September 19, 2025 • 17 mins
Pickleball is one of the most complex activities you can engage in, and that complexity is exactly what makes the game both beautiful and, at times, frustrating. The complexities demand patience, step-by-step growth, and realistic expectations. Listen in for guidance on how to face the hidden frustration many players feel when they chase quick-fix identities like becoming a “blank player.”
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(00:04):
Hello and welcome to Pickleball Therapy,the podcast dedicated to your pickle
improvement with a focus on your mind.My name is Tony Roig.
I'm your host of the weekly podcast.
It's a pleasure to be with you.
Hope you're doing well.
This week's regular episode, we're goingto be talking about the potential for
mental frustration fromwanting the end goal now.
(00:25):
We're going to be diving into how some ofthis is fed by what's
you see out there in social media, you seein posts and things, I'm going to explain
to you why that can be potentiallydamaging to your experience as a player
and why it can lead to frustration becauseyou're setting yourself off for
disappointment, potentially, if youfollow that approach to your improvement.
(00:48):
Then I'm going to give you, during thisprocess, I should say, I'm going to give
you a more holistic way of thinking aboutit and a way that will actually
get the job done for you.
As we dive into the podcast, ourfall The clinic starts now.
If you're listening to it Friday, itstarts, I believe, the clinic goes live
on the 20th, which should be tomorrow.
Basically, it's live now.
(01:09):
If you haven't already signed up for theclinic, I believe you
can still get a ticket.
It's free and online, sogo to betterpickleball.
com and get your ticket for the clinic.
I highly recommend you check it out.
It's a very engaging..
It's a new format we're using.
We made it very streamlined this year sothat you can get the
information on demand.
(01:31):
And then we have some live sessions.
We have three of them to make sure thatyou can find one that fits your schedule.
So I highly recommend you check it outand learn more about this awesome sport.
All right, let's dive intothe main subject of this.
And here's what's happening and why Iwanted to do this podcast, this episode.
So there's this idea that I keep seeingpop up, whether it's other voices out
(01:58):
there in the social Social Mediaworld, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok.
I don't really do a lot of X or Twitter,but it's basically
Reddit, things like that.
It's this idea that there's acertain player you want to be, meaning
there's a, fill in theblank, blank player.
(02:20):
So you should try and be a blank player.
And it sounds great.I mean, wow.
Okay, yeah, let's do it.
I'm going to be a blank player, andI'm I'm going to be what I want.
All my dreams will come truewhen I become a blank player.
There's oftentimes not a lot of clarityon what that is and how you get there.
(02:41):
There may be some rough sketches aroundit, but not a real like, Okay, I can go
from where I am now to this blank playerfollowing this path.
And what happens isthe risk with that, with that approach or
that way of thinking or introducing thatway of thinking, is that
it can lead to frustration.
Because frustration is simplyunmet expectations.
(03:05):
So you set an expectation for yourselfthat, okay, I'm going to become
blank player, and that's the thing.That's the key.
Okay.
And then Two months later, whenever you'relike, Okay, I was supposed
to become a blank player.
Am I a blank player?
What does that mean to be a blank player?
And now you're frustrated becauseit's so amorphous.
(03:28):
How do you become the blank player,and what does that even mean?
What I'm going to suggest you throughoutthis podcast is that there's a way of
looking at it that is much more concrete.
It'll allow you to set expectations thatare more reasonable,
and frankly, more relevant to.
Meaning, wherever you're at right now,it's going to be just about finding
(03:49):
that next step along your path.
What's the next thing for me to do?
And then talk about just a different wayof
of approaching your process, which if youdo it that way, the way that I'm going to
propose, you'll minimize,can't say avoid, because we're all
(04:11):
different, but you'll definitely minimizethe risks that you're going to feel
frustrated or disappointed in yourselfengaging in this beautiful
sport and your growth in it.
Let's start from this premise.
Let me lay it out for you.
So a pickleballis about as complex activity, an
activity, I'm sorry, as you can engage in.
(04:33):
And I want to say that again because Ithink it's very powerful, and I'm going to
go into some detail, but Iwant you to understand this.
