Inside the Wires | Platform Tennis and Paddle podcast

Nationals are over so we discuss some amazing action, upcoming Team Nationals, new partnerships and Ben's travel plans. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

We're happy to be joined this week by rapidly rising young player Andrew Ong for a preview of Nationals this weekend, some predictions and a discussion of all things paddle --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

We're excited to be joined this week by some of the rising stars of the game. They've been creating a lot of excitement this year with their incredibly exciting play and success in National tournaments. Get to know a bit more about Bea Lopex, Alvi Regalado, Jose Salazar and Guillermo Nunez! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

It was a slow start to 2024 with no episodes, but we're back with 2 of the best. Philly's own Tomas Christian and JC Cotto on Inside the Wires --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

Chicago players making some noise on the national scene Andrew Ong (owner of one of the finest man buns in paddle) and Robert Stineman, join for a fun paddle talk --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

We're happy to have on a frequent guest and 4 time National Champ, Drew Broderick. Drew talks PFP, the state of the game, and the upcoming young group of talented players --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

So it was bound to happen, after almost 4 years of recording, we had some SERIOUS technical difficulties with our recording. We tried to fix it as best we could but the content was so good, we wanted to make sure we put it on air. This episode we have the duo of pros at the Short Hills Club in NJ, Vera Bessanova and Chris Humphries, 2 major fixtures in top level tournament play. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

Fresh off an amazing inaugural tournament, the tournament directors of the Baltimore Open, Nobu Tanaka and Sam Byram discuss what it takes to put together a successful platform tennis tournament. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

Coming back to defend their title this year, the 2023 Women's National Platform Tennis Champs join us to talk about the summer, defending their title and what lies ahead! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

So you think you have all the training you need by warming up for 5 minutes before a match. Wait until you meet Volley, the new training machine for paddle! We're joined by John Weinlader and Marek Czerwinski for a look at what's in store for anyone serious about getting better at paddle. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

This week we have straight from Owl's Nest in NH, Mark Innes. In addition to a high level playing career, Mark has been a teaching Pro and in the last couple of years has contributed greatly to paddle with MiPaddle with instructional content, social media for the APTA as well as live streaming of events. Mark brings a unique perspective to the game and is always a great guest. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

Ben and Noah are back to recap what happened over the summer, new things coming up, and we start to get ready for the season! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

It might be the 6th title for Johan and the 3rd for Stephen (and 3rd together) but we found plenty to talk about. It was supposed to be a quick 30 minute conversation that lasted almost 2 hours! Join us for a fun one with the men's National champs! Get the behind the scenes video at https://www.youtube.com/@insidethewirespodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

Ben's sick, Noah and Ara had a fun conversation with the new women's champs, Lynn Kiro and Macie Medeiros. Learn how quickly a new team came together and some elite players both won Nationals in only their second year of playing paddle (easy game?) Hear about all the help along the way from many people to support the journey. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

He's been mentioned repeatedly, played in Nationals this weekend and is a legend of Chicago paddle. Listen to what you've been missing, Jay (Woldy) Woldenberg! Want to see what happened behind the scenes? Watch and listen at Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@insidethewirespodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

While there's some question if you can be Canadian and not play in the Canadian Open (especially because you're going to Prom. You'll need to listen for more info on this), Eric West is a rising star in paddle and joins us for a fun conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

A great episode to give you the inside look at playing with one of the greats of the game, Steve DeRose. Plus all you've eve wanted to know about the guy in tournaments wearing the old NHL teams shirts and jerseys. There are plenty of names dropped as the targets of Jun's pranks and scares too. This one was fun! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

This is a long one because it just got fun. Greg Robertson, the founder/host of the Last Chance Event in NJ at the end of the season, which is another don't miss, but invite only tourneys. Greg is also a long time APTA umpire with a distinctive booming voice when announcing. There's some fun stories and some name dropping, enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

Bringing back a favorite. Sam Byram who came out of the hotbed of paddle players known as Dennison University in Ohio. Playing in Baltimore's division 1 and organizing both PTI Nationals as well as Team Nationals for the APTA. Join us for a fun conversation. Any questions or suggestions, email to info@insidethewires.com Show your support with a ITW (Inside the Wires) hat at: https://xenonpaddle.com/collections/accessories/products/inside-the-wires-podcast-hats And watch the behind the scenes video including the current episode at: youtube.com/@insidethewirespodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message

It took a while, but technical difficulties are over and we're back. We have the player with maybe the most often mispronounced name in paddle, Marek Czerwinski. Marek has been a teaching pro, elite level player and now involved with One Volley who is shortly coming out with an amazing new ball machine for paddle. Listen here, watch on Youtube at youtube.com/@insidethewirespodcast and if you want to support the podcast, grab a cool hat at: https://xenonpaddle.com/collections/accessories/products/inside-the-wires-podcast-hats --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insidethewires/message