Object of the Game

The Object Of The Game Is LIVE! Cleveland Native & Tennis Professional Todd Ashdown On Building Mental Toughness Through Competition x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

What makes pickleball such a great game? "It's the fastest growing sport in the United States." -Todd Ashdown Presented by @LakeSpurMkting bit.ly/LakeSpur

If you go to Saint Ed's think about joining the tennis team! "We'll have typically about 35-40 kids that come out every year and probably 10-15 of them have never picked up a racket." -Todd Ashdown

Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the world right now. Does having tennis experience give you an advantage? "The hand-eye coordination is the same." -Todd Ashdown Presented by @infinitiofBW bit.ly/InfinitiBW

What makes people fall in love with tennis? "I think the social aspect has a lot to do with it." -Todd Ashdown Presented by @infinitiofBW bit.ly/InfinitiBW

The BEST thing about tennis is that it's for everyone! "She was playing tennis two times a week and she was 96 years old." -Todd Ashdown

If you are new to tennis, how can you get matched up with people who are similar to your talent? "In tennis we have our own system, a rating system." -Todd Ashdown

What makes tennis such a mentally challenging sport? "Tennis, you make an error you have 25 seconds where it's just you and your own head." -Todd Ashdown Presented by @infinitiofBW bit.ly/InfinitiBW

Tennis professional Todd Ashdown shares some advice for people trying to get into tennis! "You're never too old, you're never too out of shape."

Work ethic is SO IMPORTANT! You are going to get out of a sport what you put into it. "The harder you work at something, it pays off." -Todd Ashdown Presented by @infinitiofBW bit.ly/InfinitiBW

How do you keep young kids engaged while trying to also teach them the sport? "The big thing is just keep it fun." -Todd Ashdown

A coach's job is to keep young kids coming back to sports and enjoying them! "Maybe they find they want to come back." -Coach Kyle Presented by @LakeSpurMkting bit.ly/LakeSpur

Has there been a decline in tennis over the past few decades? Guest and tennis professional Todd Ashdown believes there has been. "Tennis was so big back in the 80s."

Tennis Pro Todd Ashdown talks about how he got into coaching tennis. "The high school and college kids were like, well you're getting better than we are would you want to help us teach." Presented by @LakeSpurMkting bit.ly/LakeSpur

It is OKAY to fail, but you have to learn from it. "I mean the Cavs right now, what an amazing year that was." -Coach Kyle Presented by @infinitiofBW bit.ly/InfinitiBW

Perseverance is challenging! "It isn't follow the yellow brick road and everything works." -Coach Kyle

Parents, let your kids sample as many sports as possible! "Just give it a try." -Coach Kyle Presented by @LakeSpurMkting bit.ly/LakeSpur

Is AAU culture an overall positive or negative? "It waters down the education aspect." -Mike Conley

The authenticity is what's IMPORTANT! "What the athletes fall in love with is the people." -Mike Conley Presented by @infinitiofBW bit.ly/InfinitiBW

Mike Conley speaks on what makes Cleveland so special. "You have a great location that sits on a lake, so you have natural resources that are at your disposal."