How does a young tennis coach from Australia become a pro pickleball player, international coach, and one of the sport’s rising leaders around the world?

In this episode, Coco Lococo shares her incredible journey from growing up in Australia with very little, to playing and coaching tennis from a young age, to rebuilding her athletic path after a devastating ankle injury ended her professional tennis dreams. She opens up about how pickleball entered her life in 2022, why the game immediately hooked her, and how she quickly rose from beginner to pro in Australia’s fast-growing pickleball scene.

Coco also talks about coaching pro teams in Major League Pickleball Australia and India’s World Pickleball League, what it means to be the first female pro coach in those spaces, and the lessons she has learned about pressure, forgiveness, focus, and staying mentally steady both on and off the court.

This is an inspiring conversation about professional pickleball, coaching, women in sports, Australian pickleball, tennis, resilience, mental toughness, and the life lessons that come from adapting, growing, and staying in the game.

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