8 months ago
What can pickleball do better to help bridge the gap between the professional and recreational levels? 🤝
Over 36.5 million players reportedly played pickleball in 2023, but there’s still a huge gap between rec play versus consuming the pro game 🤔
As Jimmy Miller pointed out, most pro events barely get a few thousand viewers on streams, a fraction of a percent of the overall pickleball community 👀
#Pickleball #Pro #News #Podcast
Over 36.5 million players reportedly played pickleball in 2023, but there’s still a huge gap between rec play versus consuming the pro game 🤔
As Jimmy Miller pointed out, most pro events barely get a few thousand viewers on streams, a fraction of a percent of the overall pickleball community 👀
#Pickleball #Pro #News #Podcast
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8 months ago
On the PicklePod, Zane and Thomas discuss how their games change when using the new PPA ball.
➡️ The Dura plays fast, it is harder to control.
➡️ Many top-level teams resort to a slower speed of play.
➡️ Think of the Johns brothers in men’s doubles. They know a counterattack with a Dura is hard to return so they will extend dink rallies and wait for the other team to speed up.
#Pickleball #Podcast #PPA #News
➡️ The Dura plays fast, it is harder to control.
➡️ Many top-level teams resort to a slower speed of play.
➡️ Think of the Johns brothers in men’s doubles. They know a counterattack with a Dura is hard to return so they will extend dink rallies and wait for the other team to speed up.
#Pickleball #Podcast #PPA #News
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10 months ago
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Adam Stone, on his podcast It Feels Right, reported on possible changes the 2024 format of the #MLP ⬇️ could have.
24 teams in Premier and elimination of the Challenger category.
16 teams in Premier and 8 teams in Challenger
12 teams in Premier and 12 teams in Challenger
"Nothing is definite, but these 3 options are on the table," Adam said.
#Pickleball #Podcast #Pro #News
24 teams in Premier and elimination of the Challenger category.
16 teams in Premier and 8 teams in Challenger
12 teams in Premier and 12 teams in Challenger
"Nothing is definite, but these 3 options are on the table," Adam said.
#Pickleball #Podcast #Pro #News
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10 months ago
Zane Navratil commented on the rules for serves in Pickleball, stating that subjectivity should be eliminated with the drop serve: "A drop serve would only take two criteria for the referees to consider an illegality: if the player throws the ball up or if the player throws the ball down. That's why I vote for allowing only the drop serve," he said on The King of Court Podcast.
#Pickleball #News #Podcasts
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10 months ago
"The two most defensive pairs in the Women's Doubles faced off. Tina Pisnik/Lindsey Newman vs Megan Fudge/ Susannah Barr. The match lasted about 3 hours," reported Jimmy Miller on 'The King of The Court' podcast.
#Pickleball #Nationals #PPA #Podcast
#Pickleball #Nationals #PPA #Podcast
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11 months ago
“I was more focused this time. I heard it, but it didn’t really bother me”, said Zane in PicklePod.
Should Vuvuzela’s be banned at Pickleball?
#Pickleball #MLP #News #Podcast
Should Vuvuzela’s be banned at Pickleball?
