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The BluePrint with Dr. Erik Korem

#560. Three Mental Skills the top 10% of Pickleball Players Do with Dr. Alex Auerbach

Jan 15, 2025
11:21

Do you think you’re practicing all the right skills to excel in pickleball? You might be missing the most crucial element. Dr. Alex Auerbach, former Senior Director of Wellness for the Toronto Raptors and elite performance psychologist, reveals why only 10% of athletes are truly maximizing their mental game.

Drawing from his experience with NBA teams, Olympians, and Special Forces, Dr. Auerbach breaks down the essential mental skills that separate elite performers from the rest.

Learn:

  • Why fixing your mental game only when it's broken holds you back
  • The counterintuitive way to build lasting mental performance habits
  • How elite athletes use specific language patterns to maintain peak performance
  • The hidden teammate behaviors that drastically improve team dynamics
  • The surprising reason starting with your strengths accelerates mental growth

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Quotable moments:

"Most people don't practice any mindset skills whatsoever. Even at the highest levels of sports, maybe 10 percent of athletes have some concentrated effort toward mental training." - Dr. Alex Auerbach

"You don't want to try to fix the roof when it's sunny out." - Dr. Alex Auerbach

"Starting with strengths could actually be helpful. If you want to internalize this identity that I'm someone who works on my mental game." - Dr. Alex Auerbach


ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST:

The BluePrint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals.   Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.

On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.

Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, the #1 pickleball health and performance app that helps pickleball players win more, recovery faster, and prevent pain and injury.

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