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Hello and welcome to Pickleball Therapy,

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the podcast dedicated to your Pickleball improvement.

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It's a podcast with you in mind.

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I'm your host of this weekly podcast,

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Tony Roy.

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Hope you're having a great week.

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I am recording this podcast on location.

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We are down at the US Open in Naples.

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It's the largest Pickleball event I believe in the world.

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Has about 5,000

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registered players,

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so that's a crazy number.

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Just to give you an idea,

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an average tournament and a good size tournament for one of

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the major tours is about 800 players,

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is a nice number for a tournament.

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And again,

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a big tournament.

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This one has 5,000,

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so you know,

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four times as many as that of,

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actually, that's not right math,

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that's a terrible math.

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Six times as many almost as the,

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as the,

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the normal tournament size.

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So that's a big tournament.

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The energy here is crazy.

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And I'm gonna talk about a little more in the riff

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about the US Open experience and just kind of the,

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it's it,

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how it relates to Pickleball in generally,

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not just tournament play.

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So to stick around for that in the main segment today,

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we're gonna be talking about this conversation about,

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you know,

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what's my metric,

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right? Did I do what I can do?

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And today we're gonna be talking about setting the baseline,

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right? What's the right baseline for me to set when I

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ask this question?

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This is part of a series that we have.

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This is a three part series.

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If you missed last week's episode,

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check that one out.

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And then next week we're gonna talk about the benefits of

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using this approach.

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But today we're gonna dive deep into setting the baseline for

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ourselves. 'cause each one of us is an individual.

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Each one of us is different.

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You know,

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obviously we come from different places,

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we have different backgrounds and things like that.

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Before we dive into the podcast,

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I do have a request of you,

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and this is,

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even if you have left a review in the past of

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the podcast,

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I'd ask you to do it again if you be so

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kind. One of the reasons I ask it is,

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is the imu.

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Two reasons.

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One is,

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you know,

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it, it's,

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it's, you know,

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the reviews come up based on date.

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So let's say you gave a review like three years ago

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or two years ago to the podcast.

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That's great.

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We love it and thank you very much for doing that.

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But that review now is buried,

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basically. So,

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you know,

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it's like,

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several down,

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because I think we have something like 140 reviews on here.

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And so if you can re-review it,

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your review now will be at the top and players will

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be able to see what your experience is with the podcast.

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And then the other reason is because the hired that it,

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the podcast is reviewed,

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what happens is the,

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the, the algorithm says this is a good podcast for someone

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searching for Pickleball.

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So if you enjoy the podcast,

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right, there may be players out there who haven't yet seen

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the podcast because they don't get it in their feed.

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They look for Pickleball and they get other podcasts,

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which is,

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they're fine.

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Nothing wrong with those podcasts,

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but if you think this podcast would be a benefit for

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them, do that.

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And then the second request that came to mind is if

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you happen to like YouTube and you're on YouTube,

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if you can go to Pickleball therapy on YouTube and do

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the same thing there,

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you know,

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basically like a video here and there,

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write a comment here and there that'll let the YouTube algorithm

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know, Hey,

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this is something that players actually enjoy.

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Whereas if we don't say anything,

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the algorithm has no idea.

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And then other players don't get to see it.

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So if you could do,

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that'd be great.

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I like to share with you a review that we got.

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It's from December,

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and this is the,

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the a,

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a player.

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I don't know this player.

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I, you know,

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there's no identifying information in here,

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which is fine,

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but just to give you an idea of,

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of the impact that,

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that listening to the podcast can have on,

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on a player like this player who basically didn't come from

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any competitive sport.

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So excellent podcast,

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Tony has deepened both my understanding and appreciation of the game.

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Listening to this podcast has dramatically improved the mental side of

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my game.

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I have never played a sport competitively and did not have

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the tools to work on my mental game,

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nor the understanding of how important it is thanks to Tony,

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I'm better prepared to deal with the frustrations and setbacks as

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a result.

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I'm having a lot more fun.

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And I got my ice cream today and,

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you know,

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I don't wanna get too high horsey here,

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but at the end of the day,

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right, the reason we do this podcast,

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and the reason we do a lot of our coaching is

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for that very reason.

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It's to help persons,

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right? I don't call 'em play,

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but we're very careful with our languages,

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you know,

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so to help persons who may not yet see themselves as

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players or athletes come along this journey,

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right? And enjoy this wonderful sport of Pickleball.

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unfortunately is players or persons will come into the sport and

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then never become players,

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right? Because maybe a few bad experiences,

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they don't think they can do it.

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the, the roadblock is,

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it's not because there's anything wrong with them.

