The Pickleball Talks

Mark sits down with Dr. Joy Macy — a former pro tennis player who trained alongside legends like Serena and Venus Williams at her own academy, survived a life-threatening head injury in college, and has spent 40 years coaching everyone from Olympic gold medalists to wheelchair and visually impaired athletes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://a...

In this episode, Mark talks with Mark Milner about what it actually takes to convert a tennis game into a pickleball game — right down to the specific coaching cues (like literally pointing your paddle at the ground) that make the transition click for players coming from racket sports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not...

Mark sits down with Dr. Frank W.J. Anderson, a board-certified OB-GYN, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, and longtime mindfulness teacher trained under Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Pickleball has come a long way from backyard games and rec courts. In this episode, Mark sits down with two of the people who've watched — and helped build — that transformation from the ground up: George Domicetti, founder of the World Pickleball Convention, and Carl Foster, of the World Pickleball Conference. Pickleball has come a long way from backyard games and rec courts. In this episode, Mar...

In this episode of Pickleball Talks, host Mark Cerezin sits down with Michelle Verde — founder of the Wise Mind Project, former ballet dancer, juvenile justice social worker, and actor — to explore the mental game behind pickleball, sports performance, and everyday stress management. If you've ever wondered how to stay calm on the pickleball court, manage nerves during competitive play, or build a...

In this episode, host Mark Cerezin sits down with Scott Turner, founder of Volta Well Hydration, to challenge everything you thought you knew about staying hydrated. Scott shares his journey from running a 70-million-dollar industrial business to discovering the power of electrolytes through his backyard garden — and why that led him to build a physiology-first hydration product. He breaks down th...

Mark sits down with Paul Christopher from Gravity + Oxygen Fitness in Boca Raton, FL to share fitness strength + conditioning insights to elevate your pickleball game.

This episode of The Pickleball Talks pays tribute to one of the true architects of American sport — a veteran who served his country with honor and carried that same discipline, structure, and sense of duty into shaping the worlds of tennis, golf, basketball, and pickleball. A pioneer of sports reporting and an early entrepreneur during the dawn of the internet, Mr. Foster helped build the evolvin...

Mark and Gene discuss the importance of the Spirit of the Game and how when it became sportified it started to lose its origin of family, community, respect and sportmanship. Some of the not so great behaviors we have been hearing about in the news. They discuss , " THE RESET , The Accountability Pledge, how to get back on course and their love of the game. Gene shares what it takes to become the...

Every movement has a beginning. This is ours. In the very first episode of The Reset, host Mark Cerezin takes the guest seat as World Pickleball Conference VP of Marketing Adam Bricker flips the script and interviews the interviewer. The result is one of the most honest, heartfelt conversations the pickleball world has heard yet — and the perfect place to start. Mark shares the story behind The Re...

A sneak peek at what's ahead...