A pickleball is about as complexan activity as you can engage in.
I'll let that sink in for a second,and I'm going to give you some details.
(04:53):
Pickable requires physical movement.
That seems like a no big deal.It's a huge deal.
And includes your whole body.
Video gaming, for instance, or chessplaying, fine activities, card playing,
things like that, do notrequire physical movement.
They do not require balance,mobility, none of that.
(05:14):
Tracking balls, things like that.
None of that's involvedin those activities.
Again, no criticism.
They're great activities,but they don't involve that.
Pickleball requires interactingwith objects moving through space.
That includes the pickleball,your partner, and the other players.
As they all move throughspace during a rally.
You can compare that to bowling,static, golf, fairly static.
(05:39):
Once the ball is hit and itlands, it's just sitting there.
And also board gamesthat we're talking about.
They don't have that dynamic to them.
So that's more taxing on you.
Pickleball requires puzzle solving.
Now, that's the same as achess match or a card game.
So you're having to do basically the sameactivities that a Bridge player, Canasta a
(06:00):
player, a chess player, or anybody elsetrying to solve a crossword player, or is
trying to solve a puzzle, you're doing thesame thing when you play a rally,
while you're moving physically and havingto interact with objects
moving through space.
In pickleball, you are competing againstother persons who are
(06:20):
also vying for the win.
Okay?
Compared that to skiing,something like skiing, where it's you
against the mountain or thecourse that you're going down.
Fine activity, but it's not...
The other skiers aren't throwing obstaclesin your way as you're trying
to go down the mountain, right?
It's more challenging when you have otherplayers, other participants,
(06:43):
intentionally trying to stop you fromaccomplishing what you're trying to do.
So that's another layer of complexity.
To execute on the solution that you want,you need the mechanical components from
moving your body through space relativeto other objects moving through space.
Again, take a moment here, guys.
I mean, that's a complex thing.
(07:05):
You're trying to solve a puzzlein motion relative to other things
that are in motion at the same time.
And then the last thing is that after allthat, you still need to hit the ball
to the spot that willaccomplish what you want.
Now, again, compare that to chess or cardgames, where there's no
(07:29):
mechanical a clinical layer.
If you want to move a pond or if you wantto play a card, you just put it down.
It's not like you have to put it downexactly a certain way and has to land
a certain way or things like that.Pickleball does.
So when you think about the totality ofthe sport that you're engaging in, It is
about as complex anactivity as you can get.
Now, there are other sports, like tennis,things like that, that also
(07:52):
have complexity like pickleball.
So there are otheractivities that are complex.
But when you look at the height ofof complex activities, the tier,
I should say, of activities.
The pickleball is in the top complexity interms of all of the
pieces that are involved.
And that's beautiful.
(08:12):
I'm going to tell you, that'swhat keeps you coming back.
Is the complexity.
Now, that's also what can frustrate you,because I'm not getting all this.
Okay, it's pretty complex.
So let's take a little bit of a breatherthere and give ourselves a break.
But that complexity is whatmakes it so damn interesting.
Now, I use the word ding there.
So ding interesting is the complexity.
(08:34):
It's a different puzzle every time,different players on the court, how you're
feeling that day, where you're atmechanically in the game,
how you're seeing things, the strategy,the way you're understanding it, the
angles, all of that stuff, all jumbledtogether to make this beautiful game.
So embrace the complexity of it, butunderstand it in terms of how you want to
(08:55):
engage with it as you improve as a player.
Now, this is where I think we get intotrouble with this idea of the trying to
fit into this blank player description.
It'sa very complex sport, and I'm trying to
become whatever this blank player iswith these very broad stroke ideas.
(09:18):
A couple of things.
One is not everybody needs toplay pickleball the same way.
There's different waysto come at the sport.
I've had several conversations recentlywith other coaches and other influential
people in the sport, and we've had thisconversation about how
you can come at the soft game, hard game,combination, 50-50, things like that.
(09:41):
And you see it even at the pro level.
This last weekend, I don't think anybodyhad the Kawamoto sisters, the twins,
winning the PPA women's division in thisstacked tournament with the
other major teams in there.
