How you play the game. A podcast about pickleball and entrepreneurship.

About 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.

Publisher

Danielle French and Briar Jamieson

Category

business · education · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 May 2023

Latest episode

19 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

30 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Feb 2026

   Catching up: Episode 7

   It's been a while and Briar and Danielle meet up to chat pickleball. This episode was recorded in the fall but lots of great pickleball content relevant every day. 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!...

2. 

   19 Jan 2026

   Tanner Big Canoe - The mental game continued

   Two years ago in our first season we spoke to Olivia Apps about the importance of mental conditioning in her game of Rugby. And just to recap - this mental conditioning contributed to a silver medal at the Paris Olympics this past summer with Olivia leading the team from an underdog - 9th place to silver. So it can happen. Today we have another athlete with us, Tanner Big Canoe - who plays serious golf, has been in pro tournaments, instructor but importantly to us, is a new pickleball p...

3. 

   16 Dec 2025

   The Mind of a Referee - Joan Pollard

   Today’s podcast is with our friend, Joan Pollard. We know her as a friend and amazing pickleball player but also when you get into a medal round, it might be Joan that is the referee. Joan travels far and wide to referee games and she’s well respected in that community and the pickleball community in general. Today’s topic is - obviously Joan is a referee - but what is the mind of a referee? What kind of person makes a good one? Someone who is organized, maybe a take charge person...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

68

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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