1
00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,760
Hello and welcome to Pickleball Therapy,
the podcast dedicated to

2
00:00:06,785 --> 00:00:07,800
your pickleball improvement.

3
00:00:07,825 --> 00:00:14,055
It's the podcast that is
focused on your pickleball mind.

4
00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,240
I am your host of this
weekly podcast, Tony Roig.

5
00:00:16,265 --> 00:00:17,280
It's a pleasure to be with you.

6
00:00:17,305 --> 00:00:20,180
I hope you're having a great week so far.

7
00:00:20,205 --> 00:00:24,320
This week's podcast, we're going to be
visiting a topic that we've talked about a

8
00:00:24,345 --> 00:00:27,200
couple of times in the past, but
I was reminded of it

9
00:00:27,225 --> 00:00:30,320
recently doing some PPA work.

10
00:00:30,345 --> 00:00:34,120
As you may know, we're doing some
collaborations with the PPA, which is

11
00:00:34,145 --> 00:00:36,060
a professional pickleball association.

12
00:00:36,085 --> 00:00:40,680
And in doing some video review for a
project I was working on, I had come

13
00:00:40,705 --> 00:00:45,900
across some really good
interview answer by Anna Bright, I

14
00:00:45,925 --> 00:00:48,775
believe she's number two
player in the world right now.

15
00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,640
If not, she's up there, top five for sure.

16
00:00:50,665 --> 00:00:52,620
She's a very good pickleball player.

17
00:00:52,645 --> 00:00:56,495
And she, at the end of a match, and I'll
set it up for you a

18
00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:57,120
little bit, a little bit.

19
00:00:57,145 --> 00:01:01,100
But at the end of a match, she
expressed some of thoughts

20
00:01:01,125 --> 00:01:07,410
that just reminded me of how we
can have a better, a more constructive

21
00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,260
interaction with the sport that we play.

22
00:01:10,285 --> 00:01:14,570
And it reminded me also of a concept that
came out of the book,

23
00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:19,600
Mental Emotional Training for
Tennis: Compete, Learn, Honor by Coach

24
00:01:19,625 --> 00:01:24,420
Peter Skale, which is one of the seminal
books in my journey, in my mental

25
00:01:24,445 --> 00:01:26,260
journey as an athlete.

26
00:01:26,285 --> 00:01:29,215
And I'm going to share with you
some information on how to get...

27
00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,640
He did a workbook I spoke recently, and we
have a code that you

28
00:01:31,665 --> 00:01:34,420
can use to access that.
Actually, I'll go and give it to you now.

29
00:01:34,445 --> 00:01:37,960
So if you go down to the show notes,
there's a code in there that

30
00:01:37,985 --> 00:01:40,375
you can use to get 50 % off.

31
00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,660
I'm pretty sure it's 50 %, but
it'll be in the show notes.

32
00:01:42,685 --> 00:01:46,210
It's a high percentage
off of his playbook.

33
00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,295
And the idea, it's actually like a
workbook that you can use to

34
00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:51,660
help you through this process.

35
00:01:51,685 --> 00:01:55,700
I think you'll find it very helpful, and
so I would definitely check that out.

36
00:01:55,725 --> 00:02:00,800
If you do decide to use Coach Pete's
materials, please go to Amazon

37
00:02:00,825 --> 00:02:02,340
and give him a review on there.

38
00:02:02,365 --> 00:02:06,255
It really helps him to
reach other players.

39
00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,680
As you guys know from listening to this
podcast, when we ask for ratings and

40
00:02:09,705 --> 00:02:12,160
reviews, it just helps us
reach additional players.

41
00:02:12,185 --> 00:02:14,890
It's just the way that our
world is built these days.

42
00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:16,480
So If you can do that
for him, that'd be great.

43
00:02:16,505 --> 00:02:17,960
The code will not work on
Amazon, however, though.

44
00:02:17,985 --> 00:02:22,295
So the code needs to work on the
site that'll be in the show notes.

45
00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,240
So what I'm going to do now is let me set
it up for you, and then I'm going to play

46
00:02:25,265 --> 00:02:30,840
the audio from the
end of the match, and then we'll break it

47
00:02:30,865 --> 00:02:32,860
down and talk about
how that applies to us.

