VIDEO: Pro Pickleball Couple Parris Todd and Hunter Johnson - 7 Secrets on Playing Pickleball with your Romantic Partner

Parris and Hunter give advice including “don’t let it get too competitive” and “use communication to your advantage”

DALLAS, TX, UNITED STATES, February 13, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- - Parris and Hunter give advice including “don’t let it get too competitive” and “use communication to your advantage”
- Parris and Hunter are coming off a monumental Sunday, where they both won Gold at the PPA Tour Proton Tucson Open and were featured in a Michelob Ultra Super Bowl commercial

Although they have different recollections of how they met and fell in love, professional pickleball stars Parris Todd and Hunter Johnson have more experience than anyone when it comes to surviving and thriving as partners on the pickleball court.

In the following video, the couple - who was just featured alongside Catherine O’Hara and Willem Dafoe in a Michelob Ultra Super Bowl Commercial on the SAME DAY they each won singles Gold Medals at the PPA Tour Proton Tucson Open - shares their tips for how other romantic partners can enjoy their time on the pickleball court. Survivor winner and pickleball fanatic Tyson Apostol digs deep into their relationship and experience playing the sport they love together.

Check out the video HERE, and photos of Parris and Hunter HERE.
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Seven Tips to Playing Pickleball With Your Romantic Partner

1. Celebrate each other’s success: “If one of us wins, both of us win.” - Parris

2. Use communication to your advantage: “The better relationships you can have on a team, the better it is for everyone. The fact that we were so close … the communication was there.” - Parris

3. Balance each other out: I like to be the emotionally neutral part of the relationship - she might snap a couple times … if you see her on court she's pretty fierce, which is a very good thing - but if you're on the wrong side of that it could be a little dangerous.” - Hunter

4. Hide your disagreements and move on: “We do a good job of hiding it when sometimes maybe we do quickly bicker, but we try to move on quickly from that as much as we can because you don't want it to fester.” - Hunter

5. Mix it up!: “We're together all the time, so we try to mix it up and play with other people. Sometimes just to break it up (is helpful) because we feel like when we have a little bit of that separation and then we come back together we appreciate each other more.” - Parris

6. Don’t get too competitive: “Don't get too competitive and have fun. It's light-hearted stuff! You shouldn't kill each other (although you could) but just look at the positives, communicate and just enjoy the sport that we all love.” - Hunter

7. Pickleball is such a fun sport, let it bring joy to your lives: “At the end of the day it's a sport that we play. Even though it's a career, there's things that are bigger - relationships are more important than just a game.” - Parris

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