Analee Waters, Anna Bright,who the Kawamoto sisters beat.
Georgia Johnson and Tyler Black,who the Kawamoto sisters beat.
(10:02):
Now, do the Kawamoto sistershave the tools to win?
Obviously, they do.
Do they play exactly the sameway as Anna Lee and Anna?
No, they do not, because theydon't play with as much power.
They use power, but they use moreof a soft game, dinking, resetting.
It was a clinic in that.
So there's different waysof coming at the sport.
So whenever you hearthese quick sound bite, blank player
(10:23):
stuff, be careful with it, becausefirst of all, is that for you?
Maybe, maybe not.
Maybe you fit that inbold, maybe you don't.
But even then, even if you fit the mold,where are you along the process of
getting to that blank player position?
It just doesn't...
Maybe you're close, or maybe you're not.
(10:43):
I talked about this in an episode, it wasa couple of weeks ago or last week, talked
about mimic coaching and mimicrycoaching and some of the risks with that.
And this idea thatbasically, do what I do.
So this is what I do, and it worksfor me, so do exactly what I do.
I'm going to suggest that'snot the best approach.
Why don't you find out what is goingto work best for you and do that?
(11:06):
And the way to do that isby knocking down dominoes one at a time.
And this is the part that'sreally important to understand.
You're in a complex environment.
Forget about trying to meet something you saw that said something you're
(11:27):
supposed to do in anabstract sense, right?
Instead, understand you're in a complexenvironment, and then find
the next step for you.
What's the next step for you?
Because that's what matters, right?
Not the theory, not thenoise, not the sound bites.
If you care about your game and you wantto improve your game,
(11:50):
it's all about what's next for you.
And I'll give you guys...
Listen, this is the stuff that I know, soI'm going to tell you about
it because we built it, right?
But I'm going to tell you why we built it.
It's called the pickleball System.
It was called a system because it is, infact, a system, and it has
everything outlined in order.
So basically, you have,let's say, one through six.
(12:12):
One of the wellnesschecks is one through six.
So what you got to do is,do you meet number one?
If you meet number one, excellent.
Let's move on to number two.
You meet number two, thumbs up.Let's go to number three.
Oh, number three, I need some work there.
You don't have to worryabout four, five, and six.
And you don't have to worry aboutwhether six is more important than three.
(12:33):
No, because we've done that.
And so you know that threeis where you got to be.
And there it is.
Simple pimple, right?
And so you're notwondering, is this for me?
Is it not for me?It's not vague.
It's a very clear, do this.
And if you're doing it, great,then move on to the next one.
If you're not doing it, hang out thereuntil you're doing it, and then move on to
(12:53):
the next one, and thenmove on to the next one.
And that's how you're going toimprove as a pickleball player.
One dominant at a time, folks,you cannot go to the end.
And this is where I think frustrationbuilds in as well, is this idea that
not only is there a vague thing thatI'm supposed to do, I want it now.
The way it's presented is like, justdo this, just become this player.
(13:16):
What does that mean?
And even if you haven't read about it, butyou're thinking that way, I just need to
play like this other player in my club, orI have a vision of what I need to play
like, that's frustrationbuilt in, right there.
You can't go from where you are nowto that, like in Superman big jump.
(13:37):
We jump over the buildingand just get there.
It's not life, not real life.
So if you want to get to where you want togo as a player, meaning
you want to play better.
You want to understand the game better.
You want to feel more confident.
You want your partners to lookat you and go, Oh, my God.
That stuff is great.How do you do that?
One dominant at a time,one step at a time.
(13:59):
Just take that one step.
What step?The step that's right for you.
And there's not one stepthat's right for everybody.
Now, there is an order of progression andpriorities and things like
that that makes sense.That's why we built the system.
That's why we could build the system,because there's a logic to this game.
There's a way that it's puttogether that makes sense.
And if you listen to a specialepisode, it's like the car.
(14:19):
There's an order to whichthese parts go together.
You don't start with the alternator whenyou don't have an engine
block in the car yet.It doesn't make sense.
Same with pickle ball.