48
00:02:32,885 --> 00:02:34,980
So set up the match a little bit.

49
00:02:35,005 --> 00:02:39,695
Anna Bright plays with Rachel Rohrabacher,
Rachel is actually a local player here in

50
00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,540
the Tampa area, I've known
her for several years.

51
00:02:41,565 --> 00:02:45,180
I knew her when she was just getting
started in pickleball, and it's

52
00:02:45,205 --> 00:02:46,780
been amazing to watch her rise.

53
00:02:46,805 --> 00:02:50,280
But Anna and Rachel play together, and
they were playing against Anly,

54
00:02:50,305 --> 00:02:51,860
Waters, and Katherine Prento.

55
00:02:51,885 --> 00:02:55,400
Anly and Katherine are a
dominant force in pickleball.

56
00:02:55,425 --> 00:02:58,940
In the women's tour, they
are virtually unbeatable.

57
00:02:58,965 --> 00:03:05,440
You know, Anna and Rachel
are the only team, really, that are within

58
00:03:05,465 --> 00:03:07,580
striking distance of Anly and Katherine.

59
00:03:07,605 --> 00:03:12,800
So Anna and Rachel had just beaten them in
a prior encounter, and now they're playing

60
00:03:12,825 --> 00:03:17,240
them in the next match
They had one game and this is in the

61
00:03:17,265 --> 00:03:21,060
final, so it's a gold medal match,
and those are best three out of five.

62
00:03:21,085 --> 00:03:27,000
So Anna and Rachel had one game number
one, and they looked like they were

63
00:03:27,025 --> 00:03:31,480
cruising, and then they
had a roadblock in games number 2 and

64
00:03:31,505 --> 00:03:33,815
3, and Anly and Katherine took those.

65
00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:35,800
And I'm not taking it through
from Anly and Katherine.

66
00:03:35,825 --> 00:03:37,020
They played great.

67
00:03:37,045 --> 00:03:42,855
But if you watch Anna and Rachel, it
just like everything changed in game 2.

68
00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,360
There's a momentum change at three, three
and all of a sudden, things got

69
00:03:45,385 --> 00:03:46,980
away from them a little bit.

70
00:03:47,005 --> 00:03:51,220
Then in game 4, it looked like Anna
and Rachel had found their way again.

71
00:03:51,245 --> 00:03:53,460
They were up 9-8 in game 4.

72
00:03:53,485 --> 00:03:56,520
That 9-8 score lasted like an hour.

73
00:03:56,545 --> 00:03:58,700
It didn't last that long,
but it lasted a while.

74
00:03:58,725 --> 00:04:00,400
And they were stuck there.

75
00:04:00,425 --> 00:04:04,320
And then Anly and Katherine ended up
winning that game, I

76
00:04:04,345 --> 00:04:05,540
believe it was 12: 10.

77
00:04:05,565 --> 00:04:10,000
And so you have
this wrenching back and forth in a

78
00:04:10,025 --> 00:04:13,980
match that for these players is there.

79
00:04:14,005 --> 00:04:15,460
It's how they earn a living.

80
00:04:15,485 --> 00:04:20,440
This is not just Tuesday
morning pickleball at the local Y, or at

81
00:04:20,465 --> 00:04:23,000
the local courts, or at a
club, and things like that.

82
00:04:23,025 --> 00:04:26,255
It's also not
an event that we're doing, like a round

83
00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:29,440
Robin or something, or a league that we're
playing for exercise and socialization.

84
00:04:29,465 --> 00:04:31,540
This is how these folks make a living.

85
00:04:31,565 --> 00:04:35,860
And the result of this match impacts
that particular purse,

86
00:04:35,885 --> 00:04:39,540
what they earn in that tournament, as well
as their ability to get

87
00:04:39,565 --> 00:04:41,220
sponsorship and things like that.

88
00:04:41,245 --> 00:04:43,440
So it's important to think about that.

89
00:04:43,465 --> 00:04:49,300
It's relevant to think about that because
it places the results of this match as

90
00:04:49,325 --> 00:04:54,100
perhaps a little more important in terms
of their everyday existence than

91
00:04:54,125 --> 00:04:55,660
the results of our matches.