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It's not because there's anything wrong with the sport.

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If you're listening to this podcast,

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you know that,

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there's nothing wrong with either end of this bargain.

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player and the game.

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a player,

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fully enjoying the sport or a player departing Pickleball.

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we, we take our job very seriously.

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like that,

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you can play a role in helping players like this player.

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And I wanna thank the player for leaving that review,

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you know,

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continuing their journey.

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I'm dealt with the high,

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with the high horse for the soapbox on it.

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that the podcast can have and this type of thing,

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you're a part of this podcast,

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right? If you're in our podcast community,

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you listen to the podcast regularly,

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a lot of you at the US Open have come up

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to me and said that you,

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you listen to the podcast,

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you enjoy the podcast.

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And we love that.

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We thank you for listening to the podcast.

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Help us reach others just like you,

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who would benefit from it.

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Alright, let's dive into the metric.

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What we're talking about here is we're talking about,

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setting a better,

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setting, a better framing for ourselves when we're trying to evaluate

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how we did during a given gain.

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struggle I had at a tournament in terms of analyzing my

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play afterwards and having that constant cycle of what did I

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do wrong in this situation?

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was helpful to me because it helped me have achieve another

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sort of a breakthrough for myself.

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what, what's the right question for me to ask when I,

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when I feel like that,

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that endless cycle of,

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of doubting myself or questioning myself and how I played.

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did I do what I could do?

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Did I do the best I can basically,

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right? And that's a pretty broad question.

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right? How do we set a baseline that's adequate for each

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of us and or correct for each of us so that

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then we can ask the question relative to that baseline.

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Now we're gonna explore it a few different ways.

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So the first thing I wanna talk about is,

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is that each one of us is different,

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right? We're all in different places,

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some of us are younger,

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some of us are older,

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some of us have played a racket,

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sports, some of us has not.

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are in,

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in, in,

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in prime physical condition for our agents.

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right? And so each one of us has some us left

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hand somewhere,

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right-hand, right?

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right? Our own who we are,

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right? And it's important when you're out there playing that you

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resist the temptation to compare yourself,

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right? To basically like so and so plays like this and

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I play like that.

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So this is winning more than that.

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I must compare myself to this,

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this being the other player,

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that, that,

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that's, as you can see,

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right? The way I framed it,

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it's doesn't make a lot of sense,

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right? Perhaps that player,

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has years of competitive sports experience,

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perhaps that player has been drilling,

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and we're gonna talk about drilling a little more in a

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second, but perhaps that player's been drilling,

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they drill 20 hours a week before and you didn't,

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right? So this comparing kind of a thing,

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right? It,

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it, it removes your individuality,

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right? It removes your this is who I am,

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right? This is what I bring to the table in terms

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of my characteristics.

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And that,

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that leads to the next thing,

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which is this idea of,

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of work.

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Okay? And,

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you know,

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each one of us will work differently at the game,

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right? In terms of how much work are you putting in,

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you know,

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are you putting in a ton of work?

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Are you studying the game?

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Are you,

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you know,

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working with an online course like ours or working with an

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in-person, coach?

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Are you studying YouTube?

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What are you doing?

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You know?

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And if you're studying YouTube,

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are you doing it in an organized fashion?

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I'm not gonna get into that in detail today.

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We have several podcasts and,

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and some videos on,

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on the Intu Pickle channel about that as well,

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about, you know,

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the, the,

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some of the,

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the hurdles there.

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But anyway,

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whatever you're working on,

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are you,

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are you doing it right?

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Are you actually putting in the work?

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Because if you're not right,

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and then you go out and play and your game is

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the same as it was last week,

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why would you expect it to be different?

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You know,

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is that,

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is that fair to yourself?

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Right? To say,

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you know,

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I should be playing,

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you know,

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professional level Pickleball,

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but I don't work in my game.

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So those are,

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those are part of framing out,

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did I do the best I could the game itself.

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So that's a little bit about you,

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right? Your background in terms of what you brought to the

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game and how much you're dedicating yourself to your improvement,

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okay? And,

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and you,

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you need to,

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you need to,

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or you should keep those in mind when you're looking at,

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you know,

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did I do what I could do?

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Did I give the best I could today based on who

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I am and based on the work that I've been putting

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into my game?

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You can also look at it from the other side,

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which is from the side of the game itself.

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Okay? So when you look at the game of Pickleball,

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a game of Pickleball is messy.

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And we did a,

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a podcast on this before,

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but the idea is that,

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you know,

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even yesterday I was,

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you know,

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I, I got to play yesterday in,

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in, in some games in the tournament.

