How you play the game. A podcast about pickleball and entrepreneurship.
Two Friends: entrepreneur, teacher. One love: pickleball.
Danielle French and Briar Jamieson met playing pickleball and love talking (and laughing) about the game, sharing tips and strategies and creating community. Each week they meet to chat about their game on - and sometimes off - the court.
Danielle is the founder of South Pond Farms and host of the Netflix series, Taste of the Country. Briar is an educator.
Episodes
26 episodes
Intergenerational pickleball - Nancy Sharpe, Tara Sharpe and Cole Lester
Briar and Danielle dive into the stories of three generations of pickleballers, in one family, who recently made us all proud by medaling at the Canadian Nationals. Since then, the three of them have medaled in what seems like every tournament!...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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45:00
Season 3. Episode 2 - Partnerships that work
After morning drills, Danielle and Briar overheard a question from a team who play regularly together. They win tournaments, they win games. They have honed their skills into a powerful duo on the court. Their question was about fav...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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42:18
Season 3. Episode 1. Catching up.
After a summer of tournaments, new jobs, the Olympics, getting married (Danielle), it's time for a complete catch up on life, pickleball and love.
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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34:35
Season Finale
Briar and Danielle toast to another season of pickleball podcasts. How much fun has this been? Paddle up!
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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41:23
Perfectionism
While perfectionism can have both positive and negative impacts on pickleball players, finding a balance between striving for excellence and maintaining a healthy perspective on mistakes and imperfections is essential for overall enjoyment a...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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39:58
Conditioning
Let’s talk about physical conditioning. It’s been the single biggest concept on my mind for a variety of reasons. Being in shape, training for tournements, improving our game. Being ready for old age. Ug. Briar and Danielle talk abo...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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43:56
Friendship
This week we are talking about friendship. Seems like a broad topic. Why is friendship different in pickleball than in any other sport. It may not be any different but we think pickleball promotes friendship more broadly, more easily.&...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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36:25
Mentorship
In this episode, Briar and Danielle speak about Mentorship in sports and most specifically in pickleball. We are thrilled to have the insights from a female pickleball star and mentor here in our community as our guest, Robyn Percival. Robyn is...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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54:26
Episode 7. Elitism
Elitism. Standard dictionaryBeing elitist in the context of sports refers to the adoption of an exclusive or snobbish attitude, often associated with a sense of superiority, towards individuals or groups base...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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35:25
episode 6 How you play the game!
Briar and Danielle talk today about equating how you play the game of pickleball and how you play the game of life. When you think about it, there are so many parallels between sports and life. Here are just a few topics...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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49:06
Pet Peeves.....
Briar and Danielle talk about pet peeves....court etiquette. We've been feeling lately like, well complaining. Court annoyances and irritations about pickleball. Are we becoming those people? These really aren't problems at all in the conte...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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42:38
Injuries and preventing them!
No one wants to talk about this but just like every other sport, it is a thing. It can happen. And more and more people are playing pickleball so naturally, injury will be and is on the rise as well. Most people think pick...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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43:41
Episode 3. Drills part 2.
What are drills really? We have already done one podcast about drilling, we sure talk about it a lot amongst our friends. Unanimously it’s the one topic of conversation we talk about, and talk about how we need to drill but then we don...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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46:16
Episode 2. Supporting each other.
What does it mean to support each other in pickleball? Briar and Danielle chat about the amazing community of women that are playing the game, both recreationally and competitively. We see each other on the court playing with and against eac...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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34:12
Episode 1. Catching up.
Briar and Danielle catch up after a brief summer break and playing at Canadian Nationals. We talk about the tournament, fall play, dropping down in the ladder and so many other things!
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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34:01
Episode 11. Court etiquette and playing with friends.
It's hard to believe there can be anything controversial in pickleball, but things do come up. The good news is there are always solutions. Sometimes you want to just play with your friends and not change up with the rest of the group. What's t...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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34:09
Episode 10. Ebbs and Flows of the Game.
Sometimes you feel discombobulated. Out of the groove of working out, playing regularly, having good games. You wonder why you played so well last week and this week not a ball is in the court! Sometimes things throw you off, things come up goo...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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36:33
Episode 9. The targeting game in pickleball.
Briar and Danielle talk about something that happens to all of us - being targeted in the game of pickleball. But can you use it as a strategy? You sure can. Tips to looking at ways to turn this potentially negative situation around and make it...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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34:09
Episode 8. Identifying as an athlete
Briar and Danielle talk about identifying as an athlete and what does it mean. We talk about our own story with athleticism, sports in high school, where we are now and preparing for the next stage of life. Lots of stories about our recent tour...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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35:54
Episode 7. The Mental Game - guest Olivia Apps
This week, Briar and Danielle speak to @livapps, Olympian, Rugby player, Canadian Women's Sevens, and daughter to Danielle about the mental game. How do you mentally condition for your game and for life. Listen to Olivia speak about her c...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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43:17
Episode 6. Drills and drills and more drills.
This week Briar and Danielle talk about setting expectations for yourself . There are win days and there are days when maybe it doesn’t feel like a winner. Putting the time in and you are more likely to reach your intended goals. Our Friday ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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39:37
Episode 5. Tournament Play.
Briar and Danielle talk about playing in tournaments and what that means and how to prepare. Are they really scary or just another way to play competitively. If you've done what you can to prepare and play your best game, checked the boxes,&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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34:14
Episode 4. Let’s talk. Communication!
This week, Danielle and Briar talk about how we talk to each other in our pickleball games. Danielle is playing in a tournament and getting ready by taking a lesson, practicing, drilling, playing. Briar has read interesting materials on p...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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39:04
Episode 3: Who’s your partner? Setting a good foundation of the game.
Do you care if who your partner is? Some people don't. Danielle didn't. At first!This week, Briar and Danielle talk about chemistry between partners. Picking a good partner that fits your needs, balances skills, someone you can trust, m...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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34:27
