Prop your iPhone in the corner of the court and play. Coach Dink watches the game and tells you what is costing you points, why, and exactly which drills fix it.
Get Coach Dink on iPhoneFor iPhone. Singles and doubles.
No sensors, no paddle attachments, no coach standing over you. Just your phone and a game you were going to play anyway.
Phone in a corner of the court, about five feet up, on the 0.5x lens, with all four corners in frame. Up to 20 minutes per video.
A game score plus the habits that cost you the most points, each with a plain explanation of why it matters. In doubles, get one for you or for you and your partner.
Ranked drills for the exact habits in your report, solo, with a partner, or with a ball machine. Then film your next game and see what changed.
Every report follows the same shape, so one game is comparable to the next, which is the whole point of filming more than once.
Most players never see themselves play. The habits that cost the most points are usually the ones you cannot feel from inside the rally.
A score for the whole game plus its parts, and how it compares with your last one.
The faults that actually cost you points, ordered by how much they cost, each with the why behind it.
Coaching on just you, or on you and your partner together, covering how the two of you move and cover the court.
Serve and return, dinks, drops, resets, volleys and footwork. Solo, partner or ball machine, filtered to what your games need.
Coach Dink's own rating estimate, which only moves when you film a game, never from drills alone.
Short lessons on strategy and decisions, linked from the faults your reports find.
A plan built from your recent games, so practice goes where your game needs it.
The camera films video only. Leave the app while the coach works and get a notification when it is done.
Being specific about the limits makes the reports more useful, because you know how to read them.
You film a game of pickleball on your iPhone and Coach Dink watches it. A few minutes later you get a report: a game score, the habits that cost you the most points, why each one matters, and the drills that fix it, ranked so you know what to work on first.
In a corner of the court, about five feet up, on the ultra-wide (0.5x) lens, with all four corners of the court and the server behind the baseline in frame. A tripod, a fence clamp, or a bag on a bench all work. Once it is recording, nobody touches it.
Yes. Pick yourself, then choose to get a report on just you, or on you and your partner as a team, so you can see how the two of you play together.
No. It is Coach Dink's own estimate for tracking your progress, not an official rating from any pickleball organization. It only moves when you film a game, never from drills alone.
Up to 20 minutes per video. One full game is ideal.
How to film and review your games, what the rating levels mean, and how to fix the shots that cost the most points.
Film it, and find out what is actually costing you points.
Get Coach Dink on iPhone