You start with the big picture items Youwork down there and you
get better at those.
And then later on, there's all kinds ofstuff that you can keep
on adding to your game.But that's how you'll improve.
(14:40):
And what I want to leaveyou with is this idea.
If you're on an improvement journey, andmost of you listening to this podcast
are on an improvement journey.
If you're on an improvement journey inyour pickleball, then remember that you're
playing a complex sport,a very complex sport.
(15:01):
Be wary of sound biteythings that sound great.
Listen, they sound great.
When I read them, I'mlike, Whoa, let's go.
I like it.That's what I want.
But what are we talking about?
Be careful with those and putthem under the light a little bit.
You'll be like, I don'tknow how to do that.
And then find the domino or the stepthat's right for you, this next
(15:23):
thing that's right for you.
And if we can help youwith that, we'd love to.
Our Pickleball System class is It'sopening, I think, in a week or two.
If you're listening to itat the time this drops.
If not, you can always send us an emailif you happen up on this podcast later on.
But that's what we do, and we'd love to doit for you if you're open to it
inside our Pickleball system.
(15:43):
It's the best Coaching program, bar nonein Pickleball.
Happy to help you if we can.
If you're not interested in doing thesystem, that is perfectly fine, too.
But find the step that's right for you.
Tackle that one, then take the nextone, then take for the next one.
That is how you will become the pickleballplayer that probably is
(16:05):
already somewhere inside you.
She got to let them out or her outby doing this process.
And avoid the frustration of the soundbite, the frustration of
trying to get to the end.
Right now because you understand as anadult, that's just not how things work.
I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast.
I hope to see some of you at our clinic.
It's like this week, next week.
(16:26):
And then I think at the end of themonth, we have our live events.
I'll be live there answeringquestions and things like that.
I'd love to see you there if you'reinterested in your improvement journey.
If you want to take the next step withus in the system, that would be awesome.
We'll see you insideour coaching calls then.
As always, if you have a minute, pleaseconsider rating and reviewing the
podcast and share with your friends.
(16:46):
Remember, if you enjoy thepodcast, they probably will, too.
If your friend's on an improvementjourney, this is pretty timely.
If you want to share it with them as soonas you can so they take advantage of this
free and online clinic thatwe have going on right now.
Be well, and I'll see you next timeif I don't see you inside the clinic.
Be well.
Hello and welcome to Pickleball Therapy,the podcast dedicated to your pickle
improvement with a focus on your mind.My name is Tony Roig.
I'm your host of the weekly podcast.
It's a pleasure to be with you.
Hope you're doing well.
This week's regular episode, we're goingto be talking about the potential for
mental frustration fromwanting the end goal now.
(00:25):
We're going to be diving into how some ofthis is fed by what's
you see out there in social media, you seein posts and things, I'm going to explain
to you why that can be potentiallydamaging to your experience as a player
and why it can lead to frustration becauseyou're setting yourself off for
disappointment, potentially, if youfollow that approach to your improvement.
(00:48):
Then I'm going to give you, during thisprocess, I should say, I'm going to give
you a more holistic way of thinking aboutit and a way that will actually
get the job done for you.
As we dive into the podcast, ourfall The clinic starts now.
If you're listening to it Friday, itstarts, I believe, the clinic goes live
on the 20th, which should be tomorrow.
Basically, it's live now.
(01:09):
If you haven't already signed up for theclinic, I believe you
can still get a ticket.
It's free and online, sogo to betterpickleball.
com and get your ticket for the clinic.
I highly recommend you check it out.
It's a very engaging..
It's a new format we're using.
We made it very streamlined this year sothat you can get the
information on demand.
(01:31):
And then we have some live sessions.
We have three of them to make sure thatyou can find one that fits your schedule.
So I highly recommend you check it outand learn more about this awesome sport.
All right, let's dive intothe main subject of this.
And here's what's happening and why Iwanted to do this podcast, this episode.
So there's this idea that I keep seeingpop up, whether it's other voices out
(01:58):
there in the social Social Mediaworld, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok.
I don't really do a lot of X or Twitter,but it's basically
Reddit, things like that.
