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Podcast · Season 1 · Episode 10 · January 10, 2026 · 30:30

Nuestros jugadores favoritos del tour profesional de pickleball

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0:00Good afternoon, residents, how are we? This is the first episode of the year. I think before we talk here with my colleagues, the landowners, David Angelo, we want to thank RPM for giving us such a wonderful Christmas and helping us generate our first few dollars through their promotions and all that. And I don't know if you saw yesterday and today there were two more codes to use, right? Ah, I gave one to my student yesterday. He

0:30used it, and today someone else used another one. Then they went to about 0 more. Now we have to wait 30 days to see if they don't return the shovel, and if they do, well, we're already 60 times richer. And what is the discount code? The code is house 15. And what do you get from that, Angelito? That. There you get a 15% discount. Okay. And yes, I really do recommend that shovel. Honestly, I've been

0:55using it for a month now and the difference in my game is huge. Your drive looks much better with the other rackets, doesn't it? Brother, no. And what's more, you know what's great? Yes, and to be honest, I have had problems with some blades that have broken, but up to this point the customer service has been fabulous. In other words, they respond quickly, send you a new shovel, ask you to

1:20return it, and that's it. But I haven't had a single problem. So, if that happens to you right now , you're guaranteed to get a response. That's the problem with some larger companies like Yola; they either do n't answer or they take so long to respond that you, as the customer, end up saying, "I don't want to waste any more time, I'll buy a new one." No, nothing. And well, finally one of my

1:44favorite brands that I've been using for quite some time now, Dripping, the caps, the lenses and most importantly the grips. If you sweat a lot like me, they have a Turn Grip type version, which is what I used when playing tennis and they are really great. And it's not like Angel's favorite grip, which is the duck grip. This is the grip, a rubber grip. You like the duck grip. [laughs] Look, Guagua doesn't sponsor us. No,

2:12no, not yet. So we covered it. We ca n't give them free promotion there, so no. And Tampa and Pico sponsors us or not. Uh , no. [laughs] What else? What are we going to talk about today? Okay, let's talk about the code. Uh, for Dripping. The code is house 20. There you save 20% off. Beautiful. Okay, let's talk about our favorite pick players in an informative, educational way. Uh, I

2:45'll start since I was the one who suggested talking about this topic. I have many favorite players, many players who I find very appealing. Gabriel Tardio, Heden Patrickin, Rally Newman, James Ignarov Man Jones, but a player who for me is a role and a way to follow. Andre Daescu is a role model because of how fundamental and simple his game is. I had the opportunity two years ago thanks to our

3:17friend Forest, who invited me when I was working down in Leganch to a clinic with Andre Daescu. I really learned a lot, and through that clinic I learned a lot about how to teach, I learned many principles and fundamentals that have helped me to teach, but also about his game. Uh, I love it and it's a game that you all should check out on YouTube or when you're focused, when you're watching the

3:47PPA (Public-Private Partnership) from your homes, it's simple, it's your game. Okay, let's talk about tactics. Always after the serve, always go up the table with a drive or a third shot dropshot. And the dropshot is not the famous drip that many players are using, which involves a lot of topping and makes it very uncomfortable for the players. Yes, he does, but he has a very high scoop drop, but he always masters it

4:16so much that he's always in the kitchen. Well, I think we saw him just now when we were there in Lakeland watching the game of Arson and Daescu against Martin Ridge and I was given the other guy's name. But how simple he makes the game, Michael Ly, Michael Ly, eh, the return is always profound. He was a former tennis player, a former Romanian Cup player, but if you watch him,

4:46if you watch his game, it doesn't seem so much like a tennis player's game. I mean, he has adapted his game so much to tennis because obviously he has things that are more like tennis, like his forehand and his returns, but his games are fundamentally correct, and he is a player that I recommend all my students watch. Back dink. The guy hasn't missed a single day since 2015. He never misses a day. Hey, I

5:14counterattack that you [laughs] from the left, I don't miss. I don't make many mistakes on the left. But from the right you have to work more on the in the in the from the right. Don't worry , I'll help you on the right. It's calm, don't worry. You just have to watch the video [laughs] to remind the residents that we're making more tutorials right now on YouTube. So please, check out Pickel's house, share it with friends,

5:41give it more likes, but give more likes to mine because people don't seem to like them. You are very ugly. People aren't going to like it. You are very ugly. But why don't you give me unitor? I'm getting mosquito bites. Okay, your mom, because look, I'm white. Your black mom. Well, the game is very fundamentally correct. Look at him, see how they don't do anything, they don't do anything out of the ordinary compared to

