{"id":27741,"date":"2023-05-26T09:17:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=27741"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:17:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:17:58","slug":"pickleball-matchmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=27741","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball Matchmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tried my hand at pickleball matchmaking again and hooked two of my favorite guys up to play together for Mid-South Diamond Amateur Regional earlier this month. Michael Harris needed a men’s doubles partner and so I suggested Tanner Rice. After a bit of back and forth, they decided to play together and Tanner came up for a practice session. I got some breakfast out of it as my referral bonus. LOL. <\/p>\n

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If you’ve never had the junkyard dog burrito at Chicken N Pickle<\/a>, I highly recommend it. That brisket is so good!<\/p>\n

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And, of course, the mimomas are a must.<\/p>\n

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Michael put together a great practice session for them with Dustin Herman and Chris Heck. Tanner posted a couple of their matches on his YouTube channel<\/a>. Tanner has some great pickleball content — mostly match footage from practice sessions and tournaments and such — so if you’re not already a subscriber, you should do it right now.<\/p>\n

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Here are a few action shots from their practice session.<\/p>\n

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I hadn’t seen Tanner play in person since last year and it’s amazing to see how much progress he has made in just a few months. Since quitting his job, he has dove in full throttle with pickleball and he has been teaching pickleball a lot. They say “to teach is to learn twice” and all of his drilling and teaching I think is not only helping his clients but also improving his game tremendously. <\/p>\n