Pickleball's leading organizations share insights on what's next

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Back in March, leaders from pickleball’s top organizations gathered under one roof at the racquetX Conference to discuss the future of the game. The Dink’s own Thomas Shields led a panel that included:
Anne Worcester - Strategic advisor, MLP
Bryce Morgan - President, PPA Tour
Tom Webb - Chief Marketing Officer, APP
Mike Nealy - Chief Executive Officer, USA Pickleball
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Show Notes:
0:00 Intros
2:33 Insights from professional tennis
6:50 Amateur participation growth
14:05 Challenges to build the next great pro sport
20:40 Running a startup organization in a startup industry
24:50 How is USA Pickleball adapting?
26:30 The growth of pickleball internationally
31:01 Creating a space for the youth to play
37:39 International regulation for grass roots growth
41:02 Is there room for two tours?

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  • @jorgeferreiro9783
    @jorgeferreiro978327 күн бұрын

    Tom Webb, the APP guy, comes across as the class act of this show. He seems to have the best knowledge of the sport and has a very polished presentation style.

  • @billkennedy401
    @billkennedy40127 күн бұрын

    hehe - look at the video at 5:15 Anne Worcester talks about how lucky the sport is to have only one ruling body. Now we have UPA-A

  • @yegwheel
    @yegwheel27 күн бұрын

    Nice to see everyone on the same stage; particularly nice to hear from USAP and APP, who had a really thoughtful takes on where the sport is now and where it is heading.

  • @stevejordan-fd1om
    @stevejordan-fd1om27 күн бұрын

    Tom is spot on with the disaster of the salary model

  • @stevejordan-fd1om
    @stevejordan-fd1om27 күн бұрын

    Let Tom run Picklball

  • @stevejordan-fd1om
    @stevejordan-fd1om27 күн бұрын

    No surprise after listening to Tom, that the APP is most professional tournament production. He is by far the smartest person on this panel. It’s a shame he only has the minor league players ( less talented)

  • @pickledandpaddled
    @pickledandpaddled26 күн бұрын

    Tom Webb really impressed us all with his answers. I enjoyed the entire panel and the questions, it really shows the future of PB is very bright.

  • @BrandonChesley
    @BrandonChesley27 күн бұрын

    The intro music LMFAO

  • @stevejordan-fd1om
    @stevejordan-fd1om27 күн бұрын

    Tom is so smart, he makes these other people look bad

  • @blackbeardgoatjr2434
    @blackbeardgoatjr243427 күн бұрын

    You need to do something about the terrible replays for line calls. Have a video ref available with unlimited challenges. Players only get 1 timeout/game. It's not that hard

  • @davidj7516

    @davidj7516

    27 күн бұрын

    IMO, PPA doesn't want to do good replays. First, they have to buy and set up more equipment. Second, they can swing line judgments toward their top players. An example is last weekend w/ Davidze/Jansen match. The ball was out by three inches, the ref wasn't even looking and called it in for Jansen. Who, IMO, knew it was out.

  • @maryapeland8029
    @maryapeland802915 күн бұрын

    I agree that Tom is the high lite of this panel. 👏🏼👏🏼 The APP has had the MOST success and the LEAST drama. Ken and Tom seem to truly care about all aspects of the sport . I’m happy that you invited all these leaders but Tom is outstanding. That’s who anybody smart/balanced/successful would want to run their business. He’s very easy to listen to and he’s not being arrogant about himself or his/Kens business.

  • @stevejordan-fd1om
    @stevejordan-fd1om27 күн бұрын

    APP is much better then PPA from a professional production, ironically they have the less skilled players, it’s minor league for players talent but major league from a video, replay & production

  • @gabeanderson8816
    @gabeanderson881627 күн бұрын

    “I’m happy to have one governing body in pickleball” didn’t age well just a couple days later 😢

  • @stevejordan-fd1om
    @stevejordan-fd1om27 күн бұрын

    If you want people to watch, improve the production ! It’s unwatchable on tv with bad cameras, bad play calling, bad line calls . It a joke

  • @esterlingo9664
    @esterlingo966426 күн бұрын

    APP guy made the most valid points. To actually move forward one tour needs to bend and they need to be one body with developmental leagues like NBA.