6:06more flashy players like Tardio or what's the name of the Japanese guy who plays with the duck grip [laughs], the pancake grip, and I forgot the name of Yuca, I think his name is Yuki, who are a bit like Yuta, who are more flashy players, but this is a player that I recommend everyone watch because he doesn't do anything out of the ordinary, but he does everything well. And speaking of women,

6:29women, damn it, we can't not mention Annie Waters, but there are other players I really like, like I think players who play more in a men's style, like Tina Pisnick, Jessie Urbine, because I like that they have that touch and they may be a little older, excuse me, I'm not trying to discriminate against them. Jess Jess is more of a veteran, like someone over 30, I'd say. And Tina [laughs] Tina is almost 40.

7:03I think Tina is already around 40. Yes, but obviously Analía's game is on another level, but I like her a lot, but always the same when I watched tennis I liked the women who played more with more touch than power because the biggest difference between the female and male peak is power, the power in the peak and in men's tennis it's a little more even. In women, yes, there is a big

7:38difference in power between many players, between the range of players. That's why I like them; I don't focus so much on the strength a player may have, even though that is effective, but I really like female tennis players, like Pablo, with touch. How are you, David? For me, as a man, I feel he needs to mature a bit, but he's quite entertaining to watch play, and in terms of footwork, which is what I find

8:08most appealing about players, I love how Hayden Patricken plays. I mean, I love how fast he moves, how he knows where the ball is, how aggressive he is, and I think it's curious because I feel that my favorite players, both men and women, are the opposite of me; they're much more aggressive, they're more like, sometimes with a lower percentage, but that works very well for him. And I love the way Hidden moves. It looks like a

8:36mouse, you know? I mean, he moves incredibly fast, he covers the court like he's 2 meters tall, you know? And I think it's small, isn't it? I think it's about five or seven inches long, isn't it? I think I heard that it went up to about 58 or 58 59. Okay. I love him. and of women only because I feel she has too much talent. I love Marie Humberg, the Brazilian one. Yes,

9:00I feel like it has some really beautiful shots, way too beautiful. I love the way she plays, and I also really like her because I feel she has so much natural talent, you know? That's something I find difficult . I mean, I feel that I have quite a few advantages and virtues as a player, but I don't feel that I have, I'm so natural with the wrist, with the movements. So, I love that Marie Homberg makes

9:25difficult shots look incredibly easy. You see it and you say, "Ah, I can do that." And you try it 100 times and it doesn't work out once, you know? I like that a lot. It all looks very easy. I really like Maybreak for women. Okay, okay. Well, I'm a little more old school. Okay. I like this one; I'm a big fan of Tyson McGoffin. Thanks to him, I think I fell in love with him; he's

9:50an alcoholic. No, I didn't become an alcoholic because I was already an alcoholic, but [laughs] but yes, it's true that thanks to him I, I mean, for me he is the perfect role model and I'm not saying so much for his game, but for me he is a perfect role model of the image of a pick player. For me, the pick is fun. For me, the fly was relaxed, surfing. This is more or less what

10:16tennis is all about. Tennis is a bit more casual, more serious, more of a protocol than clothing, where you ca n't just walk around with this or that. Not in the pick. The pick is free to use whatever you want. Tyson is one of those who always wears a tank top. He looks more like a player, a surfer playing pickw. Do you understand? That's why I liked her; her image really caught my attention.

10:40And well, obviously then to see his shots, his strokes, there's a shot, the famous Ferrari shot, the Ferrari drive, the Ferrari drive where practically at the end of the moment he accelerates the swing and that ball goes too fast, it goes very fast, that you don't have time to react. I loved that about him, I still love it. Another old-school player, Rally Newman, is a master of the reset for me; he 's a master of how

11:11to prepare, because that player, for me, really prepares you so that you can put the ball where he wants it. It's for me, I feel that way because he's always in the right place at the right time, and if you see him sometimes, he's the player who suddenly switches his paddle to the left and hits the ball the same way as with his right, something I criticize a lot, but he masters it, he's mastered that technique

11:36and it's difficult to beat him. What I consider to be from the new school. Yes, because obviously the Bol pique has evolved so much that now I like Federico a lot. Federico Federico Strack ST ST ST Rot, [laughs] forgive me, Fede, you know, Argentina always, but this and your luck in Argentina that that is your country. I keep it stored away; I take it out when it's cold. What I

12:10like about Fede is that he positions himself very well on the court. His position on the field closes down spaces, he closes down gaps, and of the new generation, so to speak, he is one of the ones I like the most. And I think Tardio, right? Tardio is also a boy I saw, no, I mean, I don't know him, but I did see him playing since he was 16 years old and he was already the same

