Competition Breeds Excellence w/ Christian Alshon

Christian Alshon is the special guest on a new PicklePod. We dive into Alshon's Twitter battle with James Blake, Nick Kyrgios, and the rest of the tennis world. Alshon shares why tensions have been high between him and the Johns bros at recent PPA events. He also explains his plans for creating content while competing at the highest level. Want to own a piece of the pickleball growth? The Pickleball Club is now accepting investors. Learn more at https://www.thepickleballclub.us/invest/ Find an event near you and register to play in The Dink Minor Leagues at https://officialminorleaguepb.com/ Create your own The Dink Minor Leagues event here: https://forms.monday.com/forms/bec208e8a148b8ed4eb36889404fd9fa?r=use1 Pickleball's #1 subscription box is here https://www.thedink.shop/ Leave your voicemail for the PicklePod at (512) 200 - 4299 ------------------ 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 ------------------ 0:00 The ‘villain’ that pickleball needs 4:22 What does the real Christian look like? 7:24 Will Howells is the new bad boy of pickleball 9:26 Alshon’s Twitter battle vs big tennis 17:19 James Blake challenged Alshon to a racquet vs hands match 24:20 Christian weighed the pro tennis option 28:55 Transferring to a better academic school 34:22 The beef vs the Johns bros 40:04 Running into Matt Wright on a bad day 41:48 One for the conspiracy theorists 44:20 Missing MLP Vegas with the Texas Ranchers 48:19 Alshon’s knee injury and MLP under fire 53:32 The content creation game 56:02 Christian’s first vlog 1:00:09 Breaking down pro pickleball matches 1:05:44 Christian’s take on the state of paddles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices