The Pickleball Show with CurtisReese -Discuss the fast growing sport of Pickleball!

Meet Milos Vasovich - the innovative director of Racquet sports at Cherokee town in Atlanta. Hailing from Pickleball hotbed of Florida ( originally from Serbia) - he became certified in multiple things .ITPTA certified and building the program from scratch. His assistant who has since won bronze in US open (Pablo Tellez). He played NPPA but couldn't get quite all his pros to be certified .. ye...

Meet Carl Foster - the Co Owner of the Pro Boca Picklers, CBS Sports Host/Executive Producer at Inside WORLD Pickleball TV Show, President at Foster Events Group, LLC and Affiliated with the NPL, and director of the pickleball expo. He camw intothe sport during covid and was interviewing the likes of Anna Leigh Waters to start of. Listen to his favorites from Engage to Head to Diadem. Enjoy! https...

Talking again with Kevin Marks - previous guest who has fun stories and good insight into the Dallas Pickleball scene. He explains his vocational work in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes ( FCA) and how they help homeless/ parentless/ suicidal youths in the state of Texas via coaching and sports. Listen to Curtis and Kevin talk on their impressions into how pickleball helps those less fortunate...

"Meet Kevin Beeson - the co-founder of PicklePro and director of Zero to Hero (Z2H) Pickleball. Learn some interesting facts on Engages history with pickleball camps. HE's a touring Pickleball pro for Engage. He survived hurricane Hillary on one of his engagements. Listen in on his conversion to Pickleball and previous humorous thoughts on the sport and some famous players who brought him...

Meet Taylor Mason - President of The Dallas Pickleball League. She started the club and is a Dallas local. She's one of the few with no tennis background excelling in Pickleball Listen in for her favorites and inspiring back story and entrepreneurial spirit!! https://www.instagram.com/dallaspickleball/?hl=en https://properpickleco.com/ University of Arkansas alumni

Introducing 'the chef' Rick Rosentengle - Taught tennis by coach Bob Gonzales in 1983. From there he went on to oversee a Pickleball special event at Sam Houston st University, and then onto the University of Kansas. Eventually migrated to Texas ATM Commerce and gained enough experience to impress Curtis. He learned Pickleball as a senior leader for coach Gonzales ( football coach). Having...

Meet Gordon GG Gerbert aka the SlamMaster! Hailing from Connecticut he delves into how he came into Pickleball .. In entertaining fashion. Heading up the National Pickleball League and the creator of the SlamMaster paddle. Modeled after a known toy it's used now for training and available on Amazon. Listen in for the ratings of where NPL is related to other leagues ( in subjective fashion ) an...

Meet Ben Nichols, the Founder CEO of Padel 22, the Global Communications Consultancy for the world’s fastest-growing sport – Padel. In a career that has taken him from the USA to the UAE, and Canada to the UK, Ben has worked in tennis, Formula 1, Rugby Sevens, the Commonwealth Games, anti-doping and now Padel. With the sport of Padel now starting to make waves in the U.S., Ben’s Padel 22 helps gro...

Glad to have Jill Belyea back with her partner Russ Patrick who are tearing up the courts! Glad to have Jill Belyea back with her partner Russ Patrick who are tearing up the courts! Jill IS a local start who went to JJ Pearce in Richardson and claims the state champ bragging rights for tennis in 19.. . Proclaimed boy and dog mom and has landed in Austin by way of San Francisco. She's familiar...

Meet Jayci Simon - and listen to her inspiring inspiring story of becoming a US olympic junior para badminton athlete . She was played her first international tournament in 2018 in Peru. Diagnosed with dwarfism at the age of 7 -She cross trains for hours in the limited facilities available - MSU (Michigan state ) badminton club as well as in Nebraska with her partner Miles Krajewski. They talk on...

Meet Chris Kader - a top Tennis and pickleball player . USPTA Grand prix mens 35 division Florida district champion. He's the Director of Tennis for the prestigious Landings club in Savannah GA. Listen in on his venture into Pickleball starting in 2015 after escaping the dreary, cold winters in Ohio. His staff includes 2 pickleball pros. They discuss certification, pros, drills, shots and padd...

See more with Seymour! (Rifkin) Introducing the re-occurring segment to gain knowledge mixed with humor from the President of the IPTPA ( the first teaching organization in the sport of Pickleball). Besides the initiatives to provide less fortunate with pickleballl equipment internationally - their major initiative has been junior development the last few years and have published a book - Pro Step...

