APP CMO Tom Webb joins Kristin and Jill to discuss all things professional pickleball. The APP is now home to the most pros anywhere and does NOT consider themselves a “feeder” tour. The APP does, however, look at “other” tours as “exhibition tours” (shots fired!). Tom breaks down the shocking truth about viewership numbers in pickleball and poses an answer to the question we all want to know: is their enough air for the multiple competing entities in pickleball to all survive 3, 5, 10 years down the road? Kristin and Jill also recap the PPA San Clemente where Jill played with Jack Munro in mixed and her sister, Natalie “Nocki” Raney, in women’s. Jill walked away with two medals the following week at the APP Newport Beach with Eric Oncins and Megan Fudge. Don’t miss Pod 46—we’ve got Tom Webb in the mix!
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Jill Braverman and Kristin Walla discuss timely pickleball topics, news, advice, and humor. Equal parts humor, entertainment, and instruction. If you love pickleball, you'll love this podcast.
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SEGMENTS:
0:00 Coming Up
1:46 PPA San Clemente/Playing with my sister
7:12 Playing with the Jack of all Handedness Munro
10:17 APP Newport Beach (Eric Oncins & Ankle Twists)
22:00 The new APP Dress Code
27:41 MLP Australia Draft Results
29:00 Tom Webb: The Origin Story
31:33 Why the APP?
33:41 Ken Hermann
35:03 The APP Difference
37:20 Sanctioning and the Olympics
39:55 What is a Governing Body?
42:05 Is USAP Doing Enough?
44:36 Why So Few APP Events?
48:55 Cockroach or Phoenix?
50:46 Tour vs. Exhibition
55:46 Is “The Fort” the BEST (future) Venue in PB?
1:02:20 What Viewers Really See
1:11:04 The Truth about Viewership
1:15:10 Global Growth of Pickleball
1:19:20 Lessons From Tennis
1:21:40 Gambling in Pickleball
1:31:30 Next Up on the Pod
