Pickleball Cheat Code

About Pickleball Cheat Code

The show for competitive pickleball players who want to level up their game. Hosted by touring pro and top online coach Tanner Tomassi alongside high-level coach and aspiring pro Brodie Smith, Pickleball Cheat Code is your weekly deep dive into what actually wins matches. Whether you’re a 4.0 grinding for gold or a 5.0 chasing a pro dream, this podcast is your shortcut to smarter decisions, better patterns, and more wins. No fluff. No beginner basics. Just real talk from two players who are in the trenches—competing, learning, and leveling up right alongside you. New episodes every week on YouTube, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.

Publisher

CRBN Pickleball

Category

education · health & fitness · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Apr 2025

Latest episode

8 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 51 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Jul 2026

   Does Size Matter? (feat. Andrei Daescu)

   Host Brodie interviews CRBN sponsored pro Andrei Daescu about how physical attributes influence pickleball strategy and competition.

2. 

   1 Jul 2026

   The Singles Playbook (Part 2) feat. Fear the Fro

   The singles playbook continues—and this time Brodie and Kevin (Fear the Fro) get into the details that separate good singles players from great ones. They dig into the mental side of singles competition, why guessing is actually a strategic skill, and how mind games factor into high-level play. They also cover the footwork patterns and drills that build real singles ability, when to come to the net and when to hold back, and why training singles will make you a better doubles player too. If P...

3. 

   24 Jun 2026

   The Singles Playbook (Part 1) feat. Fear the Fro

   Singles pickleball is a different animal—more physically demanding, more mentally taxing, and more rewarding when you get it right. In this episode, Brodie and Kevin (Fear the Fro) dive deep into the singles playbook, starting with the fundamentals that most players overlook. They break down why serving and returning are the most underrated skills in singles, how to use court positioning to cut off angles and control rallies, and why quality of shots will always beat speed of movement. They a...

Inside a recent episode

Owning the Soft Game

Published 27 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] If you know how to properly hit that short hop, it's really similar to how you'd hit that third by keeping your paddle out front, a compact stroke, and a compact lift. You know what I mean? I don't think people have really realized how much an effective short hop can translate to so many areas of an efficient soft game. Yeah, I would say that's a good way to look at it. I haven't thought of it that way, but that totally makes sense. I think if you cannot short hop it, it just gives you more prediction. A short hop is pretty variable. But yeah, I totally agree with you with that. You know what I mean, though? […]

Who has been a guest on Pickleball Cheat Code

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Andrei Daescu
• Chris Olson
• Allyce Jones

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

243

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

63 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

42 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100

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

Quality

87

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

85

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Books guests

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