It's this idea that there's acertain player you want to be, meaning
there's a, fill in theblank, blank player.
(02:20):
So you should try and be a blank player.
And it sounds great.I mean, wow.
Okay, yeah, let's do it.
I'm going to be a blank player, andI'm I'm going to be what I want.
All my dreams will come truewhen I become a blank player.
There's oftentimes not a lot of clarityon what that is and how you get there.
(02:41):
There may be some rough sketches aroundit, but not a real like, Okay, I can go
from where I am now to this blank playerfollowing this path.
And what happens isthe risk with that, with that approach or
that way of thinking or introducing thatway of thinking, is that
it can lead to frustration.
Because frustration is simplyunmet expectations.
(03:05):
So you set an expectation for yourselfthat, okay, I'm going to become
blank player, and that's the thing.That's the key.
Okay.
And then Two months later, whenever you'relike, Okay, I was supposed
to become a blank player.
Am I a blank player?
What does that mean to be a blank player?
And now you're frustrated becauseit's so amorphous.
(03:28):
How do you become the blank player,and what does that even mean?
What I'm going to suggest you throughoutthis podcast is that there's a way of
looking at it that is much more concrete.
It'll allow you to set expectations thatare more reasonable,
and frankly, more relevant to.
Meaning, wherever you're at right now,it's going to be just about finding
(03:49):
that next step along your path.
What's the next thing for me to do?
And then talk about just a different wayof
of approaching your process, which if youdo it that way, the way that I'm going to
propose, you'll minimize,can't say avoid, because we're all
(04:11):
different, but you'll definitely minimizethe risks that you're going to feel
frustrated or disappointed in yourselfengaging in this beautiful
sport and your growth in it.
Let's start from this premise.
Let me lay it out for you.
So a pickleballis about as complex activity, an
activity, I'm sorry, as you can engage in.
(04:33):
And I want to say that again because Ithink it's very powerful, and I'm going to
go into some detail, but Iwant you to understand this.
A pickleball is about as complexan activity as you can engage in.
I'll let that sink in for a second,and I'm going to give you some details.
(04:53):
Pickable requires physical movement.
That seems like a no big deal.It's a huge deal.
And includes your whole body.
Video gaming, for instance, or chessplaying, fine activities, card playing,
things like that, do notrequire physical movement.
They do not require balance,mobility, none of that.
(05:14):
Tracking balls, things like that.
None of that's involvedin those activities.
Again, no criticism.
They're great activities,but they don't involve that.
Pickleball requires interactingwith objects moving through space.
That includes the pickleball,your partner, and the other players.
As they all move throughspace during a rally.
You can compare that to bowling,static, golf, fairly static.
(05:39):
Once the ball is hit and itlands, it's just sitting there.
And also board gamesthat we're talking about.
They don't have that dynamic to them.
So that's more taxing on you.
Pickleball requires puzzle solving.
Now, that's the same as achess match or a card game.
So you're having to do basically the sameactivities that a Bridge player, Canasta a
(06:00):
player, a chess player, or anybody elsetrying to solve a crossword player, or is
trying to solve a puzzle, you're doing thesame thing when you play a rally,
while you're moving physically and havingto interact with objects
moving through space.
In pickleball, you are competing againstother persons who are
(06:20):
also vying for the win.
Okay?
Compared that to skiing,something like skiing, where it's you
against the mountain or thecourse that you're going down.
Fine activity, but it's not...
The other skiers aren't throwing obstaclesin your way as you're trying
to go down the mountain, right?
It's more challenging when you have otherplayers, other participants,
(06:43):
intentionally trying to stop you fromaccomplishing what you're trying to do.
So that's another layer of complexity.
To execute on the solution that you want,you need the mechanical components from
moving your body through space relativeto other objects moving through space.
Again, take a moment here, guys.
I mean, that's a complex thing.
(07:05):
You're trying to solve a puzzlein motion relative to other things
that are in motion at the same time.
And then the last thing is that after allthat, you still need to hit the ball
to the spot that willaccomplish what you want.
Now, again, compare that to chess or cardgames, where there's no
(07:29):
mechanical a clinical layer.