92
00:04:55,685 --> 00:05:00,600
But I want you to hear how Anna frames the
situation when she's asked a question

93
00:05:00,625 --> 00:05:05,040
about what happened in game 4 and how she
pivots the answer and provides a really

94
00:05:05,065 --> 00:05:10,580
good context that is going to help
her be a better player and a

95
00:05:10,605 --> 00:05:17,615
more long-lasting athlete, and can also
help us in how we deal with adversity

96
00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:18,800
when we're out on the court.

97
00:05:18,825 --> 00:05:21,260
Let's listen to the audio.

98
00:05:21,285 --> 00:05:24,860
On Championship Sunday, so Anna Bright and
Rachel Rohrabacher joining me now

99
00:05:24,885 --> 00:05:27,120
to pay off a great 2024 campaign.

100
00:05:27,145 --> 00:05:29,495
But let's go match-specific first game 4.

101
00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,620
Where did things start to
get away from you there?

102
00:05:31,645 --> 00:05:34,495
We built ourselves a nice lead.

103
00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,720
I'm really proud of ourselves after
losing games two and three for doing that.

104
00:05:36,745 --> 00:05:38,280
But major kudos to Anna and Katherine.

105
00:05:38,305 --> 00:05:41,440
They locked back in there, and
then it was really neck and neck.

106
00:05:41,465 --> 00:05:44,895
I think the both teams were stuck on 9-8
for a long time, and they were

107
00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:46,160
able to get over the finish line.

108
00:05:46,185 --> 00:05:48,360
So major congrats to them.
We've had a great season.

109
00:05:48,385 --> 00:05:50,440
They've had a great season.
It's really special.

110
00:05:50,465 --> 00:05:52,680
Thank you to everyone for tuning
in and watching and cheering.

111
00:05:52,705 --> 00:05:53,640
It's really fun.

112
00:05:53,665 --> 00:05:55,820
Really fun to play these
matches, win or lose.

113
00:05:55,845 --> 00:05:59,940
Now, remember, this is at the end of a
gold medal match where they just lost game

114
00:05:59,965 --> 00:06:02,500
before in a very back and forth fashion.

115
00:06:02,525 --> 00:06:06,320
So just keep that in mind as we think
through the words that you

116
00:06:06,345 --> 00:06:07,980
heard from Anna just now.

117
00:06:08,005 --> 00:06:12,180
And then think about sometimes how we feel
at the end of one game.

118
00:06:12,205 --> 00:06:17,000
And we were playing with our friends in a
wreck situation or whatever, and we just

119
00:06:17,025 --> 00:06:21,980
lost the game and we feel like
the world is ending, or like we

120
00:06:22,005 --> 00:06:23,740
screwed up, or whatever it is.

121
00:06:23,765 --> 00:06:27,840
And let's break down the way that Anna
approached it in the different components

122
00:06:27,865 --> 00:06:33,700
of it, because I think it can really help
us as we deal with

123
00:06:33,725 --> 00:06:35,580
losses, because losses will happen.

124
00:06:35,605 --> 00:06:38,860
So the first thing was how she pivoted.

125
00:06:38,885 --> 00:06:46,320
So the reporter asked a question about
how What happened in game four, right?

126
00:06:46,345 --> 00:06:50,620
The interview he
asked what happened in game 4?

127
00:06:50,645 --> 00:06:53,900
It's a fine question.
There's nothing wrong with the question.

128
00:06:53,925 --> 00:06:56,660
But Anna doesn't really
want to dwell on that.

129
00:06:56,685 --> 00:06:58,040
What happened in game 4?

130
00:06:58,065 --> 00:07:00,820
I missed a shot, they
missed a shot, whatever.

131
00:07:00,845 --> 00:07:04,000
Instead, she goes very big picture, and
that's taking a very long lens

132
00:07:04,025 --> 00:07:08,575
view of the game, which is awesome.
She's reframing.

133
00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:09,380
That's the key there.

134
00:07:09,405 --> 00:07:12,680
That's something you can do after
the end of a match is reframe.