12:42size, he was already the same height, but he did n't have this aggressiveness that he has now or perhaps the patience that he has now he didn't have before. So, for me at this moment he is one of the best players on the right side. For me, of all the girls, this one... I was lucky enough to take a class with her and, I mean, I love her, I'm fascinated by her. Rachel is

13:08Rober. Well, Rachel, uh, I love the way you roll with your right hand. I think that was one of the main reasons I started using the role with the forem, because seeing her create pressure when throwing that forem made you very much more committed when responding to the hit. Obviously Analí is a phenomenon. I mean, Analí is amazing, it's amazing to watch her play, I mean, she does everything right, she

13:39never makes a mistake. And Georgia, Georgia Johnson, for me she's going to be the one to replace Ana. She's the one I think is going to take the number one spot in doubles. No, you don't believe in being single. As a single, it's a different story. I'll say it again, I personally do n't play singles, I don't like it, I simply don't have the tennis background needed to play singles.

14:03In pickable you have to move around a lot when you play singles, huh? And I don't have that kind of background. I actually think she could be very good at singles. You do, right ? You. I. Yes, you do. You know I've tried and tried, and I always try at the US Open because I try to enter in my category, in my age group. Well, but you try and train three days before,

14:27right? I mean, I feel that if you really trained, because you're very fast, you have what it takes for football, right? Then you get to almost all the balls, you read the ball well. My problem is that I can reach the balls, but it's like I don't calculate the timing well to hit a drive properly. So sometimes, yes, but that's only because you don't train enough. I bet if you start hitting thousands

14:46of balls a week, it'll be easy. But I don't like being single, I like it. We're going to play doubles and we're going to play mixed doubles, bro. Doubles is better. Two heads are better than one, right? But personally I prefer playing mixed doubles. Yes. Uh, I feel like the game is more even in the men's division, but for me, one of my goals is to get back in shape this year.

15:14So, I invite you to start playing a little bit of singles with me because I feel like, you know what's happening to me, before when I did crossfit I loved it, I didn't wake up and say, I want to go do crossfit, I want to go lift weights and everything. Now I don't really have any motivation , I mean, probably because I also spend a lot of time on the court,

15:32but I have no motivation to go lift weights or even drive to the gym. And that was something that used to excite me. I feel that if we play singles now, it can be a really good way to get some practice because even when we hit 5 or 10 minutes of baseline play, we get tired, you know? So I invite you to join me this year to train once a week.

15:55This one won't want too much fl. And this may be the best of the three in singles. He's the best singles player, he knows it, but he's not lazy. That, [laughs] he doesn't like to do, he doesn't like to work, he doesn't like to be around . Look, look, I have a personal goal. Okay. I'm going to lose 25 pounds, I'm going to get there, I'm going to be back to my 190 pounds by

16:14July 4th. I know you, I know you hate this country, but I'm going to hate my country. How could I hate him? I'm going to do it by July 4th. It's going to be scratched. But how much is that in kilograms? And that's like 82 kg, I think. And yes, he's currently at 120 kg, more or less. More or less. And if I do it, and if I do it, you'll leave me on live TV. He

16:39slapped her. [laughs] Have you seen those videos, especially the women, that competition? The slaps. Sean, it was really hard, really the face and the way it was a good slap. The face of the one who hit when that other one doesn't fall is like seeing. Those are the same faces the players make here when they get a bodyback, when you hit them in the body. Mmm, that's a good hit, but watch out

17:09, watch out because I'm coming for you. That's my case. [laughs] That's just how I am. And if you hit me with a ball, the game's over. The game is over. I'm coming, I'm coming for you. Until I get it for you. No, no, I won't let him play. It depends on me, it depends on you whether they hit me. I mean, I feel like if they do it on

17:25purpose, yes, but if it's just a good shot, like you left a high ball and that's why they penalized me, well, it was a good shot. Yes, yes, yes. But do you remember the one in Puerto Rico that they hit me with? That was too dangerous. I mean, I had to call a timeout, we were only up by three points and I had to call a timeout because I had never seen David with that face, he

17:48had a face that said he was going to throw his paddle at me at any moment. Yujitsu, that's why I asked for time because I felt that on top of what happened, what happened is that it was also a shot on purpose, I mean, it was a dangerous shot. You know what happened? The guys looked like they'd been playing tennis, I mean, they had some good shots. It was a 4C tournament,

