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 Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and ...

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. 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 w...

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. 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...

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. 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 f...

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! 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. Paddl...

Sometimes you feel discombobulated. Out of the groove of working out, playing regularly, having good games. You wonder why you played so well last week and this week not a ball is in the court! Sometimes things throw you off, things come up good and bad. At one point, Danielle wondered if going to Canadian Nationals was going to come unraveled. Then you get back in play, you work hard, work at it and it comes together. It's ebbs and flows. They happen in pickleball, they happen in life....

Briar and Danielle talk about identifying as an athlete and what does it mean. We talk about our own story with athleticism, sports in high school, where we are now and preparing for the next stage of life. Lots of stories about our recent tournaments, how we look at pickleball as a sport. 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...

This week Briar and Danielle talk about setting expectations for yourself . There are win days and there are days when maybe it doesn’t feel like a winner. Putting the time in and you are more likely to reach your intended goals. Our Friday morning Drill and Practice Group with our friends is where we practice shots over and over again. We put the time in. Practicing pickleball shots, position and strategies you would encounter in a game. And doing it over and over again, it helps you coordi...