135
00:07:12,705 --> 00:07:16,680
Instead of worrying so much about
the volume you missed, the third shot you

136
00:07:16,705 --> 00:07:21,320
missed, whatever
shot was that you think was the

137
00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:25,240
reason you lost that game, you pivot away
from it to the bigger story, to the

138
00:07:25,265 --> 00:07:27,860
bigger picture of the situation.

139
00:07:27,885 --> 00:07:32,240
What
she did there is then she went directly

140
00:07:32,265 --> 00:07:38,540
into celebrating the back and forth,
celebrating the competition.

141
00:07:38,565 --> 00:07:43,135
And that's what Coach Peter Scales talks
about in his book, which is his

142
00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:44,760
tenet is called Compete, Learn, Honor.

143
00:07:44,785 --> 00:07:48,700
That's what he developed, this
framework of Compete, Learn, Honor.

144
00:07:48,725 --> 00:07:52,000
So competing is one thing that we do,
which is we go out there and

145
00:07:52,025 --> 00:07:53,700
we compete, we give our best.

146
00:07:53,725 --> 00:07:57,220
We also understand
that our opponents are out there,

147
00:07:57,245 --> 00:08:00,900
and they are going to compete and do what?
Give their best, too.

148
00:08:00,925 --> 00:08:04,020
And that's the beauty of pickleball, is
this back and forth

149
00:08:04,045 --> 00:08:08,280
battle that we have between ourselves and
our opponents, us pushing them and them

150
00:08:08,305 --> 00:08:11,960
pushing us, which happened in this match
between Anna, Rachel,

151
00:08:11,985 --> 00:08:13,100
Analee, and Katherine.

152
00:08:13,125 --> 00:08:17,980
Anna and Rachel had beaten Anly and
Katherine, the prior tournament,

153
00:08:18,005 --> 00:08:24,020
and that was a push to Anly and Katherine
saying, Hey, guys, we're coming.

154
00:08:24,045 --> 00:08:26,560
And they started out
game one, won that one.

155
00:08:26,585 --> 00:08:29,180
Then Anly and Katherine turned
it around in this match.

156
00:08:29,205 --> 00:08:33,495
Then in game Before Anna and Rachel dug
their heels in, and they did, and

157
00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:34,820
they fought hard in game four.

158
00:08:34,845 --> 00:08:35,880
It didn't work out for them.

159
00:08:35,905 --> 00:08:38,140
It didn't turn out in their favor
in terms of the ultimate result.

160
00:08:38,165 --> 00:08:42,660
But they did, in fact, push each other
really hard in that game four with Anna,

161
00:08:42,685 --> 00:08:44,500
Lee, and Katherine coming out on top.

162
00:08:44,525 --> 00:08:51,095
And Anna recognizes that and respects that
and says, Hey, we did some stuff, they did

163
00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,600
some stuff, and then
she gives them credit.

164
00:08:52,625 --> 00:08:54,380
That's the other thing
that's really important here.

165
00:08:54,405 --> 00:08:58,615
So it's recognizing the value of
competition and then giving credit to your

166
00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,720
opponent, understanding understanding that
your opponent is out there just like

167
00:09:01,745 --> 00:09:03,620
you're fighting, they're fighting, too.

168
00:09:03,645 --> 00:09:06,660
And so giving them credit by saying...

169
00:09:06,685 --> 00:09:09,180
Anna says, Anly and Katherine,
they locked it down.

170
00:09:09,205 --> 00:09:12,975
They did what they had to do, and they
got across the finish line before we did.

171
00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,140
That's pickleball, right?

172
00:09:14,165 --> 00:09:21,020
And So that's a really good reframing of
an outcome that is adverse to us, because

173
00:09:21,045 --> 00:09:24,255
there will be times that you will
be the victor in those situations.

174
00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,000
There'll be times that you'll be
the loser in those situations.

175
00:09:26,025 --> 00:09:28,720
That is just part of life.

176
00:09:28,745 --> 00:09:31,220
That is part of the
dynamic and pickleball.

