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! Let’s take this in - 3 generations….Grandmother, her daughter, her grandson. Wow. Incredible. One of the great themes of this podcast is that Tara and Cole, who are high level players say they play with anyone who wants to play because they love the game....
Feb 26, 2025•45 min•Season 3Ep. 3
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 favouring that happens during mixed doubles. We thought it would be a great question to answer in our podcast. Such a typical situation at every level. This is our first guest episode. Let’s introduce them: Shari Hazeldine and Cathy Crough. For both Cathy and Shari and l...
Feb 18, 2025•42 min•Season 3Ep. 2
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. Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback. Find us on YouTube , How you Play The Game or on Instagram for more information about who we are and tips and strategies for playing your best game. Paddle up and see you again! Thank you to Aubrey Rose App...
Feb 08, 2025•35 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Briar and Danielle toast to another season of pickleball podcasts. How much fun has this been? Paddle up! Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback. Find us on YouTube , How you Play The Game or on Instagram for more information about who we are and tips and strategies for playing your best game. Paddle up and see you again! Thank you to Aubrey Rose Apps for production and editing....
Jul 30, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 12
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 and success in the sport. Briar and Danielle talk setting high standards and the positives and negatives in pickleball. Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your fee...
Jul 09, 2024•40 min•Season 2Ep. 11
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 about setting goals and the hard part, following through. Life gets so busy. What are you goals? Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback. Find us on YouTube , How yo...
Jun 26, 2024•44 min•Season 2Ep. 10
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. It is how we met, and it is how I met others after moving to this community a couple of years ago. Let’s talk about how friendship is interwoven in pickleball Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us ...
Mar 12, 2024•36 min•Season 2Ep. 9
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 an elegant, skillful player who I first met in our Friday morning drill session and has been a mentor and friend of Briar for a long time. Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk ab...
Feb 22, 2024•54 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Elitism. Standard dictionary Being 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 based on their perceived athletic abilities, achievements, or participation in particular sports. What does that mean to you? Let's talk about it. Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback. F...
Feb 10, 2024•35 min•Season 2Ep. 7
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 Rules and Objectives Decision-Making Focus and Resilience Challenges and Opportunities Teamwork and Collaboration Persistence and Perseverance Balance and Self-Care Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk ...
Jan 25, 2024•49 min•Season 2Ep. 6
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 context of the world but in pickleball, they are real. Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback. Find us on YouTube , How you Play The Game or on Instagram for ...
Jan 14, 2024•43 min•Season 2Ep. 5
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 pickleball is a low-impact sport - not too much running, not like lifting weights, playing rugby or football…..but still - strains, shoulders, elbows, knees, ankle injuries abound. Pickleball is full of quick lateral movements, sudden stops, reaching up quickly for that overhead sl...
Jan 02, 2024•44 min•Season 2Ep. 4
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't really do a lot of it. Why is that? More fun to play games than work at improving our games? C'mon. Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback. Find us on YouT...
Dec 07, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 3
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 each other. How important is it that we support each other no matter what side of the court we are on? In Abbie Wambach 's words from her book, the Wolfpack, "if we keep playing by the old rules, we will never change the game." Thank you for listening to How you...
Nov 23, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 2
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! Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback. Find us on YouTube , How you Play The Game or on Instagram for more information about who we are and tips and strategies for playing your best game. Paddle up and see y...
Nov 14, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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 the etiquette? When there are people practicing for tournaments, a shortage of courts in your community and an abundance of players vying for court time - it can be a bit hairy. It's important to take turns and not hurt feelings. Sometimes, it's a slippery ...
Aug 01, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 11
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 good and bad. At one point, Danielle wondered if going to Canadian Nationals was going to come unraveled. Then you get back in play, you work hard, work at it and it comes together. It's ebbs and flows. They happen in pickleball, they happen in life. Thank yo...
Jul 25, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 10
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 a positive for you. Remember, every ball is a good ball, are we right? Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback. Find us on YouTube , How you Play The...
Jul 18, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 9
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 tournaments, how we look at pickleball as a sport. Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback. Find us on YouTube , How you Play The Game or on Instagram for...
Jul 12, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 8
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 career as a Rugby player and how she prepares for not only her but as a co-captain of her team, prepares for her game and always has a Plan A. Only a Plan A. Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us...
Jul 04, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 7
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 morning Drill and Practice Group with our friends is where we practice shots over and over again. We put the time in. Practicing pickleball shots, position and strategies you would encounter in a game. And doing it over and over again, it helps you coordinate...
Jun 27, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 6
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, and got your mental game under wraps, then it's a great way to meet people and just get out of your comfort zone. Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback...
Jun 20, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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 professional tennis player communication with winning and losing teams, patterns of communication, and the differences between rec and competitive play. Are the ways we talk to each other the same or different. What about between men and women? What words can we ...
Jun 13, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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, makes you feel good about your playing and helps you to be a better player. These are all parts of setting a good foundation of your game. Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We w...
Jun 06, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Briar and Danielle are talking about getting started with learning to play pickleball. If you are thinking about picking up a paddle - where do you start? How do you get from the couch to the court? Taking it another step - you have an idea for a business, what are you doing to get started? Don’t be intimidated! You don’t need a partner and you don't need equipment. You do need proper shoes and a paddle and lots of places have paddles on hand. The Pickleball community is growing so fast - people...
May 30, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Danielle French and Briar Jamieson talk about their new podcast about pickleball and entrepreneurship. Danielle and Briar met playing pickleball and love talking about the game, sharing tips and strategies and creating community. Briar talks about communication on the court, and those that talk to each other on the court seem to do better, play better and win. Danielle thought it would be fun to connect concepts important in pickleball and in running your own business. For example - communicatio...
May 11, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 1
