Raising the barrier of entry w/ James Ignatowich

James Ignatowich joins the pod from a Sonic parking lot in Kansas City. He breaks down his match-of-the-year contender from TOC and explains why he wasn’t a candidate in the Riley Newman partner sweepstakes.  Zane and Thomas cover Zane’s injury and recap their head-to-head results from last week.  To support Stop Alzheimers Now and submit your question for the pod visit: https://www.stopalzheimersnow.org/donate.html Use code DINK20 to save 20% of pickleball apparel at https://dillylife.com/ and receive free shipping on orders over $75. Rep the latest in dink branded merch at https://repthedink.com/ ------------------ Like the ep? Do us a favor: subscribe to our channel and leave a review on Apple or Spotify -Subscribe to our 'all things pickleball' *free e-newsletter* at https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/signup/ -Follow us on IG *@thedinkpickleball* -Continue the convo in our private FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thedi... -For everything else we do, visit https://linktr.ee/dinkfam -Read more about Zane and subscribe to his newsletter at https://zanenavratilpickleball.com/ -Follow Zane on IG @zanenavratilpickleball ------------------ Show Notes: 0:00 Podcasting is hard 6:20 Rec matches with Maurice the Grease 10:20 Is your goose cooked in singles? 17:01 If James can make it anyone can 20:20 An eye for talent - evaluating Dallas Pickleball Club 25:14 The best teammate in pickleball 33:20 Snubbed in the Riley Newman partner search 39:10 The latest from ProXR 46:00 James' first round loss at TOC 55:20 Pat Smith’s resurgence + Zane’s injury 1:04:50 Ranchers new ownership group and Teqball 1:06:10 Stop Alzheimer’s Now questions 1:11:58 Collin vs Matt on the right side Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices