Inside the Wires is a podcast talking about anything having to do with Platform Tennis (paddle) or... pretty much anything else.
Join us this week for our discussion with "M-Series" Macie and "T-City" Tomas as we recap the year, discuss who were the best teams this year, who was the most improved, and give our take for the final paddle dance of the year, Philly Nationals!
Join us this week with our guest, Anton Protsenko. The famous "Buffalo" Protsenko recaps the final paddle Grand Prix of the year, Short Hills, along with sharing his insights on this game we love, the year end platform tennis National Championship, and even his new exploits in the fast growing sport of Padel. As always, a fun time with Anton and we hope you enjoy the show!
For this week's episode, Brad Easterbrook, the Master Yoda of platform tennis, joins us to give everyone a Master Class on all things paddle. As we gear up for the final Grand Prix of the year, Brad recaps recent APTA Tour events, talks paddle strategy from Tour to Club level, and delivers a fun oddsmaker conversation for Short Hills.
It's a new year, and to kick off 2025, we have a new team that has skyrocketed up the platform tennis ranks as our guests. Joining us this week to discuss the first half of the paddle season and recap this past Grand Prix, we have the formidable team representing the strength and finesse from the EU, Bea Lopez and Tea Pejic!
Join us this week with our guest, Marc "Here Comes The BOOM" Powers, where we talk about last week's APTA Tour and NRT results, how Mr. Powers got into platform tennis and became one of paddle's best players, and what he's looking forward to this season!
New hosts Eric and Nobu bring you the pride of Poland, Filip "The Flow" Rams, to recap current events on the APTA Tour and get to know the man with the best flow on and off the cage!
What started as a way to kill time and long for paddle during the COVID lockdown, has turned into Inside the Wires with a great following of passionate paddle players. In this episode, we pass the torch to some great new hosts
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://anchor.fm/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://anchor.fm/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://anchor.fm/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://anchor.fm/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://anchor.fm/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://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
We're joined by 2 time National champ Stephen Mitchell as Stephen talks about his road to paddle, tennis in South Africa, the guy he has to partner with and the game itself. Want to see the video version with some behind the scenes action? youtube.com/@insidethewirespodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
We're happy to be joined by the funniest paddle player out there, Anthony Santino. In addition to being a good player, Anthony is a pro as well as professional comedian and writer. This is a fun one, take a listen! You can also watch on our Youtube channel at: youtube.com/@insidethewirespodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
Dave Broderick brings a long history as a director, high level player, volunteer, board member and supporter of paddle and is able to tell paddle stories as only someone from Bayonne, NJ can. We're excited to have him back on with us. You can watch the entire podcast and get some behind the scenes footage on our Youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@insidethewirespodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
Sit back to relax and enjoy. This is a long one. 90 minutes of fun conversation, great stories, paddle eccentricities, and even a Dick Squires mention or 2. You don't want to miss this one with Ara from the Paddleboys of Instagram fame! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
It's been too long, but we got back one of the most listened to episodes, Graham McNerney talking paddle, and many other things thanks to our new feature. In this episode Graham shares more wisdom on how to be a better paddle player. If you want to see some behind the scenes action or just get video of the podcast, check out our ITW (Inside the Wires) Youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0L2w0ZI8wnGfbGbBoI8Nsg --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
This week we have Mike Rahaley, longtime pro in Chicago at Exmoor Country Club and a former member of top ten teams Nationally. One of the best paddle story tellers around. This is an episode you'll like! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
Ben and Noah chat about summer paddle and start to get ready for the new season --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
Ok, who knew they had paddle in Florida. Not only do they have paddle there, they are soon to have 30 courts in one community! We're joined by Russ Jones who tells us all about the vibrant paddle community there. We also are sad to pass along that Joe Russo, who was instrumental in getting paddle to Florida, passed away the day after our recording of the session. Listen to Russ talk about what Joe meant to paddle there. Also, remember to reach out to Brian Heil at Elysium Tennis in Columbus, OH to sign up for the best summer tournament in paddle, the Mudhole! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
Connecticut, New Jersey and Chicago women share their stories from a fun weekend in Chicago playing Team Nationals. Over 40 teams came to Chicago and a good time was had by all. Hear the experiences everyone had on and OFF the court and make plans for next year! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
