A lot of you may recognize the name of the tennis player JoAnne Russell, who is a Wimbledon doubles champion.  Today  she talks about the importance of the lob shot in Pickleball.

In this episode we discuss:

• Which Pickleball shot Joanne practiced when she was waiting for students to show up for lessons
• Which other professional tennis players now compete in Pickleball
• Why people get injured when they play Pickleball
• What Joanne says to her mixed doubles partners
• When and where to hit a lob shot against your opponents
• Why Joanne doesn’t mind playing with lower level players and what she asks them to do
• Why she learned to play Pickleball as a lefty
• Joanne’s next goal in Pickleball and why she wants to do it

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