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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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17:09

Ep. 315 - Real vs Google Knowledge

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/10/02

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-level. Real knowledge means understanding the why, so you can see how the pieces of the game fit together. Tony uses the forehand in the middle vs. Respect the X debate to show what that difference looks like on the court.In the riff, Tony takes on information overload. Too many voices, so you can't hear any of them. He

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23:25

Special TRP Episode - Third Shot to Rec Play -...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/09/30

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, what is? How do you use partner play strategy when your partner changes every game?As always, Tony gets into the why. Why a lighter grip gives you more power and protects your arm. Why a drop and a dink are the same shot. Why getting beat on the outside dink probably isn't where your points are going.In this episode:- Grip

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18:09

Ep. 314 - Sorry NOT Sorry with Special Guest Coach...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/09/25

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 them there are no sorries in pickleball. It isn't sinking in.In this episode, Coach Tony invited Coach Kyleen from the TRP coaching team to join him in the conversation. Kyleen has lived the experience Carol conveyed. She started playing with a group of women who were all new to the game. Same level, same mistakes. They still

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18:21

Ep. 313 - Are You Limiting Yourself? PLUS Top 3 Worst...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/09/18

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. There is no real limit on your growth as a pickleball player. Not age. Not ability. The only limit is your decision not to grow. What actually derails players is trying to do too many things at once. The fix is one thing at a time. Lock it in, let the positive feedback loop build, then move to the next one.Second, a

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15:24

Ep. 312 - Optimized Partner Play

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/09/11

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 players are in sync.You cannot control your partner. But you can communicate with them, and there's a constructive way to do that. The second idea is sonder. Everyone on the court is walking their own path. Your partner included. That matters most in the small moments, like when someone apologizes after a miss. Tony explains why

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16:51

Ep. 311 - Don't Drop It! PLUS Know Your Block

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2026/09/04

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 would mean.That shift happens in pickleball too. Early on, the game is just fun. Then the expectations arrive, and the same missed shot that meant nothing now feels like a big deal. This week I talk about how expectations change how you interpret what happens on the court, and why setting them before you play protects the

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16:00

Ep. 310 - Silence Before Sound

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/08/28

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 underneath all of it, a conversation running in your head about the score, your partner, the wind, the shot you should have made.That's all sound. No silence anywhere.The week before a live coaching call, Tony visited an art exhibit called "Silence Before Sound." One room, roughly the size of a small house, held three pieces of art

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15:44

Ep. 309 - Use the Force Luke (and Leia)

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/08/21

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 watch. You bring the paddle up, you swing, and the ball goes straight into the net.You have to be kidding me.So what happened? The natural response of any athlete is to go to mechanics. I mishit it. Something in my swing broke down. Something in my grip, my footwork, my paddle face.I'm going to suggest to you that more often than

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16:13

Ep. 308 - Don't Argue the Call - the Definitive...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/08/14

Episode 308: The Definitive Guide to Out Ball DisputesHere's the situation. Score is 10-9-2. Your team is serving. You hit a volley, crisp, and it lands right on the line. A hair in or a hair out.Your opponent calls it out.You're sure it was in. What now?Most of us go straight to the challenge. That instinct makes sense. You saw what you saw, the point mattered, and nobody likes losing a game on a call they don't agree with.But before you say anything, run through a few questions.Who

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23:05

Ep. 307 - Don't Underestimate Yourself

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/08/07

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 she describes it, she does not lead with the marathons. She leads with what the first one taught her: she had been underestimating herself the whole time.That is the topic this week.We do this as humans. We try something, it does not go well, and we file it away as evidence. Enough of those and we start building a case against

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16:46

Ep. 306 - Your Filtration System

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/07/31

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 us have a filter for our mind?This week we look at filtration. Not the sink kind. The kind that decides which pickleball information gets into your head and which information gets blocked at the door. There is a lot of content out there. Some of it is wrong. Some of it is incomplete. Some of it is fine, but not for you, not

