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Hey, I’m Janelle.
Not a coach. Not a pro. Just a marketing strategist and serial entrepreneur who got hooked on pickleball and went all in.
🏋️ Went from newbie to 4.5+ in under a year (with no prior tennis experience, either).
🔹 I play in a 4.5+ women’s league and prefer mixed partners who are 5.0+ (yes, I’m picky about my partners).
🔹 I co-own The Kitchen, a franchise brand of indoor pickleball facilities where we teach people how to launch low-maintenance, high-profit pickleball businesses. One of my business partners is pro pickleball player Callie Jo Smith (told you I was picky about partners).
I spend way too much time watching Selkirk TV, breaking down pro matches, hoarding Reddit threads, and buying every strategy tool and course I can find to make myself a better player.
Five Dink Friday is where I distill the best of what I’m learning to level up my game—and share it with you in the hopes it’ll level up yours, too.
I’m also hoping to build a community of pickleball nerds, so wherever I go in the world, I’ll have fun, fiery friends to play with.
