HeyJaredPickleball 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.
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Ep. 311 - Don't Drop It! PLUS Know Your Block (opens the original)
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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 enjoyment t
Ep. 310 - Silence Before Sound (opens the original)
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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. Th
Ep. 309 - Use the Force Luke (and Leia) (opens the original)
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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
Ep. 308 - Don't Argue the Call - the Definitive Conversation on "Out" Ball Disputes (opens the original)
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Episode 308: The Definitive Guide to Out Ball Disputes Here'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 creat
Ep. 307 - Don't Underestimate Yourself (opens the original)
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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 ours
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