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And you know,

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sometimes these rallies are just weird,

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right? Balls flying all over the place and,

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and you know,

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I mean,

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everybody's trying to do the best they can and the player

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misses the easy putaway,

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right? Or saves the shot that you're like,

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there's no way you got to that ball,

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right? That's Pickleball.

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I mean,

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that's beautiful part of our sport.

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So Pickleball is a messy kind of a game.

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You know,

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it's not,

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there is no perfect game.

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There is no perfect,

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like, perfectly executed game.

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I've also had the opportunity to watch some of the top

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players in the sport competing in finals,

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for instance.

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And this final in particular was you two of the top

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senior pro players.

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So Altoff Merchant and David Wein Buck paired up with two

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of the top pros,

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the younger pros,

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Andre Di Askew and Dylan Frazier,

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right? These are four of the best players on the on

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planet earth playing in the gold medal match in the mixed,

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it's called mixed split age,

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or sorry,

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split age,

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not mixed,

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split age,

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pro division.

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And messy,

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messy, like,

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you know,

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I mean,

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some, some points you go,

391
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wow. And you,

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it's crazy good,

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but a lot of the points are just messy points.

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And so if Pickleball is messy,

395
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right? And,

396
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and you're looking,

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but your baseline,

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right? Going back to the baseline,

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your baseline is the perfect rally,

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the perfect,

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you know,

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the perfect point,

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the perfect shot,

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the perfect sequence.

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That's not fair,

406
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right? You're,

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you're, you're,

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you're creating a gap in your own mind,

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a gap that you cannot close because you're looking for the

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perfect sequence,

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right? I need to hit the perfectly here and then has

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gotta go here,

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and then I gotta go there.

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And then whatever your sequence is that you're looking for in

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your mind,

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but the game itself is,

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is, you know,

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it's like,

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it's like a controlled chaos on a court.

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And so,

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you know,

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understanding that,

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right? And we've gone from us now as players to the

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game and understanding the realities of the game will help us

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set a better baseline.

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And then one other thing I wanted to focus on in

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terms of,

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that's a pun there,

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you'll see it in a second.

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So one other thing we can focus on here is,

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you know,

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the reality of performing during a game,

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okay? So the reality of performing during a game is,

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and we're gonna look at it a couple different ways.

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One is,

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you are gonna hit awful shots during a game.

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Just terrible shots that you're like,

438
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how did I miss that?

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Or why did I hit the ball there?

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One's mechanical,

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one's strategic,

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but you know,

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you, you're basically,

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you're gonna hit shots that you're like,

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I can't believe I did that.

446
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You're also gonna hit shots that you're gonna be like,

447
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wow, that was awesome,

448
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right? Yeah,

449
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that felt perfect.

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I hit,

451
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I laid that in great,

452
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you know,

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I hit the ball exactly where I needed to hit it.

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Everything, right?

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So you're gonna have both ends of the spectrum and you're

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gonna have a bunch of shots in the middle that are

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neither like the best shot you ever hit or the worst

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shot. You,

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they're just in the middle there.

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So you're gonna have a variety of shots in a game.

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Keep that in mind.

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I add to that,

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the fact that during a game,

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your performance,

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right? Not your performance or your focus,

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going back to focus,

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right? Is going to ebb and flow,

468
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right? You're gonna have moments of clarity and you're gonna have

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moments of fog in your mind.

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And the,

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you know,

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certainly during a session,

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during a week during,

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that's just,

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that's how we're constructed as human beings.

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I wish there was a way to like,

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you know,

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like a switch that we could just turn on,

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I guess and just stay focused.

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But then what would we turn it off?

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Right? Wouldn't make any sense.

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'cause we'd always want focus,

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right? That's not how we're constructed.

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We're constructed in,

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in a kind of a a,

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you're watching this on,

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on YouTube,

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you're seeing kinda like a parable,

489
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right? Up and down,

490
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up and down,

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up and down.

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I think that's a parable.

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Anyway, so that's,

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that's how we're constructed where we have highs and lows on

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focus. So when you're asking yourself,

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right, how did I do you know,

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did I do everything I could do?

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Did I play my best?

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You need to look at yourself in terms of who you

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are, right?

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What you bring to the game,

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the work you've put in,

503
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right? The more work you put in,

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you can expect more from yourself.

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That's okay,

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right? Don't expect perfection,

507
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right? But you can expect a little bit more if you

508
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haven't put any work in,

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00:14:01,690 --> 00:14:01,990
you know,

510
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okay, then maybe don't expect so much and not a criticism,

511
00:14:06,140 --> 00:14:06,910
okay, it's accurate.

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Just let's live in the real world.

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So look at those factors about yourself.

