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PicklePod: New Offensive Tactics, Pickleball Analytics, and Good vs Bad Coaching

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If you're a true pickleball fan, then you've seen a video by Kyle "ThatPickleballGuy" Koszuta. He's been creating entertaining and instructional pickleball content and amassed one of the biggest followings in the game, all while working on a pro pickleball career.

We cover how analytics will change how the game is played, what good vs bad pickleball coaching looks like, and a new offensive shot that you've probably never tried.

Kyle and Zane call a mystery guest

A friend of the PicklePod, senior pro Altaf Merchant, makes (unbeknownst to him) a surprise appearance on the PicklePod when Kyle uses this opportunity to call him back.

See what Altaf wanted to discuss with Kyle and learn about the conversion rate of senior pro tour gold medals.

The King of YouTube

The PPA Tour YouTube page has 100K subscribers. Not too shabby. Kyle "ThatPickleballGuy" Koszuta's YouTube page has 136K subscribers. Damn.

Find out what it is about Kyle's content that has helped him grow so big and fast. He also talks about how he thinks pro pickleball can become more watchable.

From content creator to legit pro player

Kyle has had a fantastic 2024 on the Pro Tours. He's beaten a number-one seed on the APP Tour (while on Team YouTube with content creator Tanner Tomassi) and Matt Wright and Lucy Kovalova on the PPA Tour.

Two of Pickleball’s Top Content Creators Are Now a Formidable On-Court Partnership
Tanner Tomassi and Kyle Koszuta took different paths to get to this point in their pickleball careers. Two of the sport’s top content creators are now a formidable duo at the professional level.

Hear from him about how good life is right now and how long he plans on keeping up the content creator and pickleball pro life.

Rumors of a Kyle and Dayne Gingrich podcast

Dayne Gingrich is a top senior pro and one of the top minds in pickleball. He and Kyle will (probably) start a podcast together soon-ish, maybe... it wasn't clear, but they're talking about it.

You can gain some insights from them discussing pickleball strategy here:

The launch of ThatPickleballSchool

October 1st marks the launch of ThatPickleballSchool. This online platform will help people find training to improve their game and focus on three things:

  1. On-demand videos
  2. A pickleball community
  3. More access to personalized help

You can find out more about ThatPickleballSchool and sign up for notifications here.

The Pickleball Subscription Box

The rest of the podcast includes Kyle and Zane's most controversial take, baiting the other team into hitting an ATP, they play a round of Guess my DUPR, and finally, they discuss the new members of the Pickleball Hall of Fame.

Watch the entire podcast here:

 

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The Dink Media Team

The Dink Media Team

The team behind The Dink, pickleball's original multi-channel media company, now publishing daily for over 1 million avid pickleballers.

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