Optimize your body - The Athletic Pillar of Pickleball | Featuring special guest CJ Johnson | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 87

The obvious: you need your body to play pickleball. It is a physical activity and how your body performs will dictate how well you play on the court. The not so obviou...

You can control when you lose | PLUS Mistaken Sportsmanship | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 86

Losing is within your control. Not losing a game - that is just a series of numbers. But you can control your behavior on the court: the thing that will actually deter...

Winning is a Bowl of Ice Cream | PLUS Focusing on those Pivot Points | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 85

Are you winning? In this episode we suggest you may already be winning. Improve your results as well as your relationship with pickleball by eating some more ice cream...

Understand your battle on the court | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 84

When you step onto the pickleball court you are out there battling your opponent. Understanding this can help you navigate your next game. Click here to Join us inside...

BONUS Episode | Heading to the Courts? Listen on your way - 10 minutes to get you ready to play your best | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 83

Bookmark this Episode. Play it whenever you are on your way to the courts and get ready to play your best pickleball. Click here to Join us inside THE Pickleball Syste...

Are you hitting the right (optimal) shots? | PLUS Honoring your opponents | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 82

Picking the right shots when you play is important. Part of that decision making is making selections that are not too risky. That get the job done without needless ch...

Wasting Your Time? | PLUS Stay Cool Under Pressure | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 81

There is a reasonable chance that you might be wasting your time. And perhaps even wasting a lot of it. If you are working on shots, tactics, or strategies that only p...

How to go about winning your next pickleball game | PLUS eating the chocolate elephant | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 80

Want to win your next pickleball game? Of course you do. We all want that. The trick is how to do it. In this week's episode we share with you how to win Pickleball ga...

Your Cup Runeth Over – how to avoid information overload | PLUS Avoid distracting line call battles | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 79

There is only so much information you can take in at a time. Less even once you think use “apply it” as compared to just taking it in. To get the most out of your work...

Elementary my Dear Watson - Elementary | PLUS Staying on task | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 78

Sherlock Holmes made “elementary” cool. The most seemingly complex situation is rendered elementary once you have the right perspective on it. Pickleball is much the s...

See the big picture of pickleball (avoid frustration) |PLUS Can I improve?| Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 77

A lot of our frustration when we are trying to improve stems from not seeing the big picture. Pickleball is deceiving. It is a “simple” game .You just go out there and...

How sound is your Pickleball Home? | PLUS do you need a $$$$$$ paddle? | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 76

If you were to build yourself a home, you would probably want it to have: a.  A solid foundation b.  Completed wall and c.  A roof to keep the elements out. You may al...

Forehand in the middle – is it the right rule? | PLUS Gotta get the mindset right if you want to improve as a player | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball| Episode 75

“Forehand takes the middle.” How many times have you heard it said on the courts? Even though it is uttered innocently enough, this “truism” is unhelpful and oftentime...

Subdue the Bangers. Learn what to do (and there is plenty) | PLUS The "Fix Your Body" Challenge (get this right) | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball

Bangers are gonna bang. What to do about it? You can try to out-bang the banger. That is an option sure. But is it the best option for you? Another option is to use yo...

The Paradox of Pickleball – the most effective approach to the game available to all (you and me included) | PLUS The Walking Challenge (trust me)| Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 73

Pickleball offers a paradox: the best players in the game use a strategy that is available to all players. This is different than most other sports, where the top perf...

The Soft Game – Four ways you can use it to improve your game | PLUS Avoiding arm injuries | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 72

The soft game is No. 1. There is just no other way about it. If you are not playing the soft game you are not using the most important part of a pickleball court. In t...

What do the best in the game do that we can too if we want to improve our games | in the riff I give you a challenge for the next 7 days | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 71

In this week’s podcast, we look at pickleball from the vantage point of one of the best players in the game and break it down into the Mechanical, Strategic, and Athle...

Is “Forehand in the Middle” Always Right? | in the riff – let’s prevent those injuries in 2022 | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 70

“The was my forehand.” How many times do we hear that on the pickleball court? Is Forehand in the Middle really a thing? Well … it depends. And it certainly does not o...

What is the one shot you absolutely must have in pickleball (no hyperbole here) | PLUS Let’s talk about the pickleball ladder (and it is not your local ladder league) | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePi

There is one shot that you must have to play pickleball and which, even if you have it, is costing you points or helping you win games. If you can focus on this one sh...

You want to hear these 3 things to improve as a pickleball player | PLUS CJ Johnson discusses the mental part of the game | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 68

I am joined this week's podcast by CJ Johnson from Better Pickleball and WeArePickleball. CJ conducted a survey of hundreds of pickleball players to find out what they...

Learn the pros’ strategy when they play pickleball | PLUS Injury prevention – make it a regular part of your life | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 67

There is some suggestion that pickleball is becoming a hard game. The pros are hitting harder, attacking more often. But is that really the case? In this week’s podcas...

Add the soft game to your pickleball game | PLUS Paddle swing weight - do you know it? | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 66

Consider adding the soft game to your pickleball game. Even the odds, set the tone, and gain a ton of confidence with these skills; which are available to all players ...

Do you know what the problem is? | PLUS correcting the wrong score | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 65

If you want to get better at pickleball, you first need to know what might be wrong. Oftentimes pickleball players focus on the “wrong” areas. By focusing on higher im...

Are you playing intentional pickleball? | PLUS three weeks of specific tips to add intentionality to your game | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 64

Are your shots intentional? If not, how can you improve as a player? Adding intentionality to your shots – and the other parts of your game – is critical. In the riff ...

What is the Right Metric for YOU? | PLUS Is Your Paddle Holding You Back? | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 63

Are you out there looking for the “W”s when you play pickleball? Is that the right metric for you and your pickleball objectives? I am going to guess no, but perhaps I...

Open Play - Get the Most out of it | PLUS Close Out the Game | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 62

We all play open play. In this episode we share with your ideas to get the most out of your open play experience: both in terms of improvement as well as enjoyment. Ar...

THE Pickleball Instruction Manual | PLUS Do You Know The Finger-Spin Serve? | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 61

Were you given an Instruction Manual when you first started playing pickleball? We weren't. In this episode we share with you stories about how we built our manual so ...

Is Pickleball Still Fun For You? | PLUS Your Ready Position (or Are You?) | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 60

Pickleball expectations might be sapping your enjoyment of the game. Read our full post here: https://wearepickleball.com/make-pickleball-fun-again/ You can find our c...

You win when you lose (seriously) | PLUS What it means to compete on the pickleball court | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 59

When we think of winning as getting to 11 first and losing as when our opponents get to 11 before we do, we rob ourselves of the benefits that can come from score losi...

BONUS Episode - Self-Study, Lessons, Clinics, Camps - What is/are right for you? | Pickleball Therapy with WeArePickleball | Episode 58A

Players ask CJ and me all the time what the best way to improve is. Should they take lessons or maybe a clinic? Is self-study enough to accomplish my objectives? What ...