177
00:09:31,245 --> 00:09:35,735
And if you're not ready to do that, then I
think some reflection and things like that

178
00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,320
is helpful to you because you're playing a
game, you're playing a sport,

179
00:09:38,345 --> 00:09:39,900
and a sport is competition.

180
00:09:39,925 --> 00:09:44,000
And so that
recognition of her opponents and giving

181
00:09:44,025 --> 00:09:47,760
them credit is critical and
something that we should do.

182
00:09:47,785 --> 00:09:49,140
There's no reason not to.

183
00:09:49,165 --> 00:09:51,260
Then she thanked everyone,
which is fantastic.

184
00:09:51,285 --> 00:09:54,300
There's other pieces to the puzzle that
are more than just

185
00:09:54,325 --> 00:10:00,600
us on the court, more than just
ourselves as individuals, There's our

186
00:10:00,625 --> 00:10:04,615
teammate, our partner in the game, there's
the opponents, there's those around us.

187
00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,040
So if you're playing an open play, for
instance, there's other

188
00:10:07,065 --> 00:10:08,140
players who are there.

189
00:10:08,165 --> 00:10:15,720
So if a player behaves
in a way that makes other players feel

190
00:10:15,745 --> 00:10:20,000
uncomfortable, that's going to reflect on
not just themselves, but that's going

191
00:10:20,025 --> 00:10:21,980
to impact everybody around there.

192
00:10:22,005 --> 00:10:26,120
There's also the organizers, there's
the facility managers, all those folks.

193
00:10:26,145 --> 00:10:30,940
All those people are necessary
for you to get enjoy the game.

194
00:10:30,965 --> 00:10:35,295
And in Anna's case, obviously, the
audience is important because they're

195
00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,600
playing professional sports, so she thanks
the audience, which is awesome,

196
00:10:37,625 --> 00:10:39,620
recognizing the bigger picture.

197
00:10:39,645 --> 00:10:42,375
And then what I really liked was the last
thing she said, I'm

198
00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:43,380
going to quote it, right?

199
00:10:43,405 --> 00:10:49,080
She said, Really fun to play
these matches, win or lose.

200
00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,060
I'm going to read that one more time.

201
00:10:51,085 --> 00:10:55,560
Really fun to play these
matches, win or lose.

202
00:10:55,680 --> 00:11:02,000
She's focusing on the positive, of having
the opportunity to engage in this amazing

203
00:11:02,025 --> 00:11:07,620
sport of pickleball against
the best athletes in the world, against

204
00:11:07,645 --> 00:11:12,300
the best players in the world,
go out there, compete, give it your all.

205
00:11:12,325 --> 00:11:17,740
It's good win or lose.

206
00:11:17,765 --> 00:11:20,575
It's not good win only.

207
00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,660
And that's something that I think gets
lost sometimes when we play pickleball,

208
00:11:23,685 --> 00:11:28,860
is we end up in this mindset of,
pickleball is great, but only when we win.

209
00:11:28,885 --> 00:11:32,440
I'm going to tell you guys a side story
here that happened at Nationals

210
00:11:32,465 --> 00:11:35,620
a couple of years ago.
This was not in 24, it was in 23.

211
00:11:35,645 --> 00:11:37,015
It was a professional player.

212
00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,520
I won't say her name because I don't
have her permission to share it.

213
00:11:39,545 --> 00:11:40,820
It was a private conversation.

214
00:11:40,845 --> 00:11:46,660
But she's, at the time, I would say easily
top 20, maybe top 30, but top 20

215
00:11:46,685 --> 00:11:48,340
female pickleball player.

216
00:11:48,365 --> 00:11:52,160
And I happened to run into her, and I
didn't know her before, but she was

217
00:11:52,185 --> 00:11:54,580
sitting there next to the
courts where I was playing.

218
00:11:54,605 --> 00:11:57,940
And I just came up to her
and I said hello to her.

219
00:11:57,965 --> 00:12:02,880
And I told her that I really liked
Obviously, I liked watching

220
00:12:02,905 --> 00:12:04,320
her play, that general stuff.

221
00:12:04,345 --> 00:12:07,960
But then I also told her that I
appreciated her style of play because it

222
00:12:07,985 --> 00:12:15,175
was a style of play that I used to help
our students, basically explaining how the

223
00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,320
positioning of the paddle and things like
that, it was super, and really

224
00:12:18,345 --> 00:12:21,620
appreciate her work and things like that.
And she seemed a little down.

