How you play the game. A podcast about pickleball and entrepreneurship.

This week we are talking about friendship. Seems like a broad topic. Why is friendship different in pickleball than in any other sport. It may not be any different but we think pickleball promotes friendship more broadly,  more easily. 

It is how we met, and it is how I met others after moving to this community  a couple of years ago. 

Let’s talk about how friendship is interwoven in pickleball

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In this episode, Briar and Danielle speak about Mentorship in sports and most specifically in pickleball. We are thrilled to have the insights from a female pickleball star and mentor here in our community as our guest, Robyn Percival. Robyn is an elegant, skillful player who I first met in our Friday morning drill session and has been a mentor and friend of Briar for a long time.

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Elitism. 

Standard dictionary

Being elitist in the context of sports refers to the adoption of an exclusive or snobbish attitude, often associated with a sense of superiority, towards individuals or groups based on their perceived athletic abilities, achievements, or participation in particular sports. 
What does that mean to you? Let's talk about it. 

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Briar and Danielle talk today about equating how you play the game of pickleball and how you play the game of life.

When you think about it, there are so many parallels between sports and life. Here are  just a few topics

• Rules and Objectives
• Decision-Making
• Focus and Resilience
• Challenges and Opportunities
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Persistence and Perseverance
• Balance and Self-Care

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Briar and Danielle talk about pet peeves....court etiquette.
We've been feeling lately like, well complaining. Court annoyances and irritations about pickleball. Are we becoming those people? These really aren't problems at all in the context of the world but in pickleball, they are real.

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No one wants to talk about this but just like every other sport, it is a thing. It can happen. And more and more people are playing pickleball so naturally, injury will be and is on the rise as well. 

Most people think pickleball is a low-impact sport - not too much running, not like lifting weights, playing rugby or football…..but still - strains, shoulders, elbows, knees, ankle injuries abound.  
Pickleball is full of quick lateral movements, sudden stops, reaching up quickly for that overhead slam. Briar and Danielle talk about the kinds of injuries pickleballers get and what you can do to prevent them. 

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What are drills really? We have already done one podcast about drilling, we sure talk about it a lot amongst our friends. Unanimously  it’s the one topic of conversation we talk about, and talk about how we need to drill but then we don't really do a lot of it. Why is that? More fun to play games than work at improving our games? C'mon. 

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What does it mean to support each other in pickleball? Briar and Danielle chat about the amazing community of women that are playing the game, both recreationally and competitively. We see each other on the court playing with and against each other.  How important is it that we support each other no matter what side of the court we are on? In Abbie Wambach 's words from her book, the Wolfpack, "if we keep playing by the old rules, we will never change the game." 

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Briar and Danielle catch up after a brief summer break and playing at Canadian Nationals. We talk about the tournament, fall play, dropping down in the ladder and so many other things!

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It's hard to believe there can be anything controversial in pickleball, but things do come up. The good news is there are always solutions. Sometimes you want to just play with your friends and not change up with the rest of the group. What's the etiquette? When there are people practicing for tournaments, a shortage of courts in your community and an abundance of players vying for court time - it can be a bit hairy. It's important to take turns and not hurt feelings. Sometimes, it's a slippery slope and hard to please everyone. 

Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback. 

Find us on YouTube, How you Play The Game or on Instagram for more information about who we are and tips and strategies for playing your best game. 

Paddle up and see you again!

Thank you to Aubrey Rose Apps for production and editing.