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James Ignatowich

@jignatowichpb

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Pro pickleball player - 30x PPA medalist

Delray Beach, FL
Joined January 2023
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Just pulled up to a park and annihilated random 3.0s. They asked who I was and I said I was JW Johnson. If you want to know what I do on Friday nights
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James Ignatowich
3 months
Think we should stop messing with the rules of the best game ever created and just enforce the current serve rule more strictly, and make paddles 10% less powerful. Let’s see how that goes before any radical changes like the experimenting that went on today at the site.
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Won 2x 🥇🥇 gold medals at the PPA Minnesota this past weekend! I’m gonna start tweeting more by the way on my mission to more Twitter followers than Christian Alshon
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James Ignatowich
1 year
I show up to the MLP site and the first thing I see is Zane Navratil get approached by an excited, elderly woman who proceeds to say, “hey Federico!!!”
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James Ignatowich
1 year
Just checked the draws and I’m slated to play Sock 3 times this weekend. But, my sock company (OS1st) is sponsoring the event. Does having sponsored socks give me a mental edge over Sock?
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James Ignatowich
1 year
(Official Statement after my paddle was challenged in Bronze) I bagged Federico several times (he’s my favorite player to bag). He told the refs I was hitting too hard, and that it was scary. No hard feelings - Federico is a good kid. If I were him I would be scared of me too.
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James Ignatowich
5 months
I’ll be on site today if @PPAtour needs an extra ref for Devidze/Jansen
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James Ignatowich
1 year
Oops. Always warm up for your matches respect every opp. Especially indoor singles. Dude was absolutely on one
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James Ignatowich
5 months
The next nationally televised pickleball match needs Rob Cassidy in the booth like if you agree
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James Ignatowich
2 years
I’m glad I was weird enough to keep a journal of my pickleball since I started. Looking back at this stuff is absolute gold. This is from Jan 2022, which is 2.5 months after I first picked up a paddle
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James Ignatowich
1 year
Double bronze🥉 this weekend with @annabright108 and @TysonMcGuffin !
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James Ignatowich
1 year
This is so fun. I love chaos
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James Ignatowich
4 months
Bro @connorpardoe_pb let’s not overthink this thing let’s just put half the 2025 PPAs in San Clem other half in Newport Beach. Who’s with me
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James Ignatowich
2 months
Successful weekend in Salt Lake with DOUBLE 🥈🥈. Reached the finals of Men’s with Matt Wright, and mixed with Anna. Looking forward to Vegas this upcoming weekend!
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Watching Jack Sock at the PPA bubly team event feels like watching a young Lebron at St Vincent-St Mary. The guy is built for pickle. He’s the anti Sam Querey
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James Ignatowich
1 year
Matt Wright and Riley Newman have played in 27 tournaments together and medaled in all 27… that’s absurd
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James Ignatowich
2 years
While Anna and I go to bed at roughly the same time, she wakes up 2-3 hours earlier. She thinks she’s “a more efficient human.” I try to explain to her that I’m just a higher-octane machine. After all, what takes longer to charge, a Tesla Semi-truck, or an iPod nano? Thoughts?
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James Ignatowich
1 year
Is the fact that Dylan Frazier (no tennis background but played pickle since he was like 8 years old) defeated Anna Bright 6-0 in tennis the greatest athletic feat in human history?
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James Ignatowich
2 years
I never promote my podcasts on Twitter but my most recent one with Jorja Johnson was 🔥🔥 she carried me
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Exactly - this is why pickleball will soon become significantly more popular than tennis. Think about someone who hasn’t played either sport before- which one will they have more fun playing for the first time? Tennis is too hard. (And a less efficient form of real estate)
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Remember those kids in tennis who were obsessed with Federer or Nadal and tried to completely copy their games? Even wore the same clothes tried to copy the technique and everything. That’s @federicostak with @BenJohns_pb
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James Ignatowich
6 months
4-0 in men’s with Dekel at MLP this weekend! #freetheserve
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James Ignatowich
2 years
My favorite thing about Instagram is the “mute” button, through which you can mute someone’s content without having to unfollow them and subsequently upset them.
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Is @CP_Pickleball the best athlete in women’s pickleball? Watching her play singles is just 🤯😳
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James Ignatowich
2 years
As announced on my podcast and on Instagram, I have decided to conduct virtual coaching for all players of all skill levels! Feel free to direct your questions to jignatowich @gmail .com
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James Ignatowich
7 months
Can I get in on this?