18:09they were like 4-0 at most, but full swing at everything. And that's when I told him, "Hey, you're not good enough to hit that hard. You're going to hurt someone." In other words, they didn't win it. They did n't beat us. They beat us. But the only game is that of five of Yes, of five. Well, but this gentleman had been on holiday for 25 days , he almost fainted. I went, I went

18:34totally confident, I mean, I went to play because I was on vacation there and I got a tournament. Let's play since we're already there. Yes. Uh, but yes, the night before I was celebrating with my wife's family , it was my first time going to Puerto Rico too and believe me , I mean, there were good players, believe me, I enjoyed it. I mean, all of us who played in the World Cup,

18:56we lost against them like in '91, we lost against Luis M and another one who was a top 200 ATP player, you know? I mean, they were good games, but yes, no, no, I mean, luckily we didn't have to call an ambulance because I fainted from the heat and humidity. I think you went out to throw up a couple of times, didn't you? [laughs] One warming up, I imagine we were warming up, just warming up. I

19:20tell him, "David, David, wait a moment." I had to run away. He was drowning, he was stuck. Of course, the night before, I'll say it again, I had a great time with the night before, I was really into it . New, the new meme of the bread guy who comes out like this in the disco. Excellent. Well, I was there, but with the flannel shirt completely outside. It's John Ham since Madman. Hey

19:43! And without doing drugs, you hear, because I've already retired from that world, thank God I've separated myself from it. What are your drugs? [laughs] Right now my favorite drugs are giving my baby the bottle. Like, what about giving my baby a bottle? That's my favorite drug right now. But I'm going to look and each one of us quickly, let's build our favorite player. I start Foodwork, obviously Heden Patrick Queen, let's say , we can't

20:18repeat, we can't repeat. You already got it, did n't you? We can all get our hands on football. At least football. Yes. You know which one I like? No Cliff's footwork. I also love how it stands. It requires too much leg strength, how he literally stands super wide, but I mean, I try to do it and my legs hurt. Our friend Nate Sitar also stands like that. I love that, I

20:44mean, I love that style because you can cover a lot of ground without being so big. Drive, I'm going to say as Christian as uh Counters, tardio, roll, back and roll. Ben Jones. Dinking Dinking . Let's do it on the right. We're going to give it to CJ Klinger on the left, we're going to give it to Daesco. Okay. You, I like it, I like that one more or less similar, but I would like to

21:26change the backing, I'd give it to James. To James. Do you like how patience drives me crazy, everything? The way he crouches, the way he uses his hands, I mean, it seems to me the control he has. And I would also put JW against the fast hands . Oh, really? JW. I'd give the roll and flick job to JW Johnson too. Yes, that too. no, the role with the pack is that Benjak Wizard.

21:55That's what they call him. Uh-huh . That's exactly what they call him. And I'm giving the drive to Chrisware. Oh, well, he's a better singles player. And here's another quick question, a little more casual. I think I've asked this question before, but I'll ask it again . Let's say you have a trip planned, let's say to, I don't know, the Maldives or Cancun or wherever you or the chaos, let's say,

22:24and you can bring back three famous people that you don't know, I mean, three people that you admire, who would you bring with you? But they're pick players, aren't they? Who is it? It can even be death. It could be Pope Francis who is a big fan of Pope Francis. For me, [laughs] for me, Rafa Nadal. Rafa Nadal by three. Rafa Nadal is my favorite player. And it's nobody, nothing. No, only with Rafa.

22:52Only with Rafa. One Rafa for the Y and we share a bed. [laughter] The truth is, he grabs by the hand. [laughs] No, I mean, I'm such a fan of Rafa that I went to Mexico for my dad's birthday and surprised him. Every year they put on an exhibition where they usually take the top two best players in the world and the two best women and put on an exhibition.

23:20Yes, it's an exhibition, I mean, it's not that high performance or anything, but, like, it's fun, right? It's more like, as you say, a show. And curiously, the day before I did n't put two and two together. I went with my girlfriend at that time to a hotel that has a very famous rooftop bar called Lingling, which is in the Four Seasons hotel. And like, I had the biggest fan moment of my life,

23:44my girlfriend at the time said to me, "I've never seen you so surprised. Because we were literally here eating and Rafa walks by, right next to us, and I'm like, ' Yeah.' And she said, 'Who did you see?' Because my girlfriend had no idea who you were at that moment, right? And I said, 'Rafa,' and she says, 'Why don't you go take a picture of him?' And all that. I said, 'No, I'm not going to

