This is Kitchen Konversations, a podcast where the guys from The Kitchen interview top players and influential figures in the greatest sport in the world, pickleball.
The Kitchen is the largest pickleball community in the world. You can find us on all social channels including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and our FREE newsletter at www.thekitchenpickle.com.
The Kitchen Podcast Network presents The Drop, hosted by The Kitchen's Jared Paul and Jason Aspes. The Kitchen team dives into the hottest topics in the sport and brings on the most important players, decision makers, and movers and shakers in pickleball.
Carl Schmits, the USA Pickleball's Managing Director of facility development and equipment standards sits down with Jason Aspes to discuss all things paddles. From delamination, testing on the tours, to the new EVA paddles, and advancements in sound dampening technologies.
Carl is one of the most knowledgable people in the world when it comes to paddle technology and where things are headed.
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22 Mar 2023
#5: Collin Johns - Elite Status
The Kitchen Podcast Network presents The Drop, hosted by The Kitchen's Jared Paul and Jason Aspes. The Kitchen team dives into the hottest topics in the sport and brings on the most important players, decision makers, and movers and shakers in pickleball.
Collin Johns is the #1 rated Men's Doubles pickleball player in the world. He and his brother, Ben Johns have won 5 PPA titles in a row and there is no signs of slowing down their absolute dominance on the court.
Collin joins the Kitchen to discuss his new paddle, the Electrum Model E Elite, the paddle drama around delamination, how moving to Austin, TX has improved his game, and his thoughts on MLP.
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The Kitchen is the largest pickleball community in the world. You can find us on all social channels including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and our FREE newsletter at www.thekitchenpickle.com (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episode/www.thekitchenpickle.com).
17 Mar 2023
#4: Robert Quicksilver - USA Pickleball Chairman of the Board
The Kitchen Podcast Network presents The Drop, hosted by The Kitchen's Jared Paul and Jason Aspes. The Kitchen team dives into the hottest topics in the sport and brings on the most important players, decision makers, and movers and shakers in pickleball.
Robert Quicksilver is the Chairman of USA Pickleball, the governing body of the sport in the US. Robert spoke to us about the rise in popularity in the sport, where he sees the future of the sport going, and USA Pickleball's vision and plan of how we are going to get there.
We touched on topics such as paddle testing and regulation, the introduction of gambling on pickleball, and rally scoring.
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The Kitchen is the largest pickleball community in the world. You can find us on all social channels including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and our FREE newsletter at www.thekitchenpickle.com (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episode/www.thekitchenpickle.com).
9 Mar 2023
#3: Ben Johns chooses Joola over Franklin!
The Kitchen Podcast Network presents The Drop, hosted by The Kitchen's Jared Paul and Jason Aspes. The Kitchen team dives into the hottest topics in the sport and brings on the most important players, decision makers, and movers and shakers in pickleball.
On April Fool's Day, Ben Johns drops the biggest bomb that the Pickleball world has seen in quite a while. But this ain't no joke!
In a massive upset, newcomer Joola sways the Pickleball G.O.A.T. from legacy sports brand Franklin. Ben sits down with us to discuss how the deal came to be, to geek out on paddles, discuss what the future holds for the sport and so much more!
Congrats Ben!
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The Kitchen is the largest pickleball community in the world. You can find us on all social channels including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and our FREE newsletter at www.thekitchenpickle.com (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episode/www.thekitchenpickle.com).
9 Mar 2023
#2: Mark Peifer - 2023 Pickleball Rules Update
The Kitchen Podcast Network presents The Drop, hosted by The Kitchen's Jared Paul and Jason Aspes. The Kitchen team dives into the hottest topics in the sport and brings on the most important players, decision makers, and movers and shakers in pickleball.
In this episode of Kitchen Konversations, Mark Peifer, the head of the rules committee for USA Picklebal, gives an update on all the rules we will be seeing changed in 2023. Most notably is the end of the spin serve as Mark explains the thinking behind the rules changes and what we should be looking out for in the new year.
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The Kitchen is the largest pickleball community in the world. You can find us on all social channels including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and our FREE newsletter at www.thekitchenpickle.com (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episode/www.thekitchenpickle.com).
8 Mar 2023
#1: Connor Pardoe - The Unstoppable Growth of Pickleball
The Kitchen Podcast Network presents The Drop, hosted by The Kitchen's Jared Paul and Jason Aspes. The Kitchen team dives into the hottest topics in the sport and brings on the most important players, decision makers, and movers and shakers in pickleball.
In this episode of Kitchen Konversations, we sit down with the PPA Tour's Connor Pardoe (Founder/Commissioner) & Don Stanley (Head Ref) to talk about the banning of the spin serve and all of the recent developments at the PPA.
2022 is gearing up to be a historic year for Pickleball and we can't see how it all shakes out!
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The Kitchen is the largest pickleball community in the world. You can find us on all social channels including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and our FREE newsletter at www.thekitchenpickle.com (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/episode/www.thekitchenpickle.com).
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