Pickleball Therapy

Red herrings can distract us on our pickleball improvement paths. They take away time and focus from the areas that we need to work on. This particular red herring, however, can actually undermine your game by adding unnecessary errors. Is the windshield wiper stroke undermining your game? Rec play is awesome. Socialize, relax, play some ball. But if you want to improve you need to consider adding some competitive play to your weekly schedule. Stay tuned to the riff to hear more on this. You can find out more about the Diadem Icon paddle by visiting Diadem Sports here. Use the code VIPickleball to get our discount at checkout (using the link you help support our ability to provide you with these podcasts and our other free content). You can read our complete Diadem Icon Review here. Register to get our weekly VIPickleball emails by signing up here. Let us know if you want to be notified about our January camps in Tampa, Florida by emailing us at camps@wearepickleball.com. Join us at our immersive pickleball learning community - VIPickleball. Find out more and get on our waitlist at wearepickleball.com. If you or a loved one wants to learn pickleball, check out Play Pickleball, a Beginner's Guide - available at In2Pickle.com (digital) or Amazon (paperback). 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

Pickleball is a game of error reduction. True. But to improve you also have to learn how to take advantage of opportunities that arise. In this episode we explain what we mean and get you to think about the game a bit differently (at least that is the objective). Rally scoring is coming to pickleball. At least that is what the tea leaves are saying. Am I excited about rally scoring coming into the game? No. But will it prevent me from playing? Also no. Stay tuned to the riff to hear more on this. You can find out more about the Diadem Icon paddle by visiting Diadem Sports here. Use the code VIPickleball to get our discount at checkout (using the link you help support our ability to provide you with these podcasts and our other free content). You can read our complete Diadem Icon Review here. Register to get our weekly VIPickleball emails by signing up here. Let us know if you want to be notified about our January camps in Tampa, Florida by emailing us at camps@wearepickleball.com. Join us at our immersive pickleball learning community - VIPickleball. Find out more and get on our waitlist at wearepickleball.com. If you or a loved one wants to learn pickleball, check out Play Pickleball, a Beginner's Guide - available at In2Pickle.com (digital) or Amazon (paperback). 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 is our 1 year episode (at least if you subscribe to the 52-week year). During the past year we have traveled quite a ways down our pickleball path; sharing ideas about the game and how to enjoy a better life at the same time. In this episode we look back to some of the highlights over the past year and share some of our favorite topics and ideas. We appreciate you listening and helping our podcast reach other players out there for whom, like you, pickleball has become an important part of their lives. We will continue to do our best to bring you helpful podcasts, at least another 52 :).  You can find out more about the Diadem Icon paddle by visiting Diadem Sports here. Use the code VIPickleball to get our discount at checkout (using the link you help support our ability to provide you with these podcasts and our other free content). You can read our complete Diadem Icon Review here. Register to get our weekly VIPickleball emails by signing up here. Let us know if you want to be notified about our January camps in Tampa, Florida by emailing us at camps@wearepickleball.com. Join us at our immersive pickleball learning community - VIPickleball. Find out more and get on our waitlist at wearepickleball.com. If you or a loved one wants to learn pickleball, check out Play Pickleball, a Beginner's Guide - available at In2Pickle.com (digital) or Amazon (paperback). 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

Are you a pickleball athlete?  It depends. Are you a pickleball athlete? Why would I ask that question twice like that? It is because the answer is wholly up to you. You are a pickleball athlete if you say you are. If you take care of your body and mind. Do the things that an athlete does when they want to perform at their best. Then you are an athlete. You can find out more about the Diadem Icon paddle by visiting Diadem Sports here. Use the code VIPickleball to get our discount at checkout (using the link you help support our ability to provide you with these podcasts and our other free content). You can read our complete Diadem Icon Review here. In the riff we talk about how inertia can hold you back. Register to get our weekly VIPickleball emails by signing up here. Let us know if you want to be notified about our January camps in Tampa, Florida by emailing us at camps@wearepickleball.com. Join us at our immersive pickleball learning community - VIPickleball. Find out more and get on our waitlist at wearepickleball.com. If you or a loved one wants to learn pickleball, check out Play Pickleball, a Beginner's Guide - available at In2Pickle.com (digital) or Amazon (paperback). 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

