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Pickleball Therapy

The podcast dedicated to your pickleball improvement. We are here to help you achieve your pickleball goals, with a focus on the mental part of your game. Our mission is to share with you a positive and more healthy way of engaging with pickleball. Together let’s forge a stronger relationship with the sport we all love. With the added benefit of playing better pickleball too. No matter what you are trying to accomplish in your pickleball journey, Pickleball Therapy is here to encourage and support

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Ep. 240 - Our Three Most Powerful Tools for Your Mind

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/04/18

This episode holds a special place. It distills three foundational mental pillars—Play, Perspective, and Progress—that have resonated deeply with players around the world. These are not just abstract concepts but practical tools that will help you not only play better, but also enjoy the game more fully and consistently.Pillar 1: Play – Embrace the Oops BucketMistakes are inevitable. Even the best players miss easy shots. The question is: what do you do next? Even the best players miss

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14:34

Ep. 239 - Don't Button Up the Mountain

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/04/11

Today we dive into a topic that resonates deeply with many of us: the journey over the destination, and how our approach to it can significantly impact our enjoyment of the game.Join the Better Pickleball Academy for the competitive play series.In our quest for improvement, there's a pervasive trend: rapid progression promises. We've all seen them—programs promising to elevate your rating from 3.5 to 4.0 in just 30 days. These promises sound enticing but often set us up for unreasonable

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17:04

Ep. 238 - Your Mind Needs Water Too

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/04/04

When we think about pickleball, there are three pillars that comes to mind which we developed a few years back; the mechanical, the strategic, and the athletic pillar. The mechanical and strategic pillars focus on how and when to hit the ball and the athletic pillar emphasizes the synergy between body and mind. The mind is super important, but it's one-a-half of the athletic pillar, there's the other part of the athletic pillar, which is the body. Your body supports and nourishes your mind

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16:42

Ep. 237 - Why Are You Upset?

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/03/28

You can't control every event in your journey, but you can control how you respond. And control goes beyond the physical aspect to include a mental dimension too. Sometimes when things happen to us in pickleball, we tend to externalize them by blaming external factors. The idea is, you can control how you react to those events to dictate the pace and outcome of the game. Just like holding the reins of a wagon; it's up to you to steer it in the right direction. This mindset is crucial for

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18:04

Does Smiling Improve your Pickleball Game?

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/03/21

Pickleball System Spring Boot Camp starting on March 27th; https://betterpickleball.com/march-bootcamp/Will a smile help your pickleball game? While there might not be specific studies on the effect of smiling in sports, research shows that smiling can positively affect our attitude, calm our nerves, and enhance our overall well-being.On this episode CJ Johnson shares a story from her visit to the BNP Paribas Open in Palm Springs, where she observed a match between Frances Tiafoe, the 17th

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49:21

Special Episode - Pickleball Stoicism with Pickleball...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/03/18

We had the pleasure of featuring a pro pickleball player, Richard Livornese Jr., in this special episode. It will be interesting to listen to the discussion, not just about the mechanics of the sport, but the mental journey that accompanies it. Richard shares insights about his pickleball journey which began four years ago during the COVID pandemic. Despite his achievements, Richard, like many of us, faced moments of doubt and frustration. In this episode he discusses the mental challenges

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11:02

Accepting Frustration is the Key to Growth

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/03/14

Join us for the March Bootcamp; https://betterpickleball.com/spring-bootcamp/ This week, let's dive into a concept I stumbled upon through an insightful video featuring a psychologist from Duke University. She introduces the idea of the "learning space"—the journey from not knowing to knowing. Picture two dots on a board, one representing ignorance and the other knowledge, connected by a squiggly line. This "learning space" is where growth happens and, interestingly, where frustration

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16:54

Reanimating Open Play PLUS It's Normal to Take a Step...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/03/07

Open play can be interesting with players of varying skill levels playing and enjoying the game together. But that's not always the case when dynamics of it set in and players advance in skill; exclusivity sneaks in and can lead to less inclusive play. In this episode we discuss the state of play in terms of how players at different levels interact with each other. This arose from our state of play event that we had a couple of weeks back. Here's the thing, we have more control over things

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17:47

Handling Mental Interference PLUS Losing from Too Much

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/02/28

'The good thing about pressure is that it lets you know that you care.' Billy Jean King. The difficulty comes in when you let the pressure build up too much that it spills over into our hobbies and sports, including pickleball. It's perfectly normal for players to start feeling pressure in terms of their performance but not to the point where you're not having fun or can't function anymore. Here are three ways to release pressure and help you stay focused and relaxed on the court;1

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23:39

Special Episode - Interview with Shelley and Sher of...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/02/25

