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In this episode, I talk with Leigh and 14-year-old Anna Leigh Waters who are a mother and daughter professional Pickleball team. Anna Leigh wasn’t even a teenager when the team finished in first place at the 2019 Pickleball nationals. They have an incredible story of how they started playing Pickleball and had a rapid rise to the top of the game. This is a must listen to episode especially if you are interested in learning how to play aggressively and win at the highest levels.
Show Notes
In this episode we discuss:
- How Hurricane Irma was a life changing event for the Waters
- The level at which Leigh and Anna Leigh started playing Pickleball tournaments
- Why the Waters game improved rapidly in 2018 and when Leigh realized 11-year-old Anna Leigh was ready to be her partner at the professional level
- Why the Waters did not play tournaments for most of 2020 and how they did in their first tournament in 2021
- Which part of the game Leigh and Anna Leigh worked on when they were training in 2020
- Whether Leigh or Anna Leigh’s game is now more aggressive
- Why the Waters were called tennis players on the Pickleball court when they first started playing
- How other sports have enhanced Anna Leigh’s Pickleball game
- Anna Leigh’s goals in sports and what she plans to achieve in the future
- How to make practice fun
- The music the Waters use for motivation during a tournament
- What they give up to play Pickleball
- Anna Leigh’s plans for her 14th birthday and how COVID-19 is impacting her party
Anna Leigh & Leigh Waters Photo by Belinda Dettman