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11 months ago
The Johns Bros strategy has led them to more men's doubles titles than any in the game. Collin explains how that strategy was developed and what makes it so hard to beat: “We’ve worked out a game style that allows the best player in the world (Ben) to touch the ball a lot and put a lot of pressure.”“People have not been able to crack that code very often. I feel we’re a team that is very hard to beat. Until somebody’s able to figure out a strategy that will consistently beat us, we’re going to keep playing exactly the same way”, said.#Pickleball #Podcast #Pro #News
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11 months ago
“There’s just more players that are playing at Pro Level. They all have kind of the requisite skill sets and when you’re playing against a player you don’t know, it’s actually tougher,”#PPA player AJ Koller said at KOC Podcast.“You will notice with the John’s scores. It will be tighter in the round of 16 than the semifinals, because they don’t know how to play against the new players”#Pickleball #Podcast #Pro
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11 months ago
“The deflection tests (in #PPA ) are not great. We need to throw the ball into the paddle at a given speed and see how hard it come off the paddle. It doesn’t matter how thin or thick is the paddle or what surface is. Here’s what the limit is and if it exceeds it you’re not allowed to use the paddle,” Johns said in PicklePod.“I’ve talked to Carl Schmetz a bit on that. They (PPA) want to move to that test, but it’s going to be more expensive and more time consuming. Once we get to that test, I think would make more sense if players and tours to establish the limit”#Pickleball #MLP #News
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11 months ago
The owner of SoCal Hard Eights assured that nothing has been settled about #MLP Promotion and Relegation, as “there are changes every 6 hours” ➡️ However, he proposes that the owners with the most money to invest must be at the Premier Level to make the best players face each other.Source: King Of The Court Podcast.#Pickleball #Podcast #News
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11 months ago
“I talked with a Pro that had already booked his travel and he was also annoyed. I just think is dumb. You (MLP) should figured it out a long time ago”, said the MLP signed player in Pickleball Studio podcast.What do you think about the MLP change of venue to Dallas?#Pickleball #MLP #Pro #Podcast #News
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12 months ago
Lea Jansen explained on the 'It Feels Right' podcast the strategy with which she nearly beat Anna Leigh Waters in the singles final at the 2023 Texas Open ⬇️For Jansen, it was all about taking away the angles:🎯 She elected to return the ball to the middle of the court to eliminate passing shot angles.✅ The key was to keep these balls deep so the passing shot was coming from behind the baseline.💪🏻 Then Jansen could use the length of the court to her advantage instead of trying to play side to side.#Pickleball #Podcast #Pro #News
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12 months ago
After winning the final at MLP Atlanta because of this implemented modality, Zane believes it is necessary to improve the competition and make things like "fight off a championship point being down 2-0 and do a pretty epic comeback that might be not be matched for a while".Do u like the Dreambreaker? 🤔#Pickleball #Podcast #Pro #MLP #News
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12 months ago
Orlando Squeeze captain Anna Bright said her teammates wanted Susannah Barr and not Rachel Rohrabacher in the draft."They were like, 'Who's Rachel? I've never seen her. I felt a lot of heat in the draft, but I never thought it was a bad decision to have Rachel. Then in the finals I felt like a genius," Anna said on the MLP podcast.#Pickleball #MLP #Podcast #News
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12 months ago
Jimmy Miller, host of the 'King of The Court' podcast with Tyler Loong, gave more insight into what happened with Julian Arnold (AZ Drive) and Lauren Stratman (Texas Ranchers) prior to the start of MLP Atlanta.“They asked for additional accommodations and additional money. I talked with some owners. They said that nobody benefit from this turmoil more than them because they freaking stole money”, Miller said.#Pickleball #MLP #Pro #Podcast #News
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1 yr. ago
KOTC Podcast| Tyler Loong laughed with Jimmy Miller about his first game in #MLP Atlanta, which will be against Tyson McGuffin."Whoever made the schedule has a good sense of humor," Jimmy said."But it's supposed to be random," Tyler responded."There's no way this is random," Jimmy finished in laughter with Tyler.#Pickleball #Podcast #News
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1 yr. ago
Jill B, one of the MLP-signed players who are participating in the PPA Cincinnati Open, revealed in her podcast that the PPA reps assured her that everything will be in order with the MLP-signed players.➡️ Points earned, Appearences fees, and other prizes will be awarded.#PPA #MLP #News #Podcast
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1 yr. ago
Ben Johns always seems to be a chess move or two ahead of the pack. He credits that to some intrinsic knowledge and experimentation with pickleball. Pretty fascinating stuff. #Podcasts
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1 yr. ago
🚦🚦Carl Schmits talks about what the USAP's Director of Equipment Standards talks about how they are conducting paddle testing on the McGuffin #Podcasts Green, Yellow, Red folks!!
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1 yr. ago
Federico Staksrud with some pretty interesting comments on the benefits (or lack thereof) of having a tennis background before playing #Pickleball . Either way, we love how tennis players have impacted the game! #Podcasts
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1 yr. ago
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New Irish Pickleball Paddle! New Mold, New Shape. Sold out in Ireland! CEO Cian Kirby. Ep. 38
