ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Zane Navratil - Our biggest guest yet!!! The accountant turned pickleball pro, known for the chainsaw serve and podcasting success. We discuss Zane's journey from spreadsheets to MLP, his experiences at the Melbourne PPA, and his impressions of the Australian pickleball scene. Zane shares insights into his competitive experiences, views on MLP rule changes, and the financial intricacies of pickleball leagues. We discuss the irony of transitioning from tennis to pickleball and Zane reads a Picklers Parchment article your go to for entertaining fake pickleball news. Zane recommends the best Barbecue in Austin and even has time to give Adam and Colin some tips to take them from a 4.5 to 5 DUPR (hopefully!).
00:00 Intro: Zane Navratil
00:33 How we met and first Impressions
02:42 Pickleball in Australia: A New Experience
05:53 Joey Wild's Journey to Pickleball and a clinic with Zane
08:58 Proton Bankruptcy and the stolen flaming flamingo
14:43 MLP Rule Changes
25:34 PWR League and Player Payments
29:16 The Pickle Pod: Evolution and Insights
32:23 Discovering Austin's Best Barbecue
34:39 Pickleball Training and Improvement
43:18 Pickler Parchment Fake News
49:00 Concluding Thoughts and Future Plans
