over seeds Lacy Schneemann and Yana Newell to make the knockouts.
Waters defeated Tereschenko in the semis while Catherine Parenteau blew out Mary Brascia to make the finals.
Waters defeated Parenteau easily in the final to take gold.