PICKLEBALLERS Season 1, Episode 5: Lea Jansen & Jason Aspes on the power & politics of pickleball
Last Edited
Jun 19 2025
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News
This week on PICKLEBALLERS, the crew is joined by pro Lea Jansen — one of the most intense and misunderstood players in the game — and Jason Aspes, President of the United Pickleball Association and co-founder of The Kitchen.
Jansen has been on tour since pro pickleball took off in the early 2020s, so she has plenty of stories to share about her early success and how she broke into the game, life as a top player living with diabetes and some of her most memorable matches over the years.
Jansen and Aspes also dive into the paddle testing drama and what it's like building rules to protect the future of pro pickleball and the game as a whole.
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