Host Carl Landau was so enthusiastic after watching the new documentary “The Power of Pickleball” that he reached out to the director Alex Jeffery and put out this bonus episode. If you’re part of the pickleball “cult” or just interested in learning about the sport you will Love this movie.

About 3 years ago Alex was hanging out with his Mom and Aunt who are pickleball fanatics, and they said, “What if we made a documentary about Pickleball?”. Not knowing anyone in the industry, Alex says they started reaching out to people to learn more. What struck him was how welcoming everyone was. “People opened their arms to us and started telling us their stories and wanted to share more about the sport.”

Alex does an amazing job of highlighting the spirit and pure joy of the sport. He’s a very talented filmmaker and has a great story of his own. The movie was just released on Prime Video, Apple TV and Doc+.

• More about Alex Jeffrey: https://bespokeworksllc.com/about-us
• Alex’s movie The Power of Pickleball: https://www.thepowerofpickleball.com
• Episode Content: https://pickleballmediahq.com/blog/Alex-Jeffery-Interview-Director-of-The-Power-of-Pickleball
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Carl Landau Author, Podcaster

Carl Landau is co-author of the new book, Pickleball for dummies. He has been an entrepreneur since the age of 26 and now in (un)Retirement is founder of Pickleball Media. He has started and sold three successful media companies, published five magazines (software development, winemaking and craft brewing industries). He currently hosts the popular podcast I Used to be Somebody, inspiring 50-plus-year-olds how to build their (un)retirement good life, including, of course, a little bit about the virtues of the game he loves — pickleball.