PicklePod: Should Blatant Headshots Come With a Punishment? w/ Anna Bright
Anna Bright is the guest on an all-new episode of PicklePod this week (click here to subscribe).
Anna shares a hot take on the Anna Leigh Waters vs. Andre Agassi hypothetical match, weighs in on the bodybag hunting trend, and reveals her favorite pro player to watch.
Also, they play a game called "Guess the DUPR."
The serve rules changed again
Last weekend in Kansas City, the PPA Tour told players after the tournament had begun that they no longer planned on enforcing the rule that players couldn't toss the ball up before serving.
This was news to a lot of players.
PPA tour is reverting back to USAP service rules today. I’d have to agree that the no-toss rule wasn’t great. I think @MajorLeaguePB has the best service rules at the moment @PPAtour @Pickleball
— Zane Navratil (@ZaneNavratil) August 9, 2024
And it has led to some weird things being seen on PPA Tour courts ...
Erik Tice
Anna Bright is a multi-sport athlete
AB is not shy about making fun of herself every chance she gets, especially when it's participating in another sport.
Earlier this month, she threw out the first pitch at a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game.
It landed her on Memes of Pickleball (for like the 1,000th time):
Anna discusses this moment and some other attempts at showing off her multi-sport prowess.
Jason Flamm
The girlies break the internet
By now, if you haven't seen the famous photo shoot between "the girlies" Anna Bright and Rachel Rohrabacher, then you're not a true pro pickleball fan.
Anna discusses the shoot and some of the other renditions that have popped up in the pickleball world after them.
ALW vs Sherbear or Agassi
Recently, we've been discussing the prospects of a "Battle of the Sexes" match between Anna Leigh Waters vs Ryan Sherry (or Andre Agassi).
AB shares her take and believes Sherbear's best could take ALW's best.
But, in her opinion, Anna Leigh could take today's Andre Agassi.
Jason Flamm
Less incentive to win
Another hot topic in the world 0f pickleball lately is the effort level of certain pros. At times, it seems like they have phoned it in and aren't trying as hard as you'd expect a pro to try.
Jason Flamm
Some have blamed this on the PPA Tour's system of paying players regardless of their results instead of making players earn money through their actual performance.
Anna doesn't think it's that black and white. Get her take on why a team like the Johns brothers might not be as enthusiastic to play right now as they have been in the past.
Everyone inflates their rating
Pickleball players are notoriously bad at rating themselves. Thomas reads some online messages of people complaining that average-to-bad pickleball players are too quick to call themselves 4.0s (or higher).
According to Zane – who has taught hundreds of clinics nationwide – if you want to find someone's actual rating, you should deduct .5 from whatever they say they are.
Jason Flamm
We play "What is my DUPR?"
The Dink asked amateur pickleball players to send in videos for Anna and Zane to try and guess their DUPR skill level.
Hilarity ensues. Check out the full episode here. It's a good one.
