Ladies and gentlemen, PicklePod is back! Zane Navratil and Thomas Shields have teamed up to give you all of the pickleball talk that you can handle. In the debut episode, they cover MLP, a new pickleball reality show, and the madness in trying to govern paddle technology. Buckle up for a brand new PicklePod.

Show Notes: 

2:25 Takeaways from Major League Pickleball

9:58 MLP is all about energy

11:12 Pickleball meme game is strong

18:11 Prioritizing business decisions or personal relationships on court

22:41 Everybody knows everything in the small pickleball community

25:54 Pickleball reality show for a spot in the Challenger Level

31:07 Did the on-court antics go too far at MLP?

35:41 Pickleball has crossed the line of what is acceptable in tennis

40:26 The new rules and challenge system for MLP

48:35 Ridiculous paddle technology

54:32 A common understanding not to challenge paddles

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