We grilled USA Pickleball about paddle failures
11/01/23 • 77 min
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USA Pickleball’s man behind the paddle tests shares his wealth of knowledge with the PicklePod. Carl Schmits explains what is going on with the new wave of paddles hitting the market and the discrepancy between testing organizations.
Zane and Thomas recap the APP Houston Open and weigh in on the line call controversy that brought an army of extra eyes to Championship Court.
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Show Notes
0:53 The F1 Pickleball Experience
5:04 When Zane and Thomas first met
8:55 Travis isn’t afraid to sling it on Tennis Sucks
15:39 APP Houston line calls boil over
20:09 Punishment for overruling calls
24:43 No Premier Level trades
27:15 Zane needs suggestions for a creative loser punishment
32:14 Carl Schmits joins the pod
40:28 How do testing organizations work together?
44:28 USAP’s plan for testing at Nationals
51:44 The new Gearbox paddle
58:24 Exit velocity test coming soon and auditing the PicklePod
1:02:35 The USAP relationship with the p...
USA Pickleball’s man behind the paddle tests shares his wealth of knowledge with the PicklePod. Carl Schmits explains what is going on with the new wave of paddles hitting the market and the discrepancy between testing organizations.
Zane and Thomas recap the APP Houston Open and weigh in on the line call controversy that brought an army of extra eyes to Championship Court.
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Show Notes
0:53 The F1 Pickleball Experience
5:04 When Zane and Thomas first met
8:55 Travis isn’t afraid to sling it on Tennis Sucks
15:39 APP Houston line calls boil over
20:09 Punishment for overruling calls
24:43 No Premier Level trades
27:15 Zane needs suggestions for a creative loser punishment
32:14 Carl Schmits joins the pod
40:28 How do testing organizations work together?
44:28 USAP’s plan for testing at Nationals
51:44 The new Gearbox paddle
58:24 Exit velocity test coming soon and auditing the PicklePod
1:02:35 The USAP relationship with the p...
Previous Episode
Collin Johns: Cheating vs Innovation, Tour Wars, Net Cords
Pickleball’s most analytic player joins the pod for some high-level paddle talk and low-key trash talk. Johns shares his opinion on the new round of paddlegate and why testing will always be chasing innovation.
He weighs in on the Tour Wars cease-fire and how pickleball has benefitted from competition over the last 3 years. And finally, Collin addresses his haters about covering 30% of the court and his feud with net cords.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Collin and Zane get into business
3:36 The new paddlegate
9:01 The current level of testing
12:54 The difference between innovation and cheating
20:39 Jilly B calls out 'biggest cheater in the game'
31:30 The players’ responsibility
38:48 The Johns’ status during the Tour Wars
45:30 Recapping the merger
51:52 Matt Wright’s longevity - CJ’s potential partners
57:52 The benefit of the Newman/Wright breakup
1:01:00 The Johns winning strategy
1:08:23 FanDuel lost money setting odds on the Johns
1:09:45 Bryan Bros interest in pickle
1:15:48 Steve Kuhn’s official resignation
1:18:39 Why the net cord hates Collin
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Next Episode
Pros were literally scrambling to find legal paddles at MLP
Paddles were dropping left and right at MLP Dallas. Zane estimates that 90% of paddles were ruled out via PPL testing before the event. Affected pros were left searching for legal paddles. The boys recap the MLP action including Federico Staksrud’s blow-up on Saturday, the now infamous two-become-one rule, and all of the vuvuzela noise.
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Show Notes
0:15 Zane wants another shot at the DC squad
5:58 Not playing in Nationals
7:23 If Ben and ALW played men’s how far would they go?
8:40 A frantic call from Tropickleball about the Detroit Bounce tourney
10:48 Paddle drama is at an all-time high - assumed 90% fail
16:31 The law of diminishing grit
21:44 Two-become-one foot fault rule against Daescu
25:03 Vuvuzuela’s hard to listen to
27:49 Staks got out of hand, earned an Orange Card and a record fine
32:09 A shocker that the Black Diamonds didn’t make the cut
33:34 Shadows covered the court in Dallas
35:07 Alshon takes the MVP award
38:02 New 2024 schedule released
42:24 Thomas is struggling to find games in Austin
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