Meet This Pro Pickleball Player Earning Six Figures At 16 Years Old | On The Clock
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- Anna Leigh Waters is the top female pickleball player at 16 after becoming a professional player at 12. Waters won eight triple crowns in 2022 and is coached by her mother Leigh Waters, who is also her doubles partner. According to her rep, she now earns a high-six-figure salary and is sponsored by Fila, Paddletek, and Carvana among others.
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Met Anna Leigh in Mesa AZ at a PPA tournament. On the court she is a BEAST and off the court she is a kind well mannered young lady. Kudos to her parents for raising such an amazing human! She will always be the GOAT of pickleball! Crush those goals AL!
Just watched Pickleball for the first time today. Anna Leigh is amazing and absolutely a pleasure to watch.
I love the complete involvement and support of her family in Anna Leigh's career. You can tell from the way she talks she is driven by her own need to compete and not pushed by her parents.
AL Waters is the best female pickleball player now. so much fun to watch her play
My nephew who lives in Whitehall Penns played with her once ( not knowing she was Anna Leigh ) , he was a 20 years old reservist in the army and said she was at the court looking for somebody to spar. He played singles with her and got beaten 7 /11. It bruised his ego that a girl beat him ( he was quite new to Pickleball but was good in tennis ) but later on knowing it was Anna Leigh, she was ( 15 ). lol
I think this is the one that went crazy cheering and stormed off when Tyra Black beat her. Crazy times when you aren't use to losing
Great for her! Good job
Love this girls and her supportive family members! Hope many more can find out about their "hidden" talents by trying something new. My boys have no interest in sports, but when I drag them to the court with me, they exceed - without training or anything. But they are adults now and I cannot force them into a sport. I wish I knew pickelball 30 years ago!!
I like her. but did she just attempt to put herself in the same category as michael jordan? 😅
Jordan couldnt make a basketball team at age 12, read his bio. Best female in the world at age 16. Do you understand what that means? At age 16 she is better than the other 3.4 Billion females on the planet.
What talent and what a future. She is truly living the dream.
The goat! Amazing sport and an amazing player
It’s not a sport
HOW can she be SO GOOD at SUCH A YOUNG AGE????? She's unbelievable. I love watching her.
because any good tennis player can be a goat pro pickleball player with like a week of practice thats how
@@emvv3784 only because there’s not as many people playing the sport. In time, the level of competition will become as competitive as tennis.
She will pave the wave for top level athletes to bring the sport to a new level.😊
@@joshhorner89 But as of today, that is the reason. Also, pickleball is such a dumb sport... It share the reason for it's success with padel: anybody can pick it up and play, but it's sooo dumbed and boring to watch
Ngl any average tennis player can practice pickleball for like a month or two and probably be on par or maybe even better than this girl…AVERAGE tennis player. I never played pickleball ever before however I’ve played tennis almost my whole life and it literally just felt like I was playing with just a service box in tennis it was a joke 😭
Tennis players gig mad
How freakin' cool is it to be a champion WITH your parent?!
Pickle On - Godspeed - hope she keeps it up!
If I don't make it to the ATP I am just going to try to become a PPA pro
The chances are much higher for ppa 😂
@@hafadaze9046 exactly
Tennis players rule at pickleball you'll def be a Pro..
Good for her!
I Solo, see u on the tour once I finish college
4:38 lol nice shot
You're amazing
Not too shabby at all.
First time I’m hearing about it
GOAT
WHAT IN THE MINI TENNIS IS THIS?!
Anna Leigh is such a savage at pickleball literally my hero slay
A sport designed for retirees. So odd to see young athletes takeover...
It was actually designed by a 40 year old father for his family to play together.
But don't let facts get in the way of your bs.
@@DanKaschel no need to be so rude. Thanks for the background story that’s actually interesting! I’ll look it up thanks for sharing.
@@rchm7294 my bad. I overreacted.
lmao @ pickleball tho
I think pickleball is great winter sport if you cannot afford expensive winter tennis fees.
No pickleballs fees are much higher
@addemtan not in greater toronto area. We can go to rec centre play for fairly cheap If you have membership and if you go often
@@teacopem No they're not
There's a whole draft??
👍🏿
Who would have thought Whiffle Ball at 100mph would catch on like this. 👍
Is that because you couldn’t make it as a tennis player?
No, because tennis was too easy
@addemtan Lol. That’s very funny!!! Try playing both sports and honestly say that tennis is easier.
its funner. not to mention tennis courts are always empty. you have to pay for a country club to play with people or set up games and schedules. pickleball, you literally drop in and a ton of people.
Because it’s fun and good exercise, and that’s not to say that tennis isn’t. Some people’s logic really blows me away…
Is it pickleball or padel?
2 different sports
Pickle with a paddle 🙂
I understand she dropped a partner just before a tournament for another who became available.
Need another lens for that acting like it’s a funny joke 😂
42,769 views, 307 likes, 37 comments, 129k subscribers. Nice!!
Thumbnail.. She is showing off.
Pickle ball is nothing like badminton..
I like Pickleball better as I have played badminton for 25 years.
When it only takes 6 years to go from beginner to first in the world rankings, it's a very easy sport.
It was but now that people know about the $$$ it won't be for long.
@@TnsToad Nope, it still is an easy sport for anybody who plays tennis. In fact, most pickleball "pro" players are those who failed at tennis 😂
Better make all you can now because other athletes will figure out there's money in pickleball and there will be a shakeup!
Is this sport played only in the US?
No
Yes
Yes, this kind of tour structure is US-centric while globally, padel is the renowned version of it. And they tried to make it big to gain some form of legitimacy. Even squash is more legitimate, this is at best a recreational sport
Good luck to her, I have tried pickleball and didn't like it. Back to racquetball for me, which I have been playing for 25+ years
Where is her dad?
