Bring Your Dink! Inaugural Dinkeroo Tournament May 26

Dinkeroo is a game of pace and patience.

Here’s a fun, friendly, competitive tournament open to EPC members of all skill levels. Groups of eight will play a round robin based on dinking. Every shot, including the serve, is from the No Volley Zone, or the kitchen line. The ball must bounce before you hit it and it must land in the opponent’s kitchen.
Based on the number of players who register, there will be a morning and an afternoon session. You’ll be notified of your group and start time the weekend prior. Rain date: Tuesday, June 8.

Register now.

THE RULES FOR DINKEROO

1. Start and scoring the game is the same. You serve from outside the kitchen line and serve to the opposite side of the opponent’s court.
2. Every ball must bounce in the kitchen before it is hit. You can step into the kitchen to hit the ball, but you must step out with both feet before stepping back into the kitchen to hit the next shot.
3. The kitchen line is in as if it were the base line. The center line is in on serves.
4. Dinkeroo is a game of pace and patience. Almost all points are made on an unforced error as opposed to a "kill" shot. Slamming or hitting your opponent with a drive, even if they’re in the kitchen, is your opponents’ point.
5. Game to 11, win by one.

Watch how the game is played.