🥒 PaddlePop Weekly

📅 Monday, Jun 16, 2025
💌 Read time: 2 mins (or as long as it takes to lose a rally because you forgot the score)

💥 The Big Smash (TL;DR)

🚀 BREAKING: Meet the reigning pickleball monarchs from our latest tournament.
🎾 Opinion of the Week: Should we start taking pickleball a little more seriously?
🤣 Meme of the Week: Subjecting willing and unwilling participants to pickleball humour

After a break longer than the journey to Mordor, welcome back to our weekly newsletter! (finally…)

If you got that reference, you’re cool. If you didn’t, please acquaint yourself with Lord of the Rings.

So, after a long, long, long, ass break (Frodo walked there and back 3 times already liao), our newsletter is finally back! It’s been an eventful few months, and our community has grown bigger and bolder than ever. From courageous first time players to absolute pros that will make you rethink your life decisions (I’m looking at you, Neil), we’re like a very eclectic, sweaty rojak.

Sit tight as I attempt to recap everything:

PSC Tournament ed. 4 – Are we still calling this beginner pickleball?

Last week, we had our fourth “beginners” tournament despite mother nature’s best attempt to foil our plans with rain. Our pickleball olympiads really showed up and showed out, fighting for the top spot amongst some tough contenders.

After some tense rounds, our winners Joseph and Jared emerged victorious, followed closely behind the daring Bobby and Shreya. The winners received fancy medals as well as one-of-a-kind, limited edition PSC t-shirts. If you ever see someone wearing one during a session, make sure to bow down to them ya.

Our beloved Jared and Joseph

Our beloved Bobby and Shreya

Congratulations to this edition’s winners! Will they be overthrown in the next tournament? Will there be new opponents who will rise to the challenge? Only time will tell…

Opinion of the week

Pickleball is low-key a stupid name for a sport, right? Like when I first heard of it I legit thought that someone’s grandpa made it up. Also, what about this sport involves pickles? Am I missing something??

Maybe the ridiculous name is why a lot of people have this idea that pickleball is easy to play, or that it’s a low effort sport. I think it’s safe to say that most of us started playing for fun, diverging from our usual racquet sports into something a little less ‘serious’.

But after one training session with Mark, I think we all learned that there’s so much more to the game than just swinging your paddle wildly to get the ball over the net.

Behind the scenes of Mark’s Zero Drills and Outdoor Chills session

Throughout the coaching session, his passion for pickleball really shone through (as did the sun) as he talked us through drills to improve our game, introducing a complexity and precision that only a master could tap into.

Getting good, I mean really good, at pickleball takes time, dedication, and intention, just like any other sport. It takes knowledge of footwork, body movements, ball control, and how to get those powerful shots over the net. These details are crucial to improving your game, regardless of if you’re doing it for fun or for glory.

Let’s give pickleball the respect it deserves, don’t just anyhow hit ok?

🎾 Where to play this week:

📅 June 17th and 20th
📍 MBP Sports @ Suntec, 3 Temasek Boulevard City #04-01, S038983 (Via Lobby M and M2b access)
🕗 6:30–8:30pm
👉 Tuesday Smackdown / Unwind Fridays

📅 June 21st
📍 MBP Sports @ Suntec
🕗 5–7pm
👉 Sunset Pickleball Social

📅 June 22nd
📍 160 Lower Delta Road, S099138
🕗 9–11am
👉 Beginner's Pickleball Bash

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We also have some fabulous products to check out if you’re just starting out in pickleball or looking to invest a little more in your skills. These specially-curated gear, accessories, and recovery tools are tried, tested, and court approved by members of our community.
🛒 Beginner-Level Picks – View Gear List

🧃 Gossip Column

🎤 PaddlePop Confessionals

"I told my boss I had a 'client engagement' every Tuesday evening. The client? My brand new Shogun Paddle. The engagement? Getting absolutely obliterated even with my paddle 😢"

🧠 Pro Tip That Actually Helped

If you get hit by the ball after a deadly smash, pretend like it didn’t hurt. It won’t help with the pain, but it’ll help with your bruised ego.

🥒 Pickle of the Week

So many emotions present in this photo. I think it’s safe to say we all take these games very seriously.

🎽 Fit Check

Highlighting the most extra outfits of the week 💅

Credits: Shawn, Angela

💌 Confession Of The Week

Nothing to report (for now 😏)
Please let me know if you have any secret crushes!

🤣 Meme of the Week

"In honour of all those who finally got their hands on their swanky new paddles."
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🎉 Thanks for reading!

Catch us next week for exciting new updates right here at PaddlePop Weekly!
xoxo,
The Court Whisperer