About this episode

The episode discusses recent pickleball performances, strategies to beat top players, and features a new age-based draft segment.

Last week Zane called out Hayden Patriquin's Columbus performance. Hayden texted back one sentence — and then went 10-0 in St. Louis. We cover all of that, the Shock's total demolition of the Mad Drops, a deep dive on how to actually beat Ben Johns, and full MLP power rankings with a new segment: the James Ignatowich Terminated Team of the Week. 🪓 We also run a brand new age-based MLP draft (teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s — yes, all age groups must be represented), Nico recaps his wild weekend at the Bread & Butter Nerdy Tournament in Vero Beach (featuring Robert Slutzky playing right-handed and Doug dropping $420 checks), and we debate whether the pro pickleball world needs to stop glazing Ben Johns just for showing up. Plus: the dead spot problem is real, Nico's most awkward fan FaceTime, and another round of Guess My DUPR. 🗳️ Vote on our age draft in the Pro Pickleball Talk Discord → https://www.discord.gg/JxEcUZ54z 📣 $500 Midwest Racket Sports Giveaway → www.giveaway.thedinkpickleball.com (ends June 10th!) 💊 Marekk Health → www.marekhealth.com | Code: THEDINK for 10% off 🩺 ZocDoc → www.zocdoc.com/thedink Be the first to try Zane's new course here…

People in this episode

Hosts: Zane, Nico

Topics covered

• pickleball performance
• MLP power rankings
• age-based draft
• tournament recap
• pro pickleball debate

Keywords

• pickleball
• Ben Johns
• MLP
• tournament
• age draft
• performance
• power rankings

Sponsors

Midwest Racket Sports, Marekk Health, ZocDoc

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pro Pickleball Talk

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