DinkHQ

How it works

Three steps, and nothing at the court.

No sensors on your paddle, no device at the net, no app running while you play. Just the phone you already carry.

1

Record

Phone on a tripod behind the baseline, high enough to see the far kitchen line. Press record and go play.

2

Upload

Drop the video in when you get home. Close the tab — an email arrives when the report is ready.

3

Ask

Type what you want to know. Charts, numbers and clips come back built for that question.

A 40-minute match takes about four minutes to process.

What you get back

Three kinds of answer

Shot directions

See where every shot went

Not a heat map of dots — lines, from where you were standing to where the ball arrived. Cross-court against down the line, and the pattern an opponent will notice before you do.

66% of your dinks go cross-court and 14% down the line. After a game, they stop covering the line.

Cross-courtDown the lineMiddle

Clips

Watch the points that cost you

Ask what is going wrong and it cuts the video. Six losing thirds back to back make an argument no percentage can, because you are watching yourself do it.

Nine of the fourteen kitchen points ended on a dink of yours that sat up. Here they are.

pt 3
pt 5
pt 8
pt 11
pt 12
pt 15

Each starts a second and a half before the shot, and loops.

The rulebook

Settle it with the actual rule

Every official USA Pickleball rule is in there. Ask whether something was legal and it quotes the rule number, so the argument at the net ends.

Rule 11.A — all volleys must be initiated outside the non-volley zone.

Can I volley in the kitchen?

No. Rule 11.A says all volleys must be initiated outside the non-volley zone.

Rule 11.Ap30

All volleys must be initiated outside of the non-volley zone.

USA Pickleball Official Rulebook

Before you ask

The questions everybody has

Do I need a special camera?

No. Any phone from the last few years, on a cheap tripod. One camera, behind the baseline.

Does it work for doubles?

Yes, and most matches are. It describes your side of the court rather than you individually — where it matters, the answer says so.

Can it tell me the score?

No. It follows the ball, and the ball does not know who won the point. It will tell you that rather than guessing.

Does it catch every shot?

Not quite. A small fast ball gets occluded, so roughly seven in ten contacts are detected — and every figure tells you how many observations it came from. When that is too few to mean anything, it says so.

Where does my video go?

Private storage, visible only to you. Delete a match and the video, the shots and the clips all go with it.

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