If you want to move a pond or if you wantto play a card, you just put it down.
It's not like you have to put it downexactly a certain way and has to land
a certain way or things like that.Pickleball does.
So when you think about the totality ofthe sport that you're engaging in, It is
about as complex anactivity as you can get.
Now, there are other sports, like tennis,things like that, that also
(07:52):
have complexity like pickleball.
So there are otheractivities that are complex.
But when you look at the height ofof complex activities, the tier,
I should say, of activities.
The pickleball is in the top complexity interms of all of the
pieces that are involved.
And that's beautiful.
(08:12):
I'm going to tell you, that'swhat keeps you coming back.
Is the complexity.
Now, that's also what can frustrate you,because I'm not getting all this.
Okay, it's pretty complex.
So let's take a little bit of a breatherthere and give ourselves a break.
But that complexity is whatmakes it so damn interesting.
Now, I use the word ding there.
So ding interesting is the complexity.
(08:34):
It's a different puzzle every time,different players on the court, how you're
feeling that day, where you're atmechanically in the game,
how you're seeing things, the strategy,the way you're understanding it, the
angles, all of that stuff, all jumbledtogether to make this beautiful game.
So embrace the complexity of it, butunderstand it in terms of how you want to
(08:55):
engage with it as you improve as a player.
Now, this is where I think we get intotrouble with this idea of the trying to
fit into this blank player description.
It'sa very complex sport, and I'm trying to
become whatever this blank player iswith these very broad stroke ideas.
(09:18):
A couple of things.
One is not everybody needs toplay pickleball the same way.
There's different waysto come at the sport.
I've had several conversations recentlywith other coaches and other influential
people in the sport, and we've had thisconversation about how
you can come at the soft game, hard game,combination, 50-50, things like that.
(09:41):
And you see it even at the pro level.
This last weekend, I don't think anybodyhad the Kawamoto sisters, the twins,
winning the PPA women's division in thisstacked tournament with the
other major teams in there.
Analee Waters, Anna Bright,who the Kawamoto sisters beat.
Georgia Johnson and Tyler Black,who the Kawamoto sisters beat.
(10:02):
Now, do the Kawamoto sistershave the tools to win?
Obviously, they do.
Do they play exactly the sameway as Anna Lee and Anna?
No, they do not, because theydon't play with as much power.
They use power, but they use moreof a soft game, dinking, resetting.
It was a clinic in that.
So there's different waysof coming at the sport.
So whenever you hearthese quick sound bite, blank player
(10:23):
stuff, be careful with it, becausefirst of all, is that for you?
Maybe, maybe not.
Maybe you fit that inbold, maybe you don't.
But even then, even if you fit the mold,where are you along the process of
getting to that blank player position?
It just doesn't...
Maybe you're close, or maybe you're not.
(10:43):
I talked about this in an episode, it wasa couple of weeks ago or last week, talked
about mimic coaching and mimicrycoaching and some of the risks with that.
And this idea thatbasically, do what I do.
So this is what I do, and it worksfor me, so do exactly what I do.
I'm going to suggest that'snot the best approach.
Why don't you find out what is goingto work best for you and do that?
(11:06):
And the way to do that isby knocking down dominoes one at a time.
And this is the part that'sreally important to understand.
You're in a complex environment.
Forget about trying to meet something you saw that said something you're
(11:27):
supposed to do in anabstract sense, right?
Instead, understand you're in a complexenvironment, and then find
the next step for you.
What's the next step for you?
Because that's what matters, right?
Not the theory, not thenoise, not the sound bites.
If you care about your game and you wantto improve your game,
(11:50):
it's all about what's next for you.
And I'll give you guys...
Listen, this is the stuff that I know, soI'm going to tell you about
it because we built it, right?
But I'm going to tell you why we built it.
It's called the pickleball System.
It was called a system because it is, infact, a system, and it has
everything outlined in order.
So basically, you have,let's say, one through six.
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One of the wellnesschecks is one through six.
So what you got to do is,do you meet number one?
If you meet number one, excellent.
Let's move on to number two.
You meet number two, thumbs up.Let's go to number three.