In this special episode of Pickleball Therapy we sit down for an insightful and fun conversation with Shelley and Sher, the duo behind Life Lessons from Pickleball.We discuss the genesis of their podcast, their relationship with pickleball, eye-opening moments from their mental side of playing pickleball and much more!Listen to the full episode as the duo shares with us how they deal with competitive partners, the pressure of improvement and more importantly, enjoying the journey and

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17:03

Anna Bright's Positive Perspective Win or Lose

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/02/21

In doing some video review for a project I was working on, I came across some really good interview answer by Anna Bright, a top pickleball player in the world right now. When asked about what happened and despite losing the gold medals match, Anna expressed some thoughts that just reminded me of how we can have a better, a more constructive interaction with the sport that we play. She focused on the bigger picture of enjoying the sport and recognizing the value of competition while

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13:20

Peeling the Pickleball Onion

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/02/14

Join us on February 22, 2025, for a FREE online event where we will share with you the State of Pickleball Play for 2025. You are not going to want to miss it. It is free, but you need a ticket. Click the link to get your FREE ticket: https://bit.ly/411cey4At first glance, pickleball might seem simple—just a paddle, a plastic ball, and a court. But as you play more, you'll realize the sport's complexity. It's a puzzle that challenges you, both as a player and as a person, and that's what

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16:39

Mental Warmup: Prepare to Play Your Best - Bookmark...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/02/11

Join us on February 22, 2025, for a FREE online event where we will share with you the State of Pickleball Play for 2025. You are not going to want to miss it. It is free, but you need a ticket. Click the link to get your FREE ticket: https://bit.ly/411cey4Whenever you're getting ready to play, you want a little bit more focus, framing for yourself and perspective. This special bookmark style episode of the podcast is designed to help you before you go out for recreational or social

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18:25

Your Individual Perspective

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/02/07

Join us on February 22, 2025, for a FREE online event where we will share with you the State of Pickleball Play for 2025. You are not going to want to miss it. It is free, but you need a ticket. Click the link to get your FREE ticket: https://bit.ly/411cey4 In this weeks podcast we talk about different strokes for different folks. We got a couple of reviews I'm going to read to you here because I thought it was interesting. I'll start with a shout out that's a five-star game-changing review

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24:25

Special Episode - Better Body, Better Play -...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/02/04

Join us on February 22, 2025, for a FREE online event where we will share with you the State of Pickleball Play for 2025. You are not going to want to miss it. It is free, but you need a ticket. Click the link to get your FREE ticket: https://bit.ly/411cey4Strength training and proper exercise are essential for improving pickleball performance and should be a regular part of training, it's part of the athletic pillar that we talk about at Better Pickleball. In this special episode we

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18:52

Gatekeep your Pickleball - It's in Your Hands

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/01/31

How can we gatekeep information and use that to best enjoy our pickleball journey? A lot of times when we're exposed to information in an area we're not sure what the right answer is, like pickleball, we're likely to err on the side of letting the information in. This happens because we're just curious or we heard something and we're not sure how to discern that it's not correct for us.The algorithm dictates for you information (as it knows you better than you know yourself) and even

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21:09

Are you Performing when You Play?

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/01/24

What Does it Mean to Perform? How many games do you expect to win the next time you play pickleball? All of them? Most of them? Half? Extend that out: what win percentage would you be satisfied with over your pickleball playing career? Would you be happy with winning about 50% of the time? It is common to react with a “No” here. After all, why should 50% be an acceptable result. But reflect on that for a moment. If your win rate is more than 50%, what happens to the win rates of your fellow

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18:22

Don't Let the Rules Ruin the Game for You

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/01/17

In 2025, the rules change has a little bit of impact on the non-volley zone when the volley starts. Basically the volley included the swing of the paddle before the ball was struck. Rules change in pickleball can rob us in different ways leading to unnecessary stress, conflicts on the court or detract us from the enjoyment of the game. In this episode we also discuss how to deal with criticism and how we determine, at the first level, whether what's happening is a criticism or constructive

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24:17

SwingVision: Is AI Assisted Game Analysis Right for...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/01/14

Imagine having the same stats about your game like the pros. Things like:How fast is my serve? How accurate is my forehand? Am I making more mistakes on my backhand? In this podcast episode podcast we feature Swupnil Sahai, co-founder and CEO of Swingvision. SwingVision is an app that provides such stats by offering AI-assisted game analysis.The app provides real-time stats, tracking elements like ball speed and trajectory, and generates game highlights. It includes additional features such

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17:33

Big Wins Start with One Small Step

Pickleball Therapy ·

2025/01/10

At the beginning of the year, we have all that enthusiasm and most of us are filled with hope, promise and a lot of excitement for the coming year. When players set resolutions or goals for the year, it's very easy to fall into the trap of trying to tackle too many things at once. In this episode we're going to talk about how to actually achieve your goals, take those New Year's resolutions that may be rambling around in your brain, and to actually achieve some(if not all) of them when it

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