Tuesday, August 19, 2025

2025 APP Great Lakes Open.

 

Women's Pro Doubles Quarterfinal
Simone Jardim.Katerina Stewart vs. Jill Braverman/Megan Fudge(QF)


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2025 MLP San Diego Playoffs

 

Ranked from most to least views
2025 MLP San Diego Playlist

🔥 Top Viewed Matches

  1. Los Angeles Mad Drops vs Brooklyn Pickleball Team
    ⏱ 31:24 • 📅 2 days ago • 👁 34K views

  2. Columbus Sliders vs Dallas Flash
    ⏱ 1:13:48 • 📅 1 day ago • 👁 26K views

  3. Orlando Squeeze vs St. Louis Shock
    ⏱ 34:44 • 📅 3 days ago • 👁 26K views

  4. Texas Ranchers vs New Jersey 5s
    ⏱ 42:49 • 📅 2 days ago • 👁 24K views

  5. Los Angeles Mad Drops vs Brooklyn Pickleball Team
    ⏱ 57:31 • 📅 1 day ago • 👁 17K views

  6. Texas Ranchers vs New Jersey 5s
    ⏱ 1:06:16 • 📅 1 day ago • 👁 15K views

  7. Orlando Squeeze vs St. Louis Shock
    ⏱ 1:05:17 • 📅 2 days ago • 👁 15K views

  8. Columbus Sliders vs Dallas Flash
    ⏱ 57:08 • 📅 2 days ago • 👁 9.5K views

  9. Utah Black Diamonds vs Orlando Squeeze
    ⏱ 57:47 • 📅 3 days ago • 👁 9K views

  10. Bay Area Breakers vs D.C Pickleball Team
    ⏱ 1:01:04 • 📅 3 days ago • 👁 2.7K views

  11. Florida Smash vs California Black Bears
    ⏱ 35:16 • 📅 3 days ago • 👁 2.7K views

  12. Bay Area Breakers vs Las Vegas Night Owls
    ⏱ 43:46 • 📅 2 days ago • 👁 1.9K views

  13. California Black Bears vs Nashville Chefs
    ⏱ 52:10 • 📅 2 days ago • 👁 1.1K views

  14. Bay Area Breakers vs Las Vegas Night Owls
    ⏱ 44:22 • 📅 2 days ago • 👁 718 views

  15. California Black Bears vs Nashville Chefs
    ⏱ 33:03 • 📅 2 days ago • 👁 709 views

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Friday, August 15, 2025

Tanner Tomassi: Paperback/Kindle Book Coming Soon

 

   


Available: December 9, 2025
Pickleball in 60 Seconds: Everything You Need to Know to Master the World’s Hottest Sport


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Thursday, August 14, 2025

Unstoppable Duo: Anna Leigh Waters & Anna Bright’s INSANE Highlight Reel to Gold

 

2025 PPA Veolia Bristol Open
Women's Doubles (Waters/Bright)

  1. Waters/Bright v Griffith/Bui, 2.4K views, 00:14:10
  2. Waters/Bright v Godwin/McGowan, 3.6K views, 00:11:52
  3. Waters/Bright v Jansen/Schneemann, 35K views, 00:31:26
  4. Waters/Bright v Parenteau/Jk.Kawamoto, 49K views, 00:26:18
  5. Waters/Bright v Johnson/Rohrabacher, 50K views, 00:40:17



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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

2025 NVZ Summer Solstice

 

MD Open Final 
Will MacKinnon (16, white hat) & Mason Fung vs  Dylan Goldman & David Litvinov 

2:01 Will's silky smooth soft signature lob 4:24 Will's silky smooth soft signature lob 4:59 Highlight 11:04 Will's silky smooth soft signature lob 14:02 Will's silky smooth soft signature lob 16:12 Game 2 17:54 Highlight 19:46 ATP 23:08 Backhand Erne Winner 24:57 Will's silky smooth soft signature lob 27:14 Highlight
30:18 Game 3 31:01 Highlight 32:15 Will's silky smooth soft signature lob 35:15 Mason's beautiful 4th NVZ topspin winner 35:52 Out?/Body-bag 40:36 Will's silky smooth soft signature lob (5-4-2) 41:37 Highlight (ATP defended)/ Ernie Winner 43:55 Long Rally 44:59 ATP/Will's silky smooth soft signature lob (6-5-1) 50:00 Will's silky smooth soft signature lob

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Introducing ChatGPT Study Mode

  

ChatGPT Study Mode: Pickleball

> Got it — before we dive in, are you looking to learn how to play pickleball, improve your skills, or catch up on pickleball news and players?
That way I can shape this like a proper training or deep-dive session instead of just tossing random facts at you.