Oh, number three, I need some work there.
You don't have to worryabout four, five, and six.
And you don't have to worry aboutwhether six is more important than three.
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No, because we've done that.
And so you know that threeis where you got to be.
And there it is.
Simple pimple, right?
And so you're notwondering, is this for me?
Is it not for me?It's not vague.
It's a very clear, do this.
And if you're doing it, great,then move on to the next one.
If you're not doing it, hang out thereuntil you're doing it, and then move on to
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the next one, and thenmove on to the next one.
And that's how you're going toimprove as a pickleball player.
One dominant at a time, folks,you cannot go to the end.
And this is where I think frustrationbuilds in as well, is this idea that
not only is there a vague thing thatI'm supposed to do, I want it now.
The way it's presented is like, justdo this, just become this player.
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What does that mean?
And even if you haven't read about it, butyou're thinking that way, I just need to
play like this other player in my club, orI have a vision of what I need to play
like, that's frustrationbuilt in, right there.
You can't go from where you are nowto that, like in Superman big jump.
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We jump over the buildingand just get there.
It's not life, not real life.
So if you want to get to where you want togo as a player, meaning
you want to play better.
You want to understand the game better.
You want to feel more confident.
You want your partners to lookat you and go, Oh, my God.
That stuff is great.How do you do that?
One dominant at a time,one step at a time.
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Just take that one step.
What step?The step that's right for you.
And there's not one stepthat's right for everybody.
Now, there is an order of progression andpriorities and things like
that that makes sense.That's why we built the system.
That's why we could build the system,because there's a logic to this game.
There's a way that it's puttogether that makes sense.
And if you listen to a specialepisode, it's like the car.
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There's an order to whichthese parts go together.
You don't start with the alternator whenyou don't have an engine
block in the car yet.It doesn't make sense.
Same with pickle ball.
You start with the big picture items Youwork down there and you
get better at those.
And then later on, there's all kinds ofstuff that you can keep
on adding to your game.But that's how you'll improve.
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And what I want to leaveyou with is this idea.
If you're on an improvement journey, andmost of you listening to this podcast
are on an improvement journey.
If you're on an improvement journey inyour pickleball, then remember that you're
playing a complex sport,a very complex sport.
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Be wary of sound biteythings that sound great.
Listen, they sound great.
When I read them, I'mlike, Whoa, let's go.
I like it.That's what I want.
But what are we talking about?
Be careful with those and putthem under the light a little bit.
You'll be like, I don'tknow how to do that.
And then find the domino or the stepthat's right for you, this next
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thing that's right for you.
And if we can help youwith that, we'd love to.
Our Pickleball System class is It'sopening, I think, in a week or two.
If you're listening to itat the time this drops.
If not, you can always send us an emailif you happen up on this podcast later on.
But that's what we do, and we'd love to doit for you if you're open to it
inside our Pickleball system.
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It's the best Coaching program, bar nonein Pickleball.
Happy to help you if we can.
If you're not interested in doing thesystem, that is perfectly fine, too.
But find the step that's right for you.
Tackle that one, then take the nextone, then take for the next one.
That is how you will become the pickleballplayer that probably is
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already somewhere inside you.
She got to let them out or her outby doing this process.
And avoid the frustration of the soundbite, the frustration of
trying to get to the end.
Right now because you understand as anadult, that's just not how things work.
I hope you enjoyed this week's podcast.
I hope to see some of you at our clinic.
It's like this week, next week.
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And then I think at the end of themonth, we have our live events.
I'll be live there answeringquestions and things like that.
I'd love to see you there if you'reinterested in your improvement journey.
If you want to take the next step withus in the system, that would be awesome.
We'll see you insideour coaching calls then.
As always, if you have a minute, pleaseconsider rating and reviewing the
podcast and share with your friends.
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Remember, if you enjoy thepodcast, they probably will, too.
If your friend's on an improvementjourney, this is pretty timely.
If you want to share it with them as soonas you can so they take advantage of this
free and online clinic thatwe have going on right now.
Be well, and I'll see you next timeif I don't see you inside the clinic.
Be well.
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