Inside the Wires | Platform Tennis and Paddle podcast

It took a while, but technical difficulties are over and we're back. We have the player with maybe the most often mispronounced name in paddle, Marek Czerwinski. Marek has been a teaching pro, elite level player and now involved with One Volley who is shortly coming out with an amazing new ball machine for paddle. Listen here, watch on Youtube at youtube.com/@insidethewirespodcast and if you want...

We're joined by 2 time National champ Stephen Mitchell as Stephen talks about his road to paddle, tennis in South Africa, the guy he has to partner with and the game itself. Want to see the video version with some behind the scenes action? youtube.com/@insidethewirespodcast

We're happy to be joined by the funniest paddle player out there, Anthony Santino. In addition to being a good player, Anthony is a pro as well as professional comedian and writer. This is a fun one, take a listen! You can also watch on our Youtube channel at: youtube.com/@insidethewirespodcast

Dave Broderick brings a long history as a director, high level player, volunteer, board member and supporter of paddle and is able to tell paddle stories as only someone from Bayonne, NJ can. We're excited to have him back on with us. You can watch the entire podcast and get some behind the scenes footage on our Youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@insidethewirespodcast

Sit back to relax and enjoy. This is a long one. 90 minutes of fun conversation, great stories, paddle eccentricities, and even a Dick Squires mention or 2. You don't want to miss this one with Ara from the Paddleboys of Instagram fame!

It's been too long, but we got back one of the most listened to episodes, Graham McNerney talking paddle, and many other things thanks to our new feature. In this episode Graham shares more wisdom on how to be a better paddle player. If you want to see some behind the scenes action or just get video of the podcast, check out our ITW (Inside the Wires) Youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/ch...

This week we have Mike Rahaley, longtime pro in Chicago at Exmoor Country Club and a former member of top ten teams Nationally. One of the best paddle story tellers around. This is an episode you'll like!

Ben and Noah chat about summer paddle and start to get ready for the new season

Ok, who knew they had paddle in Florida. Not only do they have paddle there, they are soon to have 30 courts in one community! We're joined by Russ Jones who tells us all about the vibrant paddle community there. We also are sad to pass along that Joe Russo, who was instrumental in getting paddle to Florida, passed away the day after our recording of the session. Listen to Russ talk about what Joe...

Connecticut, New Jersey and Chicago women share their stories from a fun weekend in Chicago playing  Team Nationals. Over 40 teams came to Chicago and a good time was had by all. Hear the experiences everyone had on and OFF the court and make plans for next year!

Join us for a fun talk with players from all over the country that participated in the recently completed men's team nationals. The short version, everyone is already making plans to attend for next year! Great stories and feedback from all the players.

Well the paddle season officially ends with the Nationals championships, but for true paddle players and Inside the Wires (ITW) listeners, we know it never REALLY ends. On this episode we have Mitch Granger, who with his partner finished 9th this year. Mitch gives us a wrap up of Nationals from a players perspective. Get ready Chicago, next season it is your turn!

Fresh off their 2022 National titles, we're joined by the men's and 1/2 the women's national champs (Ana Zubori was on a plane when we recorded). Join us for a fun interview session with at one point, all 3 of them.

A new feature. It could only be brought to you by the dynamic duo of Lauren Gebbia and Kerry Delmonico! Mix a couple of drinks with these 2 fantastic players and fun people and you have some ... interesting conversations! Recorded during Nationals 2022, the first of hopefully many! Also, listen to Blake Anderson make an amazingly accurate prediction on the weekend!

This week we're joined by Mark Innes of MiPaddle who talks about announcing for livesteaming, video instruction and picks for Nationals this weekend.

We open up with a tribute to George Wilkinson, who just recently passed away in a car accident. Meet the side of Patty Hogan you didn't know about. Many people now know her as the entertaining voice of livestreaming, but she has a long history as a very accomplished paddle player herself and is a driving force behind all things Junior Paddle for kids and talks about Junior Nationals coming up this...

This week we are joined by 2010 National Champion Jerry Albrikes and he shares stories spanning past and current generations of elite players, talks about the state of the game, and his One Minute Clinics that have so much great content, they are 3-8 minutes.

If you haven't played a tournament in Columbus, you owe it to yourself to play one there. Whether it is the Mudhole on the 1st Saturday after the 4th of July (yes a summer tourney) or the Men's or Women's Columbus Open. Columbus has a great vibrant group of paddle players who are as fun to hang out with off the court as they are on it. In this episode, Brian Heil talks all about the men's Columbus...

Did you know there is paddle in Louisville Kentucky? In the last several years, the paddle community has grown nicely with some higher level players and an enthusiastic base. Edwin and Tyler (with the best mustache in all of paddle) talk about paddle in Louisville and the upcoming Bourban Ball tournament. Signup here: http://www.platformtennis.org/Tournaments/Tournaments_By_Month/Bourbon_Ball_Men_...

The week between Christmas and New Year's is a great time for a paddle tournament and for the 4th year in a row, a solid field came out in Chicago including a few out of towners. This week we have on a the champs in their first time partnering (with a few more scheduled), Drew Broderick and Marek Czerwinski. They review the tournament, what made them play well together and what makes a good partne...

This week we're joined by Juan and Patricio to talk about the Chicago Charities win, marathons, some good stories and their new paddle company, SkullU

We're pleased to have Demian on the show this week. One of the many volunteers who dedicates countless hours to make everything run smoothly for players to just be able to "go out on the court and play". Demian talks about Fairfield County CT paddle and everyone's favorite topic, PTI!

A great show with a first time guest. He's won the National Championship 4x in the last 10 years with 3 different partners! We talk with Mark Parsons, who won the first Grand Prix of the year in Chicago this year along with his partner Juan Arraya.

This week we have the winners of The WITCH at the Stanwich Club in Greenwich CT. Florentina Hanisch and Ana Zubori as well as Sven Burus, representing the team of Burus/Irdoja. We also have the Sven impersonator, Liam from the Xenon Boys!

Want to play a tournament against similar competition, but don't have a whole weekend to do it? Welcome to Turbo Paddle Tournaments. Mike Franco is a director at Ruth Lake Country Club in Hinsdale IL and with support of the APTA is looking to expand this great concept nationwide. Ben and Noah talk with Mike about Turbo as well as what makes good paddle players vs good tennis players. For more info...