225
00:12:21,645 --> 00:12:25,120
So I asked her, I said, Do you mind me?

226
00:12:25,145 --> 00:12:28,740
I don't want to be nosy, right?
But I guess I was a little nosy.

227
00:12:28,765 --> 00:12:33,455
But I was like, Do you mind And
then she seemed like, low down.

228
00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,480
So I said, Do you mind if
I share something with you?

229
00:12:35,505 --> 00:12:37,420
And so I shared the idea
of the bowl of ice cream.

230
00:12:37,445 --> 00:12:38,960
If you haven't heard the bowl of ice
cream, we'll put a link

231
00:12:38,985 --> 00:12:40,700
down in the show notes.
Check that out.

232
00:12:40,725 --> 00:12:45,560
But basically, the premise of it is that
every time you play, it's a good day, just

233
00:12:45,585 --> 00:12:49,520
like Anna said, win or lose because
you're playing this awesome sport.

234
00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,320
So when I explained to her the concept,
where I shared the concept of a bowl

235
00:12:54,345 --> 00:12:56,015
of ice cream, there was pushback.

236
00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,320
And it was very polite pushback, very
nice pushback, very friendly pushback.

237
00:12:59,345 --> 00:13:04,320
But the pushback was basically that
that day, she did not merit

238
00:13:04,345 --> 00:13:06,540
a full bowl of ice cream.

239
00:13:06,565 --> 00:13:07,100
Why?

240
00:13:07,125 --> 00:13:11,080
Because she hadn't played
as well as she wanted to play, right?

241
00:13:11,105 --> 00:13:12,855
She didn't do what she wanted to do.

242
00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:14,600
So she doesn't get a
full bowl of ice cream.

243
00:13:14,625 --> 00:13:16,440
But she did.
She got to give it a little bit.

244
00:13:16,465 --> 00:13:18,780
She was like, A little bit of ice cream.

245
00:13:18,805 --> 00:13:23,615
But that's not correct.

246
00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,840
And the reason it's not correct is because
you still get a full bowl of ice cream

247
00:13:26,865 --> 00:13:32,740
just by the fact that you get to play
pickle And it's going to Anna's language.

248
00:13:32,765 --> 00:13:38,940
It's really fun to play these matches,
win or lose.

249
00:13:38,965 --> 00:13:40,380
It's not win only.

250
00:13:40,405 --> 00:13:45,940
And so when you can change your mindset
away from a In

251
00:13:45,965 --> 00:13:51,480
order for me to enjoy this experience, I
must have a W at the end of the match

252
00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:55,020
to a mindset of, that's a...

253
00:13:55,045 --> 00:13:59,055
Well, at its most basic level, the most
basic would be,

254
00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:00,920
I'm out here playing pickle Period.
End of story.

255
00:14:00,945 --> 00:14:03,220
There's nothing else.
I don't need to know anything else.

256
00:14:03,245 --> 00:14:05,980
Then you can say, I'm out here
playing pickleball with my friends.

257
00:14:06,005 --> 00:14:07,460
Fantastic.
I don't need anything else.

258
00:14:07,485 --> 00:14:10,580
Then you can say, I'm out here playing
pickle with my friends, getting exercise.

259
00:14:10,605 --> 00:14:12,380
Fantastic.
Nothing else.

260
00:14:12,405 --> 00:14:13,495
I'm having front.

261
00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,860
I'm out here playing pickleball, having
fun with my friends, getting exercise,

262
00:14:16,885 --> 00:14:19,900
and competing, challenging myself.
That's fantastic.

263
00:14:19,925 --> 00:14:23,240
And you keep layering all
the different element.

264
00:14:23,265 --> 00:14:25,935
I'm out in the sun.
I got to get out of the house.

265
00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,560
Whatever it is that's important to you,
whatever it is that's a plus of

266
00:14:28,585 --> 00:14:31,460
this, just add it to the Keep going.

267
00:14:31,485 --> 00:14:37,820
At the end, it's win or lose, win or lose,
win or lose, because it's not win only.