24:06bother him.'" This is his space." But Rafa has always been a role model for me, for as long as I can remember in sports. Yeah, well, times three. Say Maduro times three. No, no, I'll take Bono, the YouTube singer. You're a big YouTube fan, right? Well, a real fan, a huge fan, but I really like him, I really like the kind of person he is, for all the things he does. Um, I'll take, I really would

24:44take Pope John Paul II, 100%, right? Yes. Oh, he was shot in Venezuela, right? No, not in Venezuela. It wasn't in Venezuela . I think it was another South American country. I think it was in Venezuela, but no, no, he didn't go to Venezuela just once and everything was fine. This one, and the third one, but a girl arrived. Forget it. No, I'll take Angelina Jolie. [laughs] Yeah, no, forget it. Angelina Jolie with me. Okay.

25:18Your wife's going to see this, so you know. Honey, you know. [laughs] She knows. Well, I'm going to nominate three. Lilupa, who's my favorite rapper from Venezuela, who I think we should listen to someday, and I think I'd love for one of his songs to be our intro, or let's say an intro for the podcast. Uh, Bad Bonnie. Arlon, if you're listening to this, I'll put you in touch with him

25:42so he can come out sometime tonight and do it [laughs] Bad Bonnie. And here I go, I mean, I'm nominating Bad Bonnie and Lils because their music really helps me through tough times. Okay. And Escuela de Nada, which is a podcast with three people, but I think it would be cool if the three of them took a trip and each of them shared with me from time to time, because they're people who

26:07have helped me and been there for me during tough times. So we're inviting the guys from Escuela de Nada when they come here to Central Florida. So you can play pickball with us here. Another thing for today, guys. Uh, well, nothing, just to keep informing the residents here, please follow us, subscribe to the YouTube channel, share it so we can reach a lot more people and help you with your game. Soon we're going

26:37to start, as David said, we're going to start taking this more seriously, we're going to start making a few more instructional videos, okay? Without losing our essence, because that's the idea of this project. Uh, each of us keeps learning every day. We're coaches who are constantly learning, okay? And we really do this with all the love in the world, with all the desire to help you. We help

27:12you, you help us, and that's what it's all about . One more thing, nothing, RPM, if you want to learn how to hit better drives and I don't know how this crazy guy can only hit drop shots, the 15 and you I used this gray for the first time in a tournament this Sunday. It's tasty, well, not just tasty, it feels like a Turna. I do n't know what the Turna is like; it's a

27:39little more grippy, a little more sticky, but this one feels more like it has more fabric, it feels more comfortable. I'd have to compare it to the summer. And you know what I was just talking about with Angelo? They have the advantage that Turna only offers this color, which is similar to this one, right? They have gray, black, and all the same material, but the best one, in my opinion, right now out of

28:07the three or four colors I've ordered is this one, because I love the black one, but it doesn't grip as much as this one. So, if you're considering one, I recommend this one. I think it's the blue one, or I don't know what it's called on the website. Color Barne, but Barne, but I remember the code is 20 so you save 20% off, and also every time you Using it helps us. We have a little bit

28:33of that money left over to keep growing here as a channel. I think the last thing is, write to us if you want. For those who see this, I know we're not many yet, but little by little we're growing more on the channel. Write to us and tell us what you want, what you want us to talk about, ask us our opinions, what our opinions are on anything. If it's something we might not agree on

28:57, we won't talk about it, but maybe there are things we haven't thought of that we can talk about. And also, let us know if you want us to talk more about the new MLP season coming in March, or maybe May, and we're going to be in San Pete and we have to go to the one in Orlando too, which is at Disney. I can get us a hotel for those days.

29:17So, those who want to come to San Pete, let us know. Maybe we'll do some workshops. If I'm between now and May, June, July, which I think is the San Pete one, if we're... 1000 Instagram followers, we can hold a clinic here at the Ret, at the Rcket, or at Dild, and we'll say it right now. Our goal is that for the MLP tournament in St. Pete , we can interview

29:40any of the top Latin American pros. Over there in Gab, I like Federico. I don't know if the big teams are coming, I think the Challenger teams are. Okay, so who? Juan Benítez. Okay. Pablo Téz. Okay. I think we could contact Juan. Uh, I met him through Patricio at a tournament. I think we could hire him. Actually, I 'm not that sure. I'd have to find out Well, but our goal is to interview a

30:08top five Latin American player by the end of the year, what do you think? Yes. Yes. That's great. If not, if we don't achieve it, I'm out of the project. We've failed. Bye bye. I'm going with my friend, my friend solitude. I'm going with Rafa Nadal for three Sometimes. Come on, guys. Come on, brother. See you. Yeah.

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