Pickleballers Next Door

About Pickleballers Next Door

Welcome to the Pickleballers Next Door podcast. Mike & Christana will be traveling around the country recording episodes at pickleball courts inside and outside, talking to the everyday pickleball player. Find out what they love about pickleball and build a big pickleball community.

Publisher

Mike Paze and Christana Elliott

Category

health & fitness · leisure · sports

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

8 Jan 2025

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

91 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Episode 89 - The Pickleball Gold Rush: Is the Boom Here to Stay? Jeff Kipp of Premier Pickleball Club

   Send us Fan Mail Is pickleball the next big business gold rush, or is the industry growing too fast? In this episode of Pickleballers Next Door, Mike sits down with Jeff Kipp, co-founder of Premier Pickle Club in Lakewood, Colorado, to talk about how Premier pickleball came about. As pickleball continues to attract players, investors, and business owners across the country, everyone wants a piece of the action. But is opening a pickleball facility really a golden opportunity? What does ...

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Episode 88 - What Will Pickleball Look Like in 2030? Mike Predicts the Future of the Game

   Send us Fan Mail What will pickleball look like by 2030? In this episode of Pickleballers Next Door, Mike takes a look into the future of the fastest-growing sport in America and talks about where pickleball could be headed over the next few years. Will pickleball continue exploding in popularity? Will professional pickleball become even bigger? Could paddles, technology, court design, rules, tournaments, and player styles completely change the game? And as more money, sponsors, celebrities, ...

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Episode 87: “Are We Ruining Pickleball? Competition, Court Etiquette & What Happened to the Fun?”

   Send us Fan Mail Pickleball started as a fun, social game — easy to learn, welcoming to beginners, and built around community. But as the sport has exploded in popularity, has something changed? In Episode 87 of Pickleballers Next Door, Mike ask the question: Are we ruining pickleball? We look back at how pickleball started and how the game has evolved from a backyard pastime into one of the fastest-growing competitive sports in the country. With more tournaments, ratings, leagues, money, spo...

Who has been a guest on Pickleballers Next Door

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

• players
• vendors
• Scott Winters

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

13 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

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

Quality

58

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51