Join us for a fun talk with players from all over the country that participated in the recently completed men's team nationals. The short version, everyone is already making plans to attend for next year! Great stories and feedback from all the players. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
Well the paddle season officially ends with the Nationals championships, but for true paddle players and Inside the Wires (ITW) listeners, we know it never REALLY ends. On this episode we have Mitch Granger, who with his partner finished 9th this year. Mitch gives us a wrap up of Nationals from a players perspective. Get ready Chicago, next season it is your turn! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
Fresh off their 2022 National titles, we're joined by the men's and 1/2 the women's national champs (Ana Zubori was on a plane when we recorded). Join us for a fun interview session with at one point, all 3 of them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
A new feature. It could only be brought to you by the dynamic duo of Lauren Gebbia and Kerry Delmonico! Mix a couple of drinks with these 2 fantastic players and fun people and you have some ... interesting conversations! Recorded during Nationals 2022, the first of hopefully many! Also, listen to Blake Anderson make an amazingly accurate prediction on the weekend! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
This week we're joined by Mark Innes of MiPaddle who talks about announcing for livesteaming, video instruction and picks for Nationals this weekend. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
We open up with a tribute to George Wilkinson, who just recently passed away in a car accident. Meet the side of Patty Hogan you didn't know about. Many people now know her as the entertaining voice of livestreaming, but she has a long history as a very accomplished paddle player herself and is a driving force behind all things Junior Paddle for kids and talks about Junior Nationals coming up this weekend (including 8 kids coming from Canada to play!), livestreaming as well as picks for Nationals. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
This week we are joined by 2010 National Champion Jerry Albrikes and he shares stories spanning past and current generations of elite players, talks about the state of the game, and his One Minute Clinics that have so much great content, they are 3-8 minutes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
If you haven't played a tournament in Columbus, you owe it to yourself to play one there. Whether it is the Mudhole on the 1st Saturday after the 4th of July (yes a summer tourney) or the Men's or Women's Columbus Open. Columbus has a great vibrant group of paddle players who are as fun to hang out with off the court as they are on it. In this episode, Brian Heil talks all about the men's Columbus Open (it was recorded before the Women's) and regale's us with stories like only he can! You don't want to miss this one! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
Did you know there is paddle in Louisville Kentucky? In the last several years, the paddle community has grown nicely with some higher level players and an enthusiastic base. Edwin and Tyler (with the best mustache in all of paddle) talk about paddle in Louisville and the upcoming Bourban Ball tournament. Signup here: http://www.platformtennis.org/Tournaments/Tournaments_By_Month/Bourbon_Ball_Men_s_NRT__APTA_Tour.htm --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
The week between Christmas and New Year's is a great time for a paddle tournament and for the 4th year in a row, a solid field came out in Chicago including a few out of towners. This week we have on a the champs in their first time partnering (with a few more scheduled), Drew Broderick and Marek Czerwinski. They review the tournament, what made them play well together and what makes a good partnership in general. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
These are the tournaments for those of us who won't ever make live streaming but want to play in a tournament that we have a chance to win! PTI and Team National tournaments have been incredibly well received by everyone who has participated the last several years. On this episode we have Sam Byram out of Baltimore who is spearheading the drive this year. If you want to help out, please reach out to Sam at: swbyram@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
This week we're joined by Juan and Patricio to talk about the Chicago Charities win, marathons, some good stories and their new paddle company, SkullU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
We're pleased to have Demian on the show this week. One of the many volunteers who dedicates countless hours to make everything run smoothly for players to just be able to "go out on the court and play". Demian talks about Fairfield County CT paddle and everyone's favorite topic, PTI! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
A great show with a first time guest. He's won the National Championship 4x in the last 10 years with 3 different partners! We talk with Mark Parsons, who won the first Grand Prix of the year in Chicago this year along with his partner Juan Arraya. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
This week we have the winners of The WITCH at the Stanwich Club in Greenwich CT. Florentina Hanisch and Ana Zubori as well as Sven Burus, representing the team of Burus/Irdoja. We also have the Sven impersonator, Liam from the Xenon Boys! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/insidethewires/message
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