  • I would like to improve my pickleball skills

Great — let’s make this a proper training session.
Before I map out drills and strategies, I need to know two things so we can aim at the right level:

  1. Your current level: Have you played enough to be comfortable with basic rules and strokes, or are you still learning fundamentals like serving, dinking, and keeping score?

  2. Your main goal: Do you want to get better at winning points in games, consistency and control, or speed and power?

Once I know those, I can walk you through a skill-building plan with short, focused steps you can practice each time you play.

  • I am comfortable with basic rules and strokes. My main goal is to get better at consistency and control.

Perfect — you’re already past the beginner stage, so we can focus on the parts of pickleball that win matches quietly:
ball placement, unforced error reduction, and steady rallying under pressure.

Here’s how we’ll tackle it step-by-step, and I’ll check in after each part so you can tell me what clicks or needs more detail.

Step 1: Strengthen Your “Reset” Game

This is the foundation of consistency — being able to take a hard or awkward shot and place it back into a neutral rally, usually with a soft dink or drop.

Drill:

  • Have a partner hit medium-paced drives at you from mid-court or baseline.

  • Focus on absorbing the pace by holding a loose grip and letting the paddle face do the work.

  • Aim for the ball to land in the kitchen with minimal arc.

Key checkpoint: If the ball’s coming back fast, you should never swing hard — think “catch and release” with your paddle.

Step 2: Precision Dinking

Most control battles are won at the kitchen.

Drill:

  • Pick a small target area (like a towel) in the kitchen on the other side.

  • Play cross-court dinks with a partner, but only count it as a win if it lands on or within a paddle’s length of the target.

  • Keep rallies going for 20–25 hits without an error before increasing speed or depth.

Key checkpoint: Your wrist should be quiet — most of the motion comes from your shoulder.

Step 3: Third-Shot Drop Consistency

A soft third shot forces your opponents to give up the net advantage.

Drill:

  • From baseline, drop feed a ball to yourself, hit a soft drop into the kitchen, then move forward into position.

  • Track your “success rate” — e.g., how many land in the kitchen out of 10 tries.

  • Gradually increase the pace of feeds to simulate game pressure.

Step 4: Mental Control Rallies

Control isn’t just about mechanics — it’s about patience.

Game:

  • Play a rally-to-11 game where you can only score after 30 consecutive shots land in.

  • This forces you to focus on staying in the point rather than rushing a winner.

If you want, we can turn this into a 4-week “Consistency Builder” plan where each week adds one small challenge so you get measurable progress without overwhelm.

Do you want me to set that plan up for you next? (Full ChatGPT 5 Session)

 


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Monday, August 11, 2025

2025 PPA Veolia Bristol Open

 

Mixed Doubles Final: (1) Anna Leigh Waters/Ben Johns vs (2) Jorja Johnson/JW Johnson at the Veolia Bristol Open    Players:   – Anna Leigh Waters   / anna_leigh_waters     – Ben Johns   / benjohns_pb     – Jorja Johnson   / jorjajohnson1     – JW Johnson   / jwjohnson.pb   Timestamps: 0:00 Game 1 10:21 Game 2 24:24 Game 3 36:27 Game 4 52:06 Game 5 1:08:33 Post match interview

Top 20 Most Viewed Matches - 2025 PPA Veolia Bristol Open

  1. Players: Ben Johns v Max Freeman, views: 65K

  2. Players: Waters/Johns v Rane/Garnett, views: 51K

  3. Players: Johns/Tardio v Newman/Devilliers, views: 50K

  4. Players: Waters/Bright v Parenteau/Jk.Kawamoto, views: 49K

  5. Players: Parenteau/Alshon v Todd/Patriquin, views: 35K

  6. Players: Waters/Bright v Jansen/Schneemann, views: 35K

  7. Players: Waters/Johns v Parenteau/Alshon, views: 31K

  8. Players: Johns/Tardio v Rettenmaier/Benitez, views: 26K

  9. Players: Hunter Johnson v Christian Alshon, views: 24K

  10. Players: Johns/Tardio v Goldin/Funemizu, views: 19K

  11. Players: Staksrud/Patriquin v Martinez Vich/Wright, views: 18K

  12. Players: Bright/Daescu v Tuionetoa/Staksrud, views: 18K

  13. Players: Jorja Johnson v Anna Bright, views: 16K

  14. Players: Johnson/Rohrabacher v Black/Todd, views: 15K

  15. Players: Johnson/Johnson v Bright/Daescu, views: 15K

  16. Players: Judit Castillo v Anna Bright, views: 14K

  17. Players: Brooke Buckner v Catherine Parenteau, views: 14K

  18. Players: Johnson/Johnson v Rohrabacher/Khlif, views: 13K

  19. Players: Christian Alshon v John Lucian Goins, views: 12K

  20. Players: Waters/Johns v Johnson/Johnson, views: 11K

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