Since claiming gold at the CIBC Texas Open in June, second-seeded Lea Jansen doesn’t have any hardware to show for her efforts in singles on the PPA Tour.

That could change at the CIBC Atlanta Slam this weekend because she reached the semi-finals with an 11-4, 1-11, 11-8 victory over sixth-seeded Kaitlyn Christian on Friday.

During the post-match interview, PickleballTV’s Kamryn Blackwood remarked that Jansen’s demeanor “seemed very different” on the 20x44, especially when things weren’t going her way in the third and deciding stanza.

Blackwood was particularly impressed by her use of “positive talk” to right the ship after seeing an early lead disappear at a critical time in the contest.

“The past three months, I don’t really feel like I was myself on the court. I was trying to change a lot of things, and if it’s not broke, don’t fix it, so I wanted to really ramp up the positive talk,” explained Jansen. “I play better when it’s energetic and when I’m yelling and screaming. I know that might be annoying to my opponent, but it’s how I can get the best out of myself. I just kind of wanted to go back to my old ways, and I felt like I found it today.”

PickleballTV's Matt Manasse remarked that Jansen was "moving really fast from the corners" throughout the match, so he was curious to learn more about what she's doing from a physical standpoint to achieve better results.

The 32-year-old Washington State native then revealed a key tweak in that regard. 

"I just got a new trainer about a week ago. That was the other thing that kind of went downhill. I changed up my training routine, and I actually have a much better trainer now," confirmed Jansen. "We’ve just really been working on a lot of my hip mobility, my hip flexibility, a lot of that kind of stuff that I’m really bad at, so it’s really helping me dig into the corners, especially on my backhand."

And it's definitely paying dividends in Georgia.

This training philosophy is clearly here to stay.

"The past three months, I was actually doing too much and working too much, and it was actually regressing me, so I kind of just went to less is more, which is what I used to have the approach of," shared Jansen. "You don’t need to be a heavy lifter out here, you need to be elastic. That’s kind of what I’ve been trying to work on. I have a long way to go, but I really like the results I’ve been given in 10 days."

Will it pay off again in the semi-finals against No. 7 seed Parris Todd on Saturday?

Stay tuned.

"It's kind of an "OG" matchup, which is nice to see since the young guns have kind of been coming in. Parris is a great player. She's super dangerous on both sides," noted Jansen. "I know with Parris, even if I'm up 10-0 or 11-0, it's going to be a battle."