268
00:14:37,845 --> 00:14:40,040
That's the thing we need to keep in mind.

269
00:14:40,065 --> 00:14:43,880
The reason it's important to keep it in
mind is because our brains will force us

270
00:14:43,905 --> 00:14:47,460
into the win-only Yeah,
because we'll feel bad when we lose.

271
00:14:47,485 --> 00:14:50,940
If you can just remind yourself, just
quote Anna Bright.

272
00:14:50,965 --> 00:14:54,900
Just think yourself like, that
was really good.

273
00:14:54,925 --> 00:14:58,640
Fill in the blanks with whatever is
important to you, win or lose, at

274
00:14:59,320 --> 00:14:59,820
the end of your statement.

275
00:14:59,845 --> 00:15:02,760
Anyway, so I wanted to
share that idea with you.

276
00:15:02,785 --> 00:15:06,520
Again, check out Coach Peter
Scale's thinking on this.

277
00:15:06,545 --> 00:15:08,900
It really changes your perspective.

278
00:15:08,925 --> 00:15:12,920
There's those three elements or three
areas of the mental part of

279
00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:14,540
pickleball on perspective.

280
00:15:14,565 --> 00:15:19,520
Coach Pete, to me, is the best,
and it really helps you reframe your

281
00:15:19,545 --> 00:15:22,095
approach to the sport of pickleball.

282
00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,200
And what I would say to you here is, at
the end of the day, when you look at

283
00:15:25,225 --> 00:15:30,320
Anna's words, what she's doing
is she's honoring the game.

284
00:15:30,345 --> 00:15:35,415
And I think it's important to remember
that pickleball is bigger than me,

285
00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,480
bigger than you, bigger than Anna Bright,
bigger than Ben Johns, bigger

286
00:15:38,505 --> 00:15:40,140
than anybody who plays pickleball.

287
00:15:40,165 --> 00:15:42,020
The sport is bigger than any of us.

288
00:15:42,045 --> 00:15:44,540
So we honor the sport of pickleball.

289
00:15:44,565 --> 00:15:49,740
We honor our opponents, and by
doing that, we actually honor

290
00:15:49,765 --> 00:15:51,600
ourselves at the end of the day.

291
00:15:51,625 --> 00:15:58,160
So anyway, hope you enjoyed that
perspective on Anna Bright's wonderful

292
00:15:58,185 --> 00:16:00,020
words at the end of that tournament.

293
00:16:00,045 --> 00:16:04,080
I'll continue to look out for those types
of post game interviews that are of

294
00:16:04,105 --> 00:16:10,220
substance and helpful to us as we continue
to navigate our mental journeys together.

295
00:16:10,245 --> 00:16:14,215
As always, if there's any other coaching
that we can do for you inside our Better

296
00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,980
Pickable Community, Remember, this podcast
is part of the bigger

297
00:16:17,005 --> 00:16:19,455
Better Pickleball picture.
We are happy to do that.

298
00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:20,400
You can go to betterpickable.

299
00:16:20,425 --> 00:16:23,800
Com to find camps, to find other
activities that we have, other coaching

300
00:16:23,825 --> 00:16:26,940
opportunities that we have
that you can interact with us.

301
00:16:26,965 --> 00:16:31,580
Around the time this podcast, not around,
a little bit So if this podcast drops,

302
00:16:31,605 --> 00:16:35,900
we will have our pickleball
system spring course opening.

303
00:16:35,925 --> 00:16:40,080
And if you've been waiting to do the
pickleball system, it's a great time to

304
00:16:40,105 --> 00:16:42,780
do it because there's no time like now.

305
00:16:42,805 --> 00:16:46,735
That said, last thing I want to remind you
of is if you enjoy the podcast,

306
00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:47,200
share with your friends.

307
00:16:47,225 --> 00:16:50,500
Remember, if you enjoy the podcast,
they probably will too.

308
00:16:50,525 --> 00:16:53,655
Hope you have a great week,
and I'll see you next week in the

309
00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,100
next episode of Pickable Therapy.

310
00:16:55,125 --> 00:16:56,120
Be well..