Episode 5 - Starring Ryan Keirns

Today we are joined by a very special guest. Ryan Keirns is studio today and going to talk a little pickleball with us… Welcome Ryan!

So we asked Ryan to join us

Quick Bio:

• PE Teacher at a local elementary

• Director of PB at WW

• FWP Board Member

• FW Tennis Hall of Fame

1. Describe your perfect day…. All 24 hours of it… what are you doing, how much are you sleeping in, who are you playing with, what are you eating/drinking, other entertainment etc.

2. Tell us your pickleball story–how did you get into pickleball?

   1. What other sports did you play growing up that have helped translate

3. So Ryan you are married and have two sons… is pickleball a family sport in the Keirns household?

   1. How much do you and your wife play together–how does that work out for you?

4. As an instructor, what are some things you focus on the most with your clients?

   1. If someone would want to reach out to you for lessons or instruction, what’s the best way to do that?

5. With your background in Kinesiology, how does that factor in to what you try to do on the court or how you coach others?

6. Describe your game for the listeners… what are your strengths and something you are working on?

   1. What accomplishment(s) are you most proud of?

7. What are your short/long term goals in pickleball?

8. You know us pretty well- what’s one thing you’d say we need to work on the most?

9. End with a game, pickleball pro or seriel killer????…

   1. David Berkotitz (American)

   2. Ed Gein (American)

   3. Aileen Wuernos (American)

   4. Marcel Petoit (Pet-toit) (French)

   5. Will Burke (Irish)

   6. Javed Iqbal (Pakastani)

   7. Pablo Tellez (16th)

   8. Alvero Terron (40th)

   9. Will Sobek (28th)

   10. Marshall Brown (48th)

   11. Sarah Burr (41)