  • @ruhrohraggy1313
    @ruhrohraggy131326 күн бұрын

    Really disappointed in the lack of regular podcast episode. Only managed to get 7 minutes into this before the buzzwords and business jargon and middle management catchphrases became too much to stand

  • @stevejordan-fd1om
    @stevejordan-fd1om27 күн бұрын

    This guy gets it. Line calls by players is a joke. Sport will never be taken seriously until this stops

  • @davidj7516

    @davidj7516

    27 күн бұрын

    Line judges suck too. They have to go with line cameras, but PPA won't do it. They were in charge of this last MLP and didn't put them in, even though all previous MLPs had them.

  • @stevejordan-fd1om
    @stevejordan-fd1om27 күн бұрын

    These leagues will be bankrupt in 3 years, but amateaur players will continue to grow very big, all ages are into it now

  • @NOT_A_TOP_FAN
    @NOT_A_TOP_FAN26 күн бұрын

    Here’s my issue with this: the people watching this, don’t need a sales pitch. And that’s what it felt like with a few of these guys. Stop trying to fluf things, people who are pretty tuned in, know the reality of pickleball. Second, all of this is just so forced. All we talk about is “growing the sport”. But if we truly wanted to grow it, we’d allow it to happen much more organically. But instead, we have this aggressive timeline to “grow it”…that ultimately is only about $.

  • @cRankerPickle
    @cRankerPickle27 күн бұрын

    The walkouts 😂

  • @blackbeardgoatjr2434
    @blackbeardgoatjr243427 күн бұрын

    What a terrible choice of intro music? WTF was she thinking? Who are you trying to appeal to? That was one of the most cringiest thing I've ever seen

  • @stevejordan-fd1om
    @stevejordan-fd1om27 күн бұрын

    These people need to get good quality video on court, good quality camera replay with camera actually looking down the line ! Not looking at an angle. This is not rocket science, there is no crediblity until camera, not players calling lines in their favor !!! Also putting everyone on a salary was the dumbest thing they could do. Now the players don’t care as much because they get paid the same win or loose.

  • @davidj7516

    @davidj7516

    27 күн бұрын

    Totally agree. But I don't think PPA will ever put line cameras in as it is a disadvantage to their main players. And it costs more.

  • @tomwebb906

    @tomwebb906

    27 күн бұрын

    @@davidj7516 The APP has introduced video line calls this year on our Championship Court. All built in-house, but run by independent USA Pickleball officials, so neither the players nor the Tour can have any influence on decisions. That's a key part of why having independent, well-run national governing bodies is so important to the future of the sport - credibility, objectivity, and decision-making free of commercial influence.

  • @davidj7516
    @davidj751627 күн бұрын

    Five adult white people and you play ghetto music as an intro, way too loud. I wrote a bunch but deleted it. Bottom line, this was a waste of time, except what Tom Webb said. Anne Worcester, Bryce Morgan, and Mike Nealy said very little to nothing important. At 43:27 when Bryce Morgan is talking about 'a unified sport', interesting reaction by Tom Webb. At 49:58 Tom Webb shuts down MLP/PPA's business practice of you play for us only contracts and hits it on the button. Gambling... Who gives a crap, the sport is incredibly dysfunctional right now. I don't think Tom Webb was enthusiastic about this meeting, but I don't blame him either. This did nothing to resolve the problems in the sport.

  • @VividTape
    @VividTape27 күн бұрын

    Why aren't players drug tested? I have been saying this since I started playing 2 years ago...

  • @blackbeardgoatjr2434

    @blackbeardgoatjr2434

    27 күн бұрын

    They're on Adderall

  • @chrispaulsen5746

    @chrispaulsen5746

    26 күн бұрын

    Waaayyy too expensive

  • @stevejordan-fd1om
    @stevejordan-fd1om27 күн бұрын

    Ann is useless, just a duper commercial

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