WORLDS GAUNTLET Pt. 1 w/ KOTC, Dow, Manasse, and Blackwood

It was a reunion at the UPA World Championships. Zane and Thomas caught up with some of the biggest personalities in the game including ‘Coach to the Stars’ Matt Manasse, Kamryn Blackwood, Tyler Loong, Jimmy Miller, and Greg Dow.

Together they cover how paddles are providing an unfair boost to some players, a review of the MLP season, and predict what the future of the game is going to look like.

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0:00 Are there crossover PicklePod/KOTC fans?

2:19 Jimmy coming after The 5’s

4:45 First team all annoying MLP

5:18 Beefing with Jim Kloss on X

11:59 Logging DUPR matches

12:55 Who’s getting dropped from the Premier teams

16:26 How has the MLP brand performed since the merger?

19:36 Are there still complaints about the Gen 2 Vulcan PRO Flight?

22:20 Players leaning on paddle tech to help their game

25:10 Conflicts of interest in pro pickleball

27:24 Greg Dow cameo and monologue

30:08 Zane plays better when he’s angry

31:41 Thomas’ didn’t get the invite back to pros vs 5.0s

35:04 Greg joins the show for real this time

38:37 Greg Dow’s relocation and relationship

41:52 The people love Dow in the booth

47:40 Kamryn Blackwood and Matt Manasse join the pod

51:02 Pickleball Coach to the Stars’ Oh Sh*t moment

53:05 Do you do a lot of homework on each player

55:35 We need to ask the hard questions

58:19 Zane wants to interview the losers of a match

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