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In this episode, I talk with Laura Fenton Kovanda who has won national championships in five different sports. Yes you read that right, in five sports including Pickleball! Laura really has a powerful story as she talks about the challenges in becoming a professional athlete and her passion for teaching sports.
Show Notes
In this episode we discuss:
- Why Laura entered a Pickleball tournament even though she had never played the game
- How her religious background impacted her sports participation and what it took to become a professional racquetball player
- The brutal way Laura’s racquetball career ended and what she is doing to try to play the sport again
- Why she doesn’t like to talk about her Pickleball tournament success and what she considers her Pickleball achievements to be
- How Laura finds her opponents’ weaknesses and helps her students to do the same
- The influence of her childhood coach in teaching her how to read lines, angles, heights, and speeds
Mentioned in the Show
National Pickleball Championships