If you are engaging the "out" balls, you are leaving points on the table (court?) and not playing your best pickleball. In this episode we tell you how you reclaim those points. Let us know if you want to be notified about our January camps in Tampa, Florida by emailing us at camps@wearepickleball.com. In the riff we talk about the downside of the popcorn ceiling. Register to get our weekly VIPickleball emails by signing up here. Join us at our immersive pickleball learning community - VIPickleball. Find out more at wearepickleball.com. If you or a loved one wants to learn pickleball, check out Play Pickleball, a Beginner's Guide - available at In2Pickle.com (digital) or Amazon (paperback). 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

There are three pillars to you playing your best pickleball. In this podcast we delve into the first pillar: the mechanical one. Let us know if you want to be notified about our January camps in Tampa, Florida by emailing us at camps@wearepickleball.com. In the riff we talk about shot arcs (and arches). A way to avoid those attackable popups. Register to get our weekly VIPickleball emails by signing up here. Join us at our immersive pickleball learning community - VIPickleball. Find out more at wearepickleball.com. If you or a loved one wants to learn pickleball, check out Play Pickleball, a Beginner's Guide - available at In2Pickle.com (digital) or Amazon (paperback). 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

Lynn Cherry, the host of Pickleball Fire Podcast shares with us some of her thoughts about pickleball, including some solid tips for how to maintain a healthier perspective out on the court. You can connect with Lynn at pickleballfire.com. Also make sure you subscribe to her podcast, Pickleball Fire. Good perspective on the game In the riff we talk about your journey; what it is and how to keep it yours. Register to get our weekly VIPickleball emails by signing up here. Join us at our immersive pickleball learning community - VIPickleball. Find out more at wearepickleball.com. If you or a loved one wants to learn pickleball, check out Play Pickleball, a Beginner's Guide - available at In2Pickle.com (digital) or Amazon (paperback). 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

You are working on improvement; on becoming a better Pickleball player. But how do you know if you are, in fact, getting better? In this episode we offer you 3 suggestions that might help you make the determination. In the riff we talk a little Olympics, at least what we can learn from it to give us some perspective out there. Register to get our weekly VIPickleball emails by signing up here. Join us at our immersive pickleball learning community - VIPickleball. Find out more at wearepickleball.com. If you or a loved one wants to learn pickleball, check out Play Pickleball, a Beginner's Guide - available at In2Pickle.com (digital) or Amazon (paperback). 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

To play your best pickleball you need to "see" the game. This is where the Second Pillar comes in. It is not just how to hit the ball. It is what shot to hit when. The when and the why if you will. If you do not have this understanding of the game, that you can apply in real time, then what will your results on the court look like? Your paddle is our in front. But are you ready? Maybe - maybe not. Click here to learn more about the Second Pillar. Click here for our Respect the X video. If you missed it, you can find out more about THE Pickleball Summit by clicking here. Copy this into your browser if the link does not work for you: https://www.wearepickleball.com/2021-all-access-pass. Register to get our weekly VIPickleball emails by signing up here. Join us at our immersive pickleball learning community - VIPickleball. Find out more at wearepickleball.com. If you or a loved one wants to learn pickleball, check out Play Pickleball, a Beginner's Guide - available at In2Pickle.com (digital) or Amazon (paperback). 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 is common to feel a bit frustrated out there. We expect X from ourselves and often end up with Y. We can work harder to improve but, perhaps, we can also reframe the narrative in our mind. If we are playing at a Y level, then expect Y. In the riff we share some words of wisdom from our friend Deb Harrison - even as accomplished a player as Deb continues to grow with the game. You can connect with her at www.picklepongdeb.com. If you missed it, you can find out more about THE Pickleball Summit by clicking here. Copy this into your browser if the link does not work for you: https://www.wearepickleball.com/2021-all-access-pass. Register to get our emails so you get the "out" balls decision tree by signing up here. Join us at our immersive pickleball learning community - VIPickleball. Find out more at wearepickleball.com. If you or a loved one wants to learn pickleball, check out Play Pickleball, a Beginner's Guide - available at In2Pickle.com (digital) or Amazon (paperback). 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