Earning a living, somebody has to make the bread first while all these is going on.
I love Anna Leigh I think she is great for the sport but I do think she is getting way to ahead of her self, I’ll repeat it she is great for the game
is ping pong
Pball
Giant ping pong, and tennis is ping pong with a rubber ball.
If there is a sport where woman can play with men, you know that this “sports” skill ceiling isn’t very high.
No
as a leftist and a misogynist and has a toxic masculinity i can't accept this. men should earn as much as her. where's the equality here?
What a sad sport…. Really pisses me off this stupid game taking over tennis courts. So lame
Its a better sport than tennis
@@teacopem how? Requires 0 skills to play
@@jamonleecarter8698spoken like a person who can't play. Give it a try. Don't be mad, just try it out. I'll bet you'll like it.
That’s because it’s fun and good exercise, and that’s not to say that tennis isn’t. Some people’s selfishness REALLY PISSES me off…
😂
Will she play a proper sport like tennis one day! That's a joke people calm down hahahah
Pickleball is proper sport
I think we have enough people who think that unironically unfortunately
Of course she's the best, she takes this sport seriously while the others goof around and chill. Tell her to pick up tennis racket, bet she cannot even get past NCAA champions in the past 4 years. Pickleball is literally a sport for old people, retired pro or sub-par tennis player that can't get it big after years on ITF tour and merely being top players hitting partner
Just saying what everyone's else afraid of saying
Afraid? All you ill-mannered tennis elitists spout that groundless bullshit constantly.
Y'all are just annoyed that your courts and $ are slowly getting drained away into a new sport -- one which is neither better nor worse, but has a community that isn't hell-bent on being total assholes.
Pickleball at olympics? Give me a better joke
nah, but it will be bigger than tennis. easier to play and funner, also more opportunities to play. tennis courts are always empty lol
@@thegoldenrooster8376 Are you from the US? You must be right? Pickleball is non-existent outside of the US, where everyone makes a sport out of anything. To say pickleball will be bigger than tennis is just a bad joke, sorry.
@@federicorusso4378 no it isn’t. In high schools here, students prefer to play pickleball because it’s easier to play and more social. Pickleball is easier to play and more social, tennis courts in the USA are always empty. Pickleball courts are taking over tennis courts everywhere.
@@federicorusso4378 pickleball is the fastest growing sport.
@@thegoldenrooster8376 Fastest growing sport in the US... Nobody cares. The US is not the world. As a matter of fact, the most popular sports in the US are barely played on other parts of the world. Take American Football as an example...
All this production for pickleball, PICKLEBALL
Yes why not
yeah its the fastest growing sport. will be bigger than tennis and golf. give it 3-5 years.
When I was a kid it was called short tennis, and you played it if you couldnt play actual tennis.
Try it and you'll get destroyed
Too bad pro tennis players are now playing this over actual tennis. Clown
You mean, past it, journeyman pros that couldn't make a living in real tennis are downgrading to the much easier, and far less rewarding, short tennis.
Fixed that for ya.
@@danjonmills you might want to do your research instead making yourself look even more foolish than you already are
Hey, I'll bet Federer, Nadal and Djokovic wish they hadn't wasted all those years on grand slams and making hundreds of millions of £€$¥ in tennis and played Pickleball instead...
BWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA
OH, you sweet summer child.
Take Roger Federer out of retirement and let him destroy this ridiculous “sport”
Why hate?
@@mariocr792 cause it's a joke of a sport and shouldn't be grouped with any other sport like tennis or hockey or whatever
@@IGNSanity you’re an ifjot
lol
@@mariocr792 ironic isn’t it?
nah this ain't it regular tennis is better
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A 2-handed backhand in pickleball? Why?
more power because females aren't able to have as much power on the backhand wing as males.
It should be only one hand smh
@Nihilus that's in tennis, this is a paddle. And it's also about generating topspin, but again, it's a paddle not a racquet.
Why not, racquet paddle doesn't matter
.... for better control.
Hard for me to respect a sport where the best player is 16 and has only been playing 6 years 😂
Just so you're aware, that says much more about you than it does about pickleball.
It will be her generation that will make the big money. But like all sports the pioneers will be left out of the big purse and the newbies will reap the big bucks. Also the pickleball players who were all lined up to make the money, then the wave of tennis players came in to steal the money. No tank tops on men please.
Or it will be like other fad/niche sports and the pioneers will clean house before the general hype wears off.
No tank tops on men? WTF so random.
trashiest racquet sport there is but hey,if something is popular in the states ,players tend to earn lot of money . even though other racquet sports are million times better and more enjoyable to watch
It's the best racquet sport there is
@@teacopem Just say you can't play tennis
@@serlat865it's weird that you tennis players all think people wish they played tennis
Pickleball is SO SO SOO much easier than tennis omg you barely move (compared to the physicality of tennis) and the skill set is basically all volleys and feeding. Tennis has a variety of elements making it a way more reputable sport than pickleball!!
Pickleball seems good for older people. Athletes will find a real sport, because this one is a joke.
Like beach volley is good for beautiful people only. It's mostly for body show
Or like bowling, darts or petanque are good for all-size/all-age people.
No pickleball more physicality
@@teacopem 💀
@@LePianisteMasque🤡 Your comment is a joke
dude. you shuffle from the center in tennis to the sideline and its 2 shuffles. literally. you have a 2 and half foot racquet. dont believe, go on the tennis court and shuffle right or left and itll be 2 shuffles to get to the sideline. same as pickleball LOL
seems like a very dumb sport, just my opinion though,
i give a $h*t on pickleball until it becomes olympique
Six figures is not anything …I promise. I’m worth 22 million and making 3 more a year.
The goat! Amazing sport and an amazing player