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Christian Alshon
7 months
@NickKyrgios @JRBlake @andyroddick how about this. I challenge you three to back to back singles matches for 100K each. I’ll give you 2/1 odds which in your minds should be crazy good odds. You have 6 months to train. Don’t worry, I’ll donate my winnings to charity
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Going over the MLP test results. Someone had a paddle that weighed 6.9 ounces. I need to know who that is.
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James Ignatowich
1 year
Anyone wanna go train at Sobek academy with me?
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James Ignatowich
1 year
Just recorded a podcast with Vivian Glozman. I’m not even sure what just happened but I was laughing (or holding in laughter) the whole time. You’ll understand once you tune in. I think that was the weirdest 45 mins of my life
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James Ignatowich
2 years
After much deliberation between my team and I, I have decided to focus on a new beef. This marks the beginning of my beef with @Pballstudio aka Christopher Olson
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Of all people, Pablo Tellez gets carded in the challenger league MLP finals. This is why MLP needs to be on sportsbooks. I might’ve put $20 on Pablo getting a blue card at roughly +1000000 and came out set for life
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James Ignatowich
2 years
RIP to one of the greatest to ever do it😢
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The Kitchen Pickleball 👨🏻‍🍳
2 years
Well that was quick. 182 days to be exact. Thank you for the invaluable insight Noah. ✌🏼 #pickleball > #tennis
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@ChristianAlshon We can tell
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James Ignatowich
2 years
The APP just confiscated my friend Davis’s paddle at Sacramento because it “sounded fishy, and felt squishy.” Is the official form of deflection testing at the APP a thumb and an ear?
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James Ignatowich
2 years
I refuse to let the pickleball media silence me
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Fast forward 3 years to the future top 10 of men’s pickleball (doubles). How many of those players have not yet picked up a pickleball paddle? Which current players will still be top 10?
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James Ignatowich
1 year
If Carlos Alcaraz dropped everything for pickle right now and trained for it like tennis, what are the odds he’d be better than Ben at doubles within 2 years?
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Feel like it’s time to let the people know. I will be playing men’s doubles with Altaf Merchant at Beer City open. @coreybenbasset can I borrow the NY Hustlers documentary crew?
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James Ignatowich
2 years
What if we got rid of backdraw for most PPAs, but 5 or 6 events per year we do double elimination full wrap around like the good old days
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James Ignatowich
5 months
@TweenerKing Not surprised by your preference for men. I like women’s instead
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Maybe the “grand slams” could be full double elimination. I wanna see Ben and Collin grinding dinks at 10pm on Saturday night
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James Ignatowich
1 year
Greg Dow rises to number 1 in my podcast guest rankings on his first attempt. Just released today. If you’re gonna watch anything at least watch the last 10 mins
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James Ignatowich
1 year
With Vivian Glozman now on the Breakers, are they better than Team Clean?
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James Ignatowich
1 year
@AnnaLeighWaters Wtf kind of protein bars are you eating
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James Ignatowich
2 years
People have been asking me to rank my favorite events. (anyone who saw my PPA MN post match interviews knows I have way more fun with doubles than singles) it goes something like this: 1. Men’s doubles 2. Mixed doubles 3. Singles
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James Ignatowich
5 months
@connorpardoe_pb @readmynewslettr Lmao Thomas named his company the dink and he can barely hit one
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James Ignatowich
2 years
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@Johnny5pointOH Caffeine is dependent on me
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James Ignatowich
2 years
There’s discussion on whether or not pro pickleball should have 2 timeouts per game. I don’t think it’s necessary for doubles. But if I’m playing pro singles in the summer, against anyone other than grant bond, I tend to use both of my timeouts in the first half of games
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James Ignatowich
2 years
And congrats to @CP_Pickleball also getting the double gold with me!
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Piecing up Jake Kusmider on the weekends used to be my part time job
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The Kitchen Pickleball 👨🏻‍🍳
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It was on this day, in these moments, that I knew Big Poppa Jimmy Ignatowich would be an international sensation. 👨🏼‍🎤 @jignatowichpb @OfficialAPPTour
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Nevermind it’s all good. Dave borrowed one of my Selkirk paddles and won his 2nd round over Tchikatilov/ Whitwell in 3 games. It’s not the paddle it’s the Dave
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@ChristianAlshon @dupr The top 12 on this list are all so close, such unbelievable players. After that there is a big drop off though
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Anyone want to bet that Tyra Black is premier in MLP season two?
