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About dinkrz is a pickleball-only site that publishes pickleball guides and pickleball reviews for beginners and club players. It explains pickleball rules, techniques such as the dink, and pickleball equipment in plain language, so you can choose gear with confidence and learn the game faster.
What dinkrz covers
Pickleball guides, pickleball reviews, and comparisons covering pickleball rules, techniques, pickleball equipment, and court setup.
How content is checked
Gear is tested in real games, rules guides are fact-checked against official sources, and prices and specs are checked again before publishing.
Affiliate transparency
dinkrz is reader-supported through Amazon Associates. A commission from an Amazon link never changes a rating.
dinkrz is a pickleball gear site. We publish guides, reviews, and comparisons for players who want honest answers before they spend money on a paddle, a pair of shoes, or a bag of balls.
Pickleball grew fast, and the gear market grew faster. A new player shopping for a first paddle now faces dozens of brands, big claims, and prices from $30 to $250, with very little plain advice about what actually matters. dinkrz exists to cut through that. We test gear the way players use it, and we write down what we find, good and bad.
About dinkrz: who this site is for
About dinkrz is written for beginners and club players. If you are learning beginner pickleball, the aim is simple: clear rules, a technique explained without jargon, and gear advice that says what matters and what does not. Club players can use the same guides and reviews to check a rule, compare a paddle, or sort out court setup before a session.
About dinkrz suggests starting with the Guides section for rules and technique, or browsing the Reviews section when you are ready to compare gear.
How we test gear
We play with it. That sounds simple, but it is the whole method.
When a paddle, shoe, or ball comes in for review, it goes into real games over days and weeks, not a single hitting session. We pay attention to the things that matter on court: control on soft shots, power on drives, comfort over a long session, grip feel as hands get sweaty, and how the gear holds up after regular use. We note the weight, the balance, and the grip size, because those numbers decide whether a paddle suits you, and we check them against what the maker claims.
Where it makes sense, more than one player tries the same item, because a paddle that feels perfect to a hard hitter can feel dead to a soft-game player. We say how long we played with each item and what level of player we are, so you can judge our findings against your own game.
Prices and specs change. We check them again before we publish, and we update a review when a product changes in a way that matters. If we made a mistake, we correct it and say so on the page.
For rules and technique, About dinkrz fact-checks guides against official sources such as the USA Pickleball Official Rulebook, and every guide carries a checked line with its source basis. That check sits alongside the real-game testing described above, so a rule is not repeated just because it sounds familiar.
Who runs dinkrz
About dinkrz is run by Qamar Farooq, a pickleball player who tests gear in real games and writes the guides he wished he had when he started. He came to pickleball from other racket sports, learned the soft game the hard way, and now plays several times a week. His reviews come from that experience: what works for a beginner, what breaks first, and what is worth the extra money.
You can reach Qamar at [email protected], or follow him on X at https://x.com/QamarFarooq79.
How dinkrz makes money
dinkrz is reader-supported. When you buy through a link on this site, we may earn a commission from Amazon at no extra cost to you. That commission never changes a rating. Brands cannot pay for placement, for a better score, or for a softer verdict. If a cheaper product wins a comparison, it wins. If a popular product disappoints us, we say so.
In plain language, About dinkrz earns this way: when you click an Amazon link and buy a qualifying product, Amazon pays dinkrz a commission. You do not pay extra for using the link, and the commission does not change which product wins a comparison.
Our full affiliate disclosure has the full wording.
What we cover
Paddles get the most attention, because the paddle is the purchase most beginners get wrong. We also cover balls, shoes, bags, nets, grips, and the rules and technique questions that come up again and again, from kitchen rules to scoring to choosing a paddle weight.
- Pickleball rules guides, including serving, scoring, and kitchen rules
- Techniques, including the dink and the soft game
- Pickleball equipment, including paddles, balls, shoes, bags, nets, and grips
- Court setup, including playing on a converted tennis court
Two places to start are what a dink is and setting up pickleball on a tennis court.
About dinkrz does not cover everything. If we have not tested something properly, we do not review it. We would rather publish fewer reviews that you can trust than a long list of guesses.
Contact us
For general questions, corrections, or gear you would like us to test, write to [email protected]. For support questions about the site itself, write to [email protected]. About dinkrz aims to reply within 1-2 business days.
If you are a brand and want to send gear for testing, use the same addresses. Sending gear does not buy a good review, and we return or donate test items rather than keeping them as payment.
You can also use the Contact page to send a message through the site.
Before you buy: About dinkrz suggests checking the guide or review for the player level and playing style it describes, then comparing it with your own game.
Last updated: October 25, 2026.