{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Pickleball Therapy","title":"Ep. 308 - Don't Argue the Call - the Definitive Conversation on \"Out\" Ball Disputes","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":973,"description":"Episode 308: The Definitive Guide to Out Ball Disputes\nHere'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.\nYour opponent calls it out.\nYou're sure it was in. What now?\nMost 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.\nBut before you say anything, run through a few questions.\nWho created the situation? You did. You hit the ball so close to the line that your friend was put in an impossible spot. Unless you believe they're cheating you, they made the best call they could in a situation you handed them.\nWhere is this conversation going? They say out. You say you saw it in. They say they saw it out. Then what? Even if nobody escalates, the temperature on that court already changed the second you opened your mouth.\nIs there enough riding on it? Is this point worth spending your friendship capital on?\nAre you 100% sure you're right? Would you bet your life on it? I clipped a call like this recently and zoomed all the way in. I still couldn't tell you. I wouldn't bet a dollar on it.\nAnd if we want to play by the rules, the rules are clear about whose call it is. Theirs.\nLast one. Flip it around. They serve, you call their ball out, and they come at you about it. How does that feel?\nWork through those questions, and the answer shows up on its own. Move on. Don't pause. Don't look twice. Toss the ball, serve, carry on.\nIn competitive play with a referee, an appeal is fine. That's what referees are for. An appeal is not a dispute.\nAnd here's the part that matters most. Those same filters work off the court. Is it worth the cost? Where is this going? Am I sure? How would this feel from the other side? That's a useful screen for a lot of disagreements that have nothing to do with pickleball.\nYou're out there to play, see your friends, and have a good time. Protect...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/iDTey2-80na-9J2STIk9eypfXCFZMooGvju_gM84J4k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYTM1/MTQzYzU5NDI0ODU5/MWNhNzRiODA0Yzlh/MmIwMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}