{"id":159635,"date":"2024-03-07T15:26:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T15:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/07\/we-are-training-like-we-are-playing-the-worlds-best-ghana-pickleball-head-coach\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T15:26:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T15:26:11","slug":"we-are-training-like-we-are-playing-the-worlds-best-ghana-pickleball-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/07\/we-are-training-like-we-are-playing-the-worlds-best-ghana-pickleball-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"We are training like we are playing the world\u2019s best- Ghana Pickleball Head Coach \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Head coach of Ghana\u2019s Pickleball Women\u2019s National Team, Lilly Jue, says her team has approached training for the African Games like it is set to play against the absolute best in the world.<\/p>\n<p>She said this in an exclusive interview with Citi Sports on the sidelines of a training session at the University of Ghana which will serve as one of two main host venues for the 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0African Games.<\/p>\n<p>The Games will be held in Ghana from March 8 to March 23 with pickleball as one of the demonstration sports including Teqball, Speedball and E-Sports that have been introduced to the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the start of the pickleball competition in the men\u2019s, women\u2019s and mixed categories, the American trainer talked through the team\u2019s beastly approach to training.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe are training as if we are playing the best in the world. 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