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Pickleball Connection Ep. 46 - Why Winning Can Now HURT Your DUPR Rating

Pickleball Connection Ep. 46 - Why Winning Can Now HURT Your DUPR Rating

Update: 2025-07-23

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In this episode of The Pickleball Connection, Barrett and Danea break down the latest changes to the Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating (DUPR), including how you can now lose rating points even after a win. 🤯 We cover:

Why winning isn’t enough anymore
The real consequences for high-level players
How rally scoring and “margin expectations” change everything
Whether DUPR should factor in age and gender
The bigger issue of sandbagging in tournaments
And… an AI-powered solution that might actually fix it all 👀

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Pickleball Connection Ep. 46 - Why Winning Can Now HURT Your DUPR Rating

Pickleball Connection Ep. 46 - Why Winning Can Now HURT Your DUPR Rating