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How you play the game. A podcast about pickleball and entrepreneurship.

Podcast by Danielle French and Briar Jamieson

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About How you play the game. A podcast about pickleball and entrepreneurship.

Two Friends: entrepreneur, teacher. One love: pickleball.Danielle French and Briar Jamieson met playing pickleball and love talking (and laughing) about the game, sharing tips and strategies and creating community. Each week they meet to chat about their game on - and sometimes off - the court. Danielle is the founder of South Pond Farms and host of the Netflix series, Taste of the Country. Briar is an educator.

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30 episodes

episode Tanner Big Canoe - The mental game continued artwork

Tanner Big Canoe - The mental game continued

Two years ago in our first season we spoke to Olivia Apps about the importance of mental conditioning in her game of Rugby. And just to recap - this mental conditioning contributed to a silver medal at the Paris Olympics this past summer with Olivia leading the team from an underdog - 9th place to silver. So it can happen.  Today we have another athlete with us, Tanner Big Canoe - who plays serious golf, has been in pro tournaments, instructor but importantly to us, is a new pickleball players and 12 months in, is a solid 5.0+ pickleball player. I thought it would be fun to have Tanner talk to us about the mental elements for fold and for pickleball and their similarities.  Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback.  Find us on YouTube [https://youtu.be/wCnY324CiV0], How you Play The Game [https://howyouplaythegame.ca/] or on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/howyouplaythegame/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D] for more information about who we are and tips and strategies for playing your best game.  Paddle up and see you again! Thank you to Aubrey Rose Apps for production and editing.

19 Jan 2026 - 48 min
episode The Mind of a Referee - Joan Pollard artwork

The Mind of a Referee - Joan Pollard

Today’s podcast is with our friend, Joan Pollard. We know her as a friend and amazing pickleball player but also when you get into a medal round, it might be Joan that is the referee. Joan travels far and wide to referee games and she’s well respected in that community and the pickleball community in general.  Today’s topic is - obviously Joan is a referee - but what is the mind of a referee? What kind of person makes a good one?  Someone who is organized, maybe a take charge personality, ability to be non emotional at game times? Listen to this podcast to find out.  Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback.  Find us on YouTube [https://youtu.be/wCnY324CiV0], How you Play The Game [https://howyouplaythegame.ca/] or on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/howyouplaythegame/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D] for more information about who we are and tips and strategies for playing your best game.  Paddle up and see you again! Thank you to Aubrey Rose Apps for production and editing.

16 Dec 2025 - 56 min
episode Levelling up your game! artwork

Levelling up your game!

Tamara Bick. Coach and teacher and comedian. Tamara talks to us about tips for us earthlings about improving our skills. She reveals strategies, tips on how can we level up and improve our overall play to become more effective and competitive players. Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback.  Find us on YouTube [https://youtu.be/wCnY324CiV0], How you Play The Game [https://howyouplaythegame.ca/] or on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/howyouplaythegame/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D] for more information about who we are and tips and strategies for playing your best game.  Paddle up and see you again! Thank you to Aubrey Rose Apps for production and editing.

12 Dec 2025 - 45 min
episode Intergenerational pickleball - Nancy Sharpe, Tara Sharpe and Cole Lester artwork

Intergenerational pickleball - Nancy Sharpe, Tara Sharpe and Cole Lester

Briar and Danielle dive into the stories of three generations of pickleballers, in one family, who recently made us all proud by medaling at the Canadian Nationals. Since then, the three of them have medaled in what seems like every tournament!  Let’s take this in - 3 generations….Grandmother, her daughter, her grandson. Wow. Incredible.  One of the great themes of this podcast is that Tara and Cole, who are high level players say they play with anyone who wants to play because they love the game.  Let's hear what they have to say.  Thank you for listening to How you play the game. Send us your questions and any topics you would like us to talk about. We welcome your feedback.  Find us on YouTube [https://youtu.be/wCnY324CiV0], How you Play The Game [https://howyouplaythegame.ca/] or on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/howyouplaythegame/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D] for more information about who we are and tips and strategies for playing your best game.  Paddle up and see you again! Thank you to Aubrey Rose Apps for production and editing.

26 Feb 2025 - 45 min
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