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@CollinsBroPB @CP_Pickleball I get the impression that she works really hard
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James Ignatowich
5 months
@readmynewslettr I watched it. Do yourself a favor and focus on other things, man.
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James Ignatowich
1 year
@JayDevilliers You’re better on the right
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James Ignatowich
1 year
Quang Dong (in champ Sunday of APP Newport singles) has the best Instagram in pickle. Make sure to read the captions. He also won 16s Orange Bowl last year and he’s 116 ITF…
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James Ignatowich
1 year
@federicostak I was trying to help you. You need the pop more than me
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James Ignatowich
2 years
This is my first Twitter post. I’ve never used this before but I will come out swinging
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James Ignatowich
1 year
@TastelessPickle I’m a right side dink bot now keep up with the times
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1 year
@ruall4one I’m a fan too and I can assure you my enjoyment is through the roof
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James Ignatowich
1 year
@DenisNavratil1 really like this content from you Denis please keep it up
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@federicostak If caffeine didn’t exist none of you would know who I am
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@Pickleball I thought that was just me
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@alixtruong The guy has been playing pickle for 16 years… it’s his time to be the captain now
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@NmlPickleball Why wouldn’t you care - delaminated paddles provide a level of power that can completely destroy the game - not to mention take someone’s eye… I even saw Dylan Frazier put away an overhead with one once.
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James Ignatowich
9 months
Legendary match
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James Ignatowich
2 years
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1 year
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James Ignatowich
1 year
Big H📈📈
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Josh Gartman
1 year
Top 10 Premier League Doubles Teams sorted by Overall Pt Diff * Eligible if they played in both events together
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James Ignatowich
2 years
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James Ignatowich
2 years
(I was like a 4.5 at this point)
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James Ignatowich
2 years
Any suggestions for my next podcast guest?
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James Ignatowich
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@PPAtour Anna thought it was over against Collin hahah check her reaction
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James Ignatowich
7 months
@BenJohns_pb Widen the net posts by 3 inches on each side
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@BenJohns_pb This reminds me of @Pballstudio - even his greatest strengths are still weaknesses
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James Ignatowich
2 years
I think I’d like round of 32 draws with byes for top 8 seeds, everything is 3 out of 5, and no backdraw (except for 3/4th if you lose in semis)
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@federicostak @annabright108 @JayDevilliers Off season Monday-Wednesday every week. 52 tournaments
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@markfcalifornia I’m not sure who likes Anna more, me or you 😂
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James Ignatowich
1 year
@PPAtour I told you guys he was good. Damnit
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@matty_pickles I’m known to use both of my timeouts in rec skinny singles against JW Johnson
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@TheKitchenPB Yea I met Sam he was super nice. Can u tell this Doug Ellen guy to relax lmao. I was just trying to be funny. And Sam seems very capable of laughing at himself also, so I figured it was fair game
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James Ignatowich
8 months
Pros of subscribing to this newsletter: you’ll get way better at pickleball Cons of subscribing to this newsletter: you’ll need to clear out space in your house for all of your medals
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@Legacypickle @DinkPickleball @NmlPickleball @TheKitchenPB The Perseus is nothing like the legacy. I doubt that’s the real Julian because Julian is smarter than that
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James Ignatowich
1 year
@Pickleball I served him some with my left hand a couple weeks ago
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@Johnny5pointOH @ZaneNavratil Yea like twice a day at least. I couldn’t imagine life without it actually
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James Ignatowich
2 years
This would prevent guys like Grant bond from signing up though, because he’s not getting to play 2 matches anymore
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@ChristianAlshon Is that level of domination within YouTube’s guidelines?
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@Pickleball @ZaneNavratil Elite editing elite everything my god
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@gerryhigh Of course. How else am I going to get on stream
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@PPAtour I actually don’t have a car… even worse lol
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@Legacypickle @DinkPickleball @NmlPickleball @TheKitchenPB Haven’t you seen these hands? I get them on everything. The Perseus is closer to the Hyperion than the legacy
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@Johnny5pointOH @JackSock92 Someone write that down!😳
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James Ignatowich
2 years
@Pickleball @BenJohns_pb I want Ben to drop the hammer on me:)
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