All Episodes
Ep. 319 - Vital Realizations PLUS was it ok for Anna Bright to Challenge a Ruling at 11-0, 10-0
Coach Tony has been reading Until the End of Time by physicist Brian Greene. It isn’t a pickleball book, but one sentence fits the game exactly: “Vital realizations no...
Ep. 318 Bookmark Episode - 3 Questions to Prepare to Play
This is a bookmark episode. Save it. Come back to it before you play. Coach Tony shares three questions that came out of TRP's camp development process. Each one has a...
Mailbag Episode #2 - Your Questions Answered
In Mailbag Episode #2, Coach Tony answers your questions from the TRP community. Should you keep blocking the banger's hard shots, or let them go? Why does the shake a...
Ep. 317 - We All Play the Same Game
We all play the same game. Ben Johns, Anna Leigh Waters, the best player at your facility, and you. This week, Coach Tony explains why every player's game shares the s...
Ep. 316 - What If It Works Out?
What if it works out? Coach Kyleen joins Coach Tony this week to share a video from TikTok Mima. Her message is simple. We spend plenty of time imagining how things co...
Ep. 315 - Real vs Google Knowledge
How deep does your pickleball knowledge go? This week, Coach Tony Roig looks at the difference between Google knowledge and real knowledge. Google knowledge is surface...
Special TRP Episode - Third Shot to Rec Play - Answering your Pickleball Questions
In this special mailbag episode, Tony answers questions from the TRP community. How tightly should you hold your paddle? If the third shot drop isn't your priority yet...
Ep. 314 - Sorry NOT Sorry with Special Guest Coach Kyleen Dye
Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Carol, a member of our community, posted about a pattern in her weekend group. After almost every point, someone apologizes. She keeps telling the...
Ep. 313 - Are You Limiting Yourself? PLUS Top 3 Worst Partner Play Stories
A player I have known for years told me they did not think they could advance in the game. If that player believes it, others do too. So this week I want to be clear. ...
Ep. 312 - Optimized Partner Play
Doubles pickleball is a team sport just like football or basketball. Two players instead of 5 or 11, but the same dynamics apply: your team plays its best when both pl...
Ep. 311 - Don't Drop It! PLUS Know Your Block
A ceramics instructor swapped a ball for a "priceless" vase and watched his class tense up. Nobody forgot how to catch. They just became afraid of what dropping it wou...
Ep. 310 - Silence Before Sound
There is a lot going on in a pickleball game. Four players, several rallies inside every rally, the lob, the dink, the banger, the volley you got jammed on. And undern...
Ep. 309 - Use the Force Luke (and Leia)
Episode 309: Use the Force Luke (and Leia) A floater comes at you. It's just hanging there in space, waiting. Game point. Everybody on the next court has stopped to wa...
Ep. 308 - Don't Argue the Call - the Definitive Conversation on "Out" Ball Disputes
Episode 308: The Definitive Guide to Out Ball Disputes Here's the situation. Score is 10-9-2. Your team is serving. You hit a volley, crisp, and it lands right on the ...
Ep. 307 - Don't Underestimate Yourself
Christine Hobson retired at 60. Two days later, she ran her first marathon. She has run more than 100 since. Every continent. A world record in Antarctica. And when sh...
Ep. 306 - Your Filtration System
You put a filter on your kitchen sink. You don't want debris getting into your plumbing.So here's the question a Buddhist monk asked on a podcast recently: how many of...
Ep. 305 - Ridiculously Optimistic
Episode 305: Ridiculously Optimistic The clip I open this one with a message from a content creator who goes by Writer's Cramp. The theme: be ridiculously optimistic ...
Ep. 304 - Tap Your Flow
PICKLEBALL THERAPY · SHOW NOTES Episode 304 – Tap Your Flow What this episode is about Flow is not something you go out and acquire. It is already in you. This w...