Meet Mo (Maureen) Nard - Co Author of 'Pickleball for Dummies' .... hailing from Sacramento California. Her background is racquetball including being the women's under 19 and under nationals doubles champion 1982 and 1983 , she taught racquetball in Japan as a teenager in 1984, runner up women's intercollegiate singles in racquetball 1983 . PCR, PCI certified , competed in pickleba...

Meet Matt Hampton … Who has started the first collegiate pickleball program. He's a professor at Grand Canyon university and Co-Owner of ArmourPickleball. Bringing pickleball fun to all through completition , family , friends and fellowship. Collegiate / regional championships are now the norm in Arizona thanks to Doc Hamption. More fun stories of having their butts handed to them unexpectantl...

Meet the Pickleball/ Tennis phenom and original AL Jill Belyea. (Jill Bel Ya!) Local graduate fro JJ Pearce in Richardson with bragging rights of tennis state champs. Mixed doubles preference and has only lost singles to @Jenna Hessert in the top 20. Migrated to San Francisco and back to Austin where she represented the University of Texas womens tennis team. Enjoy listening to her favoriite shows...

Meet Kelly Marshall . ..a very impressive pro who has just earned her USPTA Master Professional Certification (PPRN) ..and only the 15th woman to do so! She is also on the board of the USPTA. She is currently the director or racquet sports at Onion Creek club in Austin- who now has close to 250 pickleballers and 16 courts, and they are rolling out a junior program soon . They discuss rules and a f...

Meet the legend of Dean Matt… the Pickleball Pilot and world record holder! Former CFO who found pickleball after moving from Chicago to Florida while continuing to seek golf ventures. He talks about graciously teaching his wife on how to play golf and continues his hobby of flying as well. Thes hobbies came to a nexus when he flew to 44 states and ended up playing pickleball in each one ! The int...

Roger BelAir - Join in this amazing episode with Roger BelAir - a very successful and charismatic pickleball influencer who has introduced pickleball to many people - including the most notable philanthropy work done within American prison systems ( 60 minutes link below) Enjoy his many stories including advice from Vince Lombardi ( yes THE Vince Lombardi) as well as the actual pickleball founders...

Meet Nate Griffin - founder of The Griffin Leagues which provides tennis and pickleball flex leagues for every level of player in the Sarasota, Florida area. He's been ranked numerous times in Tennis and hails from Concordia University. Discover his story on how he went from Minnesota to florida with professional tennis aspirations and eventually joined the world of pickleball. He has several...

The Pickleball Show with Curtis Reese-Dive into all things related to the growing sport of Pickleball

Renee Hinterlog is the pickleball league director for Tennis Competitors of Dallas ( TCD). Join the conversation onsite at the OASIS pickleball club to discuss some interesting facts - like TCD still holds the largest round-robin Pickleball doubles tournament in history per the Guiness book of worls records . Carolyn Ogburn- her tenis partner joins in ont he fun as well. Enjoy! https://tcdmixedpic...

Steve Maniago - is a newly turned pro from a baseball background (Purdue). Listen in on his interesting bacjground and also read about it here: https://www.thepickleballguy.co/index.php/sample-page/"

Adam Bricker With Pickleball being the fastest growing sport in America, new tournaments, facilities and leagues are popping up everywhere. And now, thanks to Adam Bricker, there are Pickleball cards for the players... thank "Baseball Cards" but way cooler, and featuring Pickleball players of all levels. These digital creations feature players, teams, and those enrolled at premiere tournaments. Ch...

Meet Ivan Jakovljevic - Former MLS Soccer player (Houston) who's ranked #55 PPA currently. From Croatia and a fun guy who's serios about athletics .. Listen in! Fun Fact = Ivan Jakovljevic is the twin brother of Slobodan Jakovljevic (HSK Zrinjski Mostar). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UStSM8y6jHc https://youtu.be/qxpUlxS2rBU https://www.transfermarkt.us/ivan-jakovljevic/profil/spieler/19...

Meet the Agritelley brothers - Will and Nico. Nationally ranked and international professionals in Padel. Discuss these pros insights/ inputs into the Padel world and how it relates to other racket/paddle sports. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padel ) which is often compared to the European version of pickleball. Made popular during the Covid pandemic - this is a sport also described as a mix of...