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20:05

Ep. 305 - Ridiculously Optimistic

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/07/24

Episode 305: Ridiculously OptimisticThe clipI open this one with a message from a content creator who goes by Writer's Cramp. The theme: be ridiculously optimistic about your future, aim higher than seems reasonable, and do not let other people talk you out of what you want. Worth the ninety seconds.These messages always strike me the same way. You hear them and think, well, yes, obviously. So then ask yourself the real question. Why wouldn't you live that way?What you actually controlLet's

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18:08

Ep. 304 - Tap Your Flow

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/07/17

PICKLEBALL THERAPY · SHOW NOTESEpisode 304 – Tap Your Flow What this episode is aboutFlow is not something you go out and acquire. It is already in you. This week I make the case for that, and then I show you what the work for finding your flow actually is.Do you already have flow? Yes.Picture yourself waiting to return serve. The serve gets hit. What happens next is remarkable, and you do it without thinking about it:• Your brain tracks a ball spinning through space• It

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19:31

Ep. 303 - Your Next 10 Years

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/07/10

Interested in a pickleball camp? Visit https://www.tonyroigpickleball.com/campsCheck out our new website, join our Community, and get free pickleball coaching and more at https://www.tonyroigpickleball.com/Take a minute this week to think about your next 10 years.Not tomorrow. Not next week. Ten years out.In this episode, Tony walks through a simple exercise. Where are you now, and where do you want to be a decade from now as a pickleball player? It's a kind of audit. A way to check in on

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7:32

Special Episode - The Next Phase: What's Tony Roig...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/07/07

A special episode. This one's a little different.I'm sharing something I've been building: Tony Roig Pickleball, the next phase of my coaching journey. In this episode, I walk you through what it is, where it came from, and what it means for you as a player.If you're a player who wants to genuinely know this sport, this is for you. Mini courses, coaching playbooks, camps, one-on-one coaching, a newsletter. All of it pointed at one thing: helping you grow.One more thing worth saying

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18:45

The Best from our Archives Part 8 - Stop Chasing...

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/07/03

Thanks for joining us on Pickleball Therapy - the podcast dedicated to your pickleball improvement. If you have not yet subscribed to the podcast ... wait what?? you haven't subscribed? ... you know what to do.If you can STOP chasing winners, you will win more. What??? Yes. When you chase winners, you make more mistakes. When you make more mistakes, you lose more points. Simple as that.Stick with the program: make less errors - and you will win more rallies (and games). One powerful way to

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8:40

Ep. 301 - Play Copernican Pickleball

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/06/26

This week, Tony reads from Pickleball Therapy: The Book — specifically the opening of Part Four, "Our Place with Pickleball."The framing comes from Copernicus. For a long time, humans believed the Earth sat at the center of the universe. It made sense at the time. Then Copernicus came along and changed the picture.We do the same thing on the pickleball court. We put ourselves at the center of everything that happens out there. The miss? Must be my fault. The lost rally? I should have done

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11:21

Ep. 300 - Is Your Mosquito Derailing You?

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/06/19

Episode 300. Hard to believe. What are the mosquitoes in your pickleball? Your opponent's shot that trickles over the net. The unlucky bounce. The gust of wind. The wrong call. The lead you watched slip away. Each one is just part of the game, and each one can derail you if you let it. If you can identify your mosquitoes before they show up, you'll be ready when they do. And the better you get at it on the pickleball court, the better you get at it in life.Show Notes:

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20:45

Ep. 299 - It's YOUR Journey PLUS Avoid Distraction

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/06/12

In this episode, I explore two important ideas that can help you build a healthier and more productive relationship with pickleball. The first is why your pickleball journey belongs to you and how recognizing your own agency can help you navigate challenges, setbacks, and social dynamics on the court. Then we examine why so many players get distracted by so-called "magic bullets" and why lasting improvement comes from focusing on fundamentals rather than shortcuts. Show Notes:

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19:48

Ep. 298 - Focus Your "I Care" Beam

Pickleball Therapy ·

2026/06/05

Let's explore this mental performance concept I call the “I Care Beam”—the idea that the significance we assign to pickleball experiences is entirely within our control. By consciously focusing our attention on the aspects of the game that bring us joy, growth, friendship, and health, we can reduce the emotional weight of mistakes and losses. Listen to the full episode for a fresh way to engage with pickleball and protect your enjoyment of the sport. Show Notes:

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