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#514. Pickleball Anger Management | Dr. Alex Auerbach's Plan for Managing Your Emotions

Sep 27, 2024

Dr. Alex Auerbach, former Senior Director of Wellness and Development for the Toronto Raptors, dives into managing anger on the pickleball court. He shares techniques to diffuse tension, like breaking contact with opponents and utilizing deep breathing. Auerbach reframes anger as useful information about performance, emphasizing that it can either enhance focus or hinder it. He illustrates how channeling anger can boost energy when needed while maintaining composure, showcasing a unique approach to emotional management in sports.

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Quick takeaways

Breaking face-to-face contact can help players diffuse anger and regain focus during intense pickleball moments.

Recognizing anger as useful information allows athletes to channel it constructively, enhancing performance rather than leading to negative outcomes.

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Managing Anger in Intense Situations

In fast-paced environments like pickleball, managing anger and frustration is crucial for maintaining performance. One effective strategy is to break the face-to-face contact during intense moments, allowing players to momentarily divert their attention and reset their emotional state. Techniques such as deep breathing or counting to ten can help players release tension and regain their focus. Recognizing that anger is merely information about the game allows athletes to use it constructively, enhancing their overall performance instead of letting it lead to negative outcomes.

Mastering Emotions on the Pickleball Court

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Learn how to effectively manage anger and frustration on the pickleball court with Dr. Alex Auerbach, former Senior Director of Wellness and Development for the Toronto Raptors. In this episode, Dr. Auerbach shares his strategies for navigating intense emotional moments, maintaining focus, and using anger as information to enhance your performance.

Discover how to:

Break face-to-face contact with your opponent to diffuse tense situations
Use deep breathing and counting techniques to regain composure
Implement a release, reset, and refocus routine to let go of negative emotions
Reframe anger as information about your performance, opponent, or the game
Harness anger to increase energy and focus, when appropriate

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Quotable moments:

"Anger that you're feeling in that moment, that's just information about the game. That's maybe information about your current performance or information about your opponent or information about how you feel about getting body bagged. Right? All those, all that information. It's just, it's not a sign that anything's good, bad, wrong, anything. It's just data." - Dr. Alex Auerbach

"If the anger helps you perform better, by all means, use it to facilitate increased energy, but if it starts to, you know, take away from your focus or hurt your performance, or you start playing out of control in a way that is not consistent with you, right. Break that contact, slow yourself down, have your teammate talk to you slowly, get a drink of water, right?" - Dr. Alex Auerbach

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