Pickleball Therapy

Each of us has a core reason why we play pickleball. Perhaps it is exercise. Or fun. Or social outing. Whatever your reason is for playing pickleball is the quid pro quo deal you strike each time you head to the courts. Avoid the temptation to lose sight of it once you get out there. Focus on the real reason you play and you will have a better and more productive relationship with pickleball - and you will also play better to boot.In the riff I talk about those darned illegal serves. They ruin the game - or do they? Gain a different perspective about illegal serves and other fault calls. Could mean the difference between a great day on court and a needless argument.Join us inside the System here.Check out Tyrol shoes here.Sign up here to get our weekly emails.Our mental book recommendations here.If you like the podcast, please give it a rating. And share it with your friends. If you like it, they probably will too.Stay well,Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

When we are playing recreational play, it can be frustrating when we get partnered with a player who just does not play "right." In this episode we talk about what to do when we are playing with such a partner as well as other situations that come up where we are in a position that is not what we want. Remember, you can only control that which you can control.I also share with you the ATP (around the post) story to illustrate how slowing ourselves down out there can let us see the game better and, maybe, even hit an ATP :). Join us inside the System here.Check out Tyrol shoes here.Sign up here to get our weekly emails.Our mental book recommendations here.If you like the podcast, please give it a rating. And share it with your friends. If you like it, they probably will too.Stay well,Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

It can be important for us to know that we are walking forward along our path. This week we share with you some thoughts about this process.We also share with you how to frame out the battle out on the court - the struggle is real :).This is a Vault Episode.You can join us inside the System here.Sign up here to get our weekly emails.You can find our mental book recommendations here.If you like the podcast, please give it a rating. And share it with your friends. If you like it, they probably will too.Stay well,Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

Happy 2023. We are going to get right back into the swing of things. First: are you protecting your pickleball journey? You have agency over what you allow to come into your journey - use the agency. We give you some tips to help you keep the barbarians at the gate (good book if you are looking for one).In the riff we discuss achievability. Perhaps you have objectives that you want to achieve in pickleball. That is great - but it helps for you to know that you can achieve those objectives. Add "achievability" to your 2023 vocabulary.You can join us inside the System here.Sign up here to get our weekly emails.You can find our mental book recommendations here.If you like the podcast, please give it a rating. And share it with your friends. If you like it, they probably will too.Stay well,Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

Last episode of 2023. Checking ourselves to get ready for 2023 and learning a technique that will help us get where we want to go.If you are ready for more, join us for the 3-part course and when you are really really serious, we will see you inside the System.Have a happy new year.Here is our 2023 blog post with the worksheets you can use to improve your game: https://wearepickleball.com/whats-next-for-your-pickleball-game/Join us for the 3-Part course to start 2023 off right. Here's the link.Sign up here to get our weekly emails.In the riff, I will share with you a different way of framing yourself as a player - it will help you identify what you should be working on.You can find our mental book recommendations here.You can join us inside the System here.If you like the podcast, please give it a rating. And share it with your friends. If you like it, they probably will too.Stay well,Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

In this week's episode, we re-share with you Episode 91 to help you have the tools you need to make 2023 your best pickleball year yet.If you want to really do the work, you are going to want to get our downloadable worksheets. There is some work to be done in there, but it will help you with your game for sure. If you are on our mail list you already got a link to the article and worksheets. If you are not our mail list, then ???? You can always get on it at wearepickleball.com.Sign up here to get our weekly emails.You can find our mental book recommendations here.You can join us inside the System here.If you like the podcast, please give it a rating. And share it with your friends. If you like it, they probably will too.Stay well,Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

2022 is almost in the books. what does 2023 have in store for you as a pickleball player? More importantly, as a curious player who wants to see how well you can play this game. In this week's episode, we give you some tools to look backward and forward. But if you want to really do the work, you are going to want to get our downloadable worksheets. There is some work to be done in there, but it will help you with your game for sure. If you are on our mail list you will get a link in this week's newsletter. If you are not our mail list, then ???? You can always get on it at wearepickleball.com. Here is our 2023 blog post with the worksheets you can use to improve your game: https://wearepickleball.com/whats-next-for-your-pickleball-game/ Sign up here to get our weekly emails. In the riff, I will share with you a different way of framing yourself as a player - it will help you identify what you should be working on. You can find our mental book recommendations here. You can join us inside the System here. If you like the podcast, please give it a rating. And share it with your friends. If you like it, they probably will too. Stay well, Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

In this week's podcast I share some of myself with you. More specifically, some of my pickleball journey. From first hitting a pickleball through the medal stand in Senior Mixed Pro at this last weekend's PPA tournament in Orlando. I share it with you so that you know two things: 1. You can achieve whatever your goal is in pickleball and 2. As long as you remain curious, there is always more to learn - more to grow - in pickleball. In the riff, I share with you how we handled being up 10-5 with a putaway shot in the gold medal match to being down 10-11 in the same game.  If you have a story you want to share with us, send it to us at Coaching@WeArePickleball.com. Please let us know that we have your permission to share the story in our podcast and other publications. You can find our mental book recommendations here. You can join us inside the System here. Sign up here to get our weekly emails. If you like the podcast, please give it a rating. And share it with your friends. If you like it, they probably will too. Stay well, Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

This week we share Mark's story with you. Hear how pickleball impacted Mark for the better. It is always helpful to hear from other players like us. In the riff, I share with you how I break down a match video to find trends and see what strategies work and which ones do not. If you have a story you want to share with us, send it to us at Coaching@WeArePickleball.com. Please let us know that we have your permission to share the story in our podcast and other publications. You can join us inside the System here. Sign up here to get our weekly emails. If you like the podcast, please give it a rating. And share it with your friends. If you like it, they probably will too. Stay well, Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

Oftentimes when we lose a game we feel like we failed. The same is true when we win: we feel like we succeeded. This, however, wrongly conflates  success/failure with winning/losing. Here is the thing, though, you can fail completely and still win and you can 100% succeed and still lose. Think of a pro match at the highest level. All players are highly skilled and can hit all the shots, so to speak. Yet one team wins and one team loses. Every single match ends like this. Is that a failure by the losing team? Perhaps the losing team did everything they could to their best of their ability (a success) yet still lost. It may help to think of it like this. You and your partner are very good 3.5 players. Across the net are two 2.5 players who have trouble hitting the ball over the net. You can play your worst game this year and still win. And they can do everything within their power as well as they can and still lose. The winning by your team and the losing by the other team tells us nothing about how you played. Or about how they played. It actually provides wrong information if used as a performance metric as it says your team did good and the other team did not. When the reality is completely opposite. The win/loss column is a result - nothing more. Success/failure, on the other hand relates to how you played and your execution of your game plan that day. It revolves around your process. Conflating win/loss with success/failure can lead you to reach the wrong conclusions about your play and, importantly, your improvement as a player. In this week's episode we discuss this important difference. Credit to Dr. Todd Kays the author of Sports Psychology for Dummies from where we drew the inspiration for this week's podcast. You can find Dr. Kay's book (as well as other resources we use in our approach to the mind) here - click on "Mental Training". In the riff, we talk about a constructive way of approaching getting hit by the ball (getting "tagged" as it is often called). It is a positive thing - trust me :).  Vizual Edge Black Friday Sale - click here to get the best discount on this awesome visual training. Sign up here to get our weekly emails. If you like the podcast, please give it a rating. And share it with your friends. If you like it, they probably will too. Stay well, Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support