Ep 179 - Pickleball Pressure with Tyson McGuffin

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Tyson McGuffin is the #1 ranked Pickleball player in the world. The 5x Grand Slam Champion and 4x National Champion currently travels on the Professional Pickleball tour and promotes one of the fastest growing sports in the country.

McGuffin, a former competitive tennis player is now one of Professional Pickleball’s most accomplished and recognizable players. Today on the show, the guys discuss Eric's chances of joining the PPT, the evolution of the sport and much more. Other topics include:

(3:10-8:20) - Tyson's tennis and wrestling background

(8:20-13:20) - The perception of Pickleball

(13:20-19:10) - A normal week as a pro Pickleball player. Practice routine

(19:10-24:20) - Tyson's mustache/mullet style

(24:20-26:00) - The future of the sport

And much more. Rate, review and subscribe to the show today!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You know, with me not having high level bodies around me, I do a lot of scoreboard pressure where we'll play games and I'm down 06, 08, game to 11, and I'll just put it on myself.
0:15.0	And I'm a huge believer that if you can deal with pressure in practice, it's only going to benefit, you know, come tournament time.
0:22.7	Because pressure can be your best friend.
0:24.8	It can also be your worst nightmare, right?
0:29.8	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood,
0:31.9	where we will prepare you to make your what's next in life your best yet.
0:35.7	Our next guest is Tyson McGuffin.
0:38.0	And Tyson is the number one ranked single pickleball player, which has become my favorite
0:43.4	sport to play.
0:44.5	He not only is a five-time Grand Slam champion, but he's also a four-time national champion.
0:50.1	Barstall Sports called Tyson the most electrifying man in sports.
0:54.4	He is coming on the podcast today fresh off a win in the singles at the Texas Open,
0:59.9	and we are going to have some fun and learn a lot from a guy the whole country is going to know about shortly.
1:05.8	If you haven't already, please rate, review, and scribe to the podcast wherever you tune in weekly.
1:10.3	And also, if you haven't already, go to Amazon and order my new book, tackle what's next.
1:14.9	And the link to that is in the show notes.
1:17.1	Thanks and enjoy.
1:20.3	Tyson, welcome to the show, brother.
1:22.8	Eric, what is going on, my man?
1:24.2	Thanks for having me on.
1:25.1	Appreciate it.
1:26.9	I would love to play some pickleball
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