Pickleball Therapy

If you want to improve as a pickleball player, you need to understand – and then embrace – process pickleball. Being driven by outcomes or results will not allow you to see when you win bad or lose good. And if you do not see those, how will you know what you need to improve to become the best pickleball player you can be? In this Episode we illustrate this concept and tell you what a "bad" winner looks like. Let us know what you think about the podcast and rate and review us on your platform. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

Side out. Your serve at 4-9-1. What can you do? How do you fight back when down big in a game? You are up 10-4-2. Or you were. It is not 9-10-1 your opponents serving. How did this happen and what do you do? We share our tips in this podcast. This is part of our pickleball mental toughness and togetherness series. We will be bringing you our tips as well as tips from other players and professionals in the field. Better Fundamentals = Better Pickleball Stay safe Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

Just finished The Last Dance on Netflix. It is about the Chicago Bulls 1998 run for a 6th NBA championship. What jumped out at me was the amount of off-the-court work and focus required of even the greatest player of all time in order to achieve his goals. We can learn a lot from No. 23, including putting in the work. In this podcast we talk about the drudgery required to improve and also about some specific steps you can take to elevate your game - if that is your thing. Our riff this week is about paddle swing weight and how understanding it can help you make better decisions about the paddle you play with. Keep working Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

Maximize your advantages and minimize your disadvantages. Then take time to work on your disadvantages during drilling and practice. When you play keep in mind that there are benefits you are receiving that well exceed the score of the last game. Maintain perspective and you will increase your enjoyment of the game. Stay safe Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

Play the best game for you. Stop worrying about what Peter, Paul, and Josephine are up to. Worry about what you are up to and what type of game best suits you. Also hear our thoughts about safe lob coverage and a suggestion for how to avoid the dangerous two-step backup. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

You do not need a double topspin reverse shot with a pike finish to win at pickleball. What you do need are fundamentals and  consistency. That is what wins pickleball games. Also learn about the 80-10-10 rule in Tony's weekly riff. Thanks to Jesse Simon for the idea. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

Want to improve as a pickleball player? Three tips you can do right now. And a brief rif about stacking (I think). Let us know what you think. Share it. Stay safe. Tony --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support

--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pickleballtherapy/support