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The Best from our Archives Part 5 - Our BEST Episode - You Be the Judge. Your Journey PLUS Lots More
In this episode we're going to re-up one of our most popular and best episode. How do we customize the journey best for ourselves?Think of your journey as a customer e...
Successful Pickleball - Your Way
You can be successful as a pickleball player with different types of approaches, both hard and soft game strategies, and being a proponent of the soft game, doesn't me...
Constructive Pickleball Play With All Levels
Sometimes we'll play in situations in open plays where there's really no gathering of levels. So it's basically a free-for-all. How do you keep the game fun? How do yo...
Special Episode: Therapist Edition - What is Pickleball?
In this special episode of Pickleball Therapy, we have a meeting with fellow pickleball therapists who share their insights and happenings from their own pickleball jo...
The Ratings Game PLUS Gaining Focus When You Play
Let's talk about ratings, one of those double-edged swords that really don't say anything about how you play. While there's definitely a place for ratings in our sport...
Don't be a Pickleball Vampire PLUS Middle School Antics
As a pickleball player, I want to feel good and play without doing that at the expense of my opponent. Taking advantage of my opponent and paying attention to my oppon...
Two BAD Words that Are Holding Your Back
Good pickleball, and the best pickleball you'll ever play, is built upon a foundation of sound FUNDAMENTALS.I was reminded of the 'imagined' bad word, fundamentals, du...
Special Episode: System Class Starting Soon PLUS Our Virtual Clinic
How to learn more about our upcoming course: ThePickleballsystem.comTo sign up for our Virtual Clinic: BetterPickleball.com (click at the top header)To join us for our...
Whose Fault Was It? PLUS Evolutionary Empathy PLUS 5K at a time til the record
In this episode we talk about three subjects; assigning fault, increasing our evolutionary empathy and staying focused.I got to play in a mixed group recently where I ...
Applying the 20 Second Rule to Your Pickleball Journey PLUS Don't Underestimate Your Sport
Have you've been dreading doing something or having a conversation for a long time? The pool is an interesting way of thinking about it where you're standing by the si...
Special Episode - Interview with Sara Weiss
In this special episode of Pickleball Therapy we talk with the incomparable Sara Weiss about her pickleball journey and the idea of being an animal on the court.We als...
Knowing the "Rules" to Apply and the Ones to Skip PLUS Forest > Trees
The idea of strategic fluidity (wanting to be adapt to everything) and pickleball is a fine concept that sounds great in theory.But how does that work in practice when...
The Other Side of Your Game - Balance it out
There is another side to your game – and there’s plenty to be proud of I want you to list all the things you do not do well as a pickleball player – or that you could ...
What Version of You are you on? PLUS allowing the information in
As we move forward, we will be in a different place every time.Ask yourself, am I the same player I was an year ago?When you're working on a part of your game that yo...
Lynne's story - Managing expectations and having more fun PLUS calling pickleball therapists
Game plan is super valuable because it's human nature to make errors. The better that you get at the big picture view of pickleball and your relationship with sport, t...
Accepting the whole picture of the game you love - and agreed to play
Pickleball is beautiful, amazing and with loads of benefits.The biggest of them all being you'll be a happier human being, just from playing pickleball. But sometime...
Special Episode - Largest Ever Pickleball Injury Study - Find out more and get involved
Here is a link to the study press release through Saint Louis University that gives more information about the study and includes a link so you can participate in the ...
Avoid the Negative from Losing at Pickleball - I will show you how
Brought to you ad free by The Better Pickleball AcademyFind the answers to your pickleball questions here: BetterPickleball.com/Academy You never see a sad pickleball ...
Pickleball Pet Peeves – What’s the Cost?
Get your FREE ticket to the 100% online Pickleball Summit here.We asked for your pet peeves. Over 300 players answered the call and shared them with us. Many of the pe...
Special Episode - The Largest Pickleball Event of the Year: THE 2024 Pickleball Summit
Join us for the Summit. 25+ presenters - all top players, coaches, and experts in their field. Over 15,000 players - all there to learn and enjoy this amazing sport. W...
What do you REALLY need to play awesome pickleball? PLUS PickleWordle
I recently got into the Wordle craze (a bit late I know).Got me to thinking though – why do we like games like Wordle, Crosswords, Sudoku, etc.? And does this same tho...
Get that Advice Outta Here – how to deal with unsolicited pickleball tips
We all get advice – YouTube, friendly local player, partner. What do we do with it?Step 1: Remember that you have agency over your pickleball journey. This means that ...
More important than your third shot drop - you heard it here first!
To be a complete pickleball player you need a third shot drop. Seems simple enough but, as with many things in life, once you scratch at it a little you find out that ...
Set the Right Partner Expectation or Else PLUS Lesson from the French Open
We are friends. Playing a pickleball game. One of us will win and one of us will lose. That is just the way of things. Imagine a world where you went into the game lik...
Are you happy playing pickleball? PLUS Self 1 and Self 2
I was reminded of an important concept speaking to one of our team members who is a volleyball player converted to pickleball. The conversation went something like thi...
Why Pickleball Therapy Benefits us All- Special Episode
Your Relationship with Pickleball Much of the information available about pickleball has to do with the details: How do I hit a certain shot? What is the latest paddle...
Is losing 3-11 not fun for you? It might be - depending on how you look at it PLUS Too old or unskilled to play pickleball?
Is losing 3-11 not fun for you? It might be - depending on how you look at it PLUS Too old or unskilled to play pickleball? You just got done playing 6 games, never sc...
The PPA, Hardwiring, and Finger on the Paddle
In this triple episode we address three different areas; things in the PPA that merits some conversation, hardwiring concept and, in the RIFF, we talk about putting yo...