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Understand that the game is a messy game,

515
00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,350
right? And that the game is a little bit,

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it's a little chaotic,

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right? And then understand that your performance during a game and

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during a session and during a week et cetera,

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your performance is gonna go up and down,

520
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right? That's normal.

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And your focus is also gonna go up and down and

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using those characteristics,

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00:14:31,110 --> 00:14:36,430
right? Putting those characteristics together will help you develop your baseline

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metric. In other words,

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your metric for yourself so that when a match ends,

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win, lose or draw the match,

527
00:14:41,870 --> 00:14:43,990
right? Or the game.

528
00:14:44,610 --> 00:14:45,750
You can ask yourself,

529
00:14:45,820 --> 00:14:47,510
okay, did I do what I could do?

530
00:14:48,170 --> 00:14:49,270
Not, did I win?

531
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Not did I play the most amazing Pickleball anybody's ever seen

532
00:14:52,390 --> 00:14:53,250
on planet Earth?

533
00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,130
None of those questions that don't make any sense.

534
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You ask yourself,

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did I do what I could do?

536
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And let's,

537
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let's take a specific example.

538
00:15:01,340 --> 00:15:02,490
Let's say that for instance,

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you're recovering from,

540
00:15:05,190 --> 00:15:06,090
I'm gonna add two things here.

541
00:15:06,090 --> 00:15:07,490
You're recovering from a shoulder injury,

542
00:15:07,620 --> 00:15:08,130
three things,

543
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shoulder injury.

544
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You are,

545
00:15:11,670 --> 00:15:11,970
you know,

546
00:15:11,970 --> 00:15:14,050
you're have a lot of lot on the mind,

547
00:15:14,050 --> 00:15:16,090
right? Some family things going on or whatever.

548
00:15:16,090 --> 00:15:17,690
So there's just a lot of things going on in your

549
00:15:17,690 --> 00:15:21,610
life right now and you're playing in that match.

550
00:15:21,610 --> 00:15:23,490
You're playing against players who have been drilling,

551
00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:24,090
you know,

552
00:15:24,110 --> 00:15:25,970
for the last six months nonstop.

553
00:15:25,970 --> 00:15:29,220
And you just haven't had time to do it and you

554
00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:29,740
lose the game.

555
00:15:29,740 --> 00:15:30,340
11 two,

556
00:15:31,050 --> 00:15:33,340
okay? You're probably not gonna feel great about losing that game

557
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11 two,

558
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I understand that,

559
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right? I mean that's human nature,

560
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right? Our,

561
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that's our initial reaction,

562
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right? And let me digress for a second here 'cause I

563
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just heard this,

564
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the, the other day,

565
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two days ago.

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So I,

567
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it's not in the script,

568
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but, but both are in the in outline.

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But basically there's this idea in,

570
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in Buddhism that I'm gonna look into a little more for

571
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some future podcasts.

572
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But this idea of like levels of pain,

573
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if you wanna call it levels of discomfort.

574
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And so the initial reaction,

575
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right, the initial hit you get is we lost 11 two,

576
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I don't feel good about myself.

577
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That's okay.

578
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Even in Buddhism as I understand it,

579
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that's okay.

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What you need to then do is protect yourself behind that

581
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initial negative reaction,

582
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right? Of the 11 two.

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And this is where having this question comes in where you

584
00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:19,620
can say,

585
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okay, did I do what I could do?

586
00:16:22,850 --> 00:16:24,580
Okay, shoulder injury,

587
00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,140
family, I've been working on my game,

588
00:16:27,650 --> 00:16:28,860
they've been working on their game,

589
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they're playing amazing.

590
00:16:30,530 --> 00:16:31,380
This all makes sense.

591
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There's nothing wrong.

592
00:16:33,140 --> 00:16:36,060
I did the best I could do against opponents who are

593
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clearly playing at a better level than I'm right now.

594
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And that's perfectly fine.

595
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Okay? So that way you protect yourself from this next layer

596
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of pain,

597
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if you wanna call it that in terms of your process.

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So think through this baseline,

599
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you know,

600
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if you may have to go back and listen to the

601
00:16:50,740 --> 00:16:51,300
podcast again,

602
00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:52,220
that's fantastic.

603
00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:52,620
You know,

604
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nothing wrong with that.

605
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You know,

606
00:16:54,270 --> 00:16:55,060
write these down,

607
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do it for yourself,

608
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and then set a baseline that's proper for yourself in terms

609
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of did I do what I could do,

610
00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:01,940
did I do the best that I can?

611
00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:03,900
And then next,

612
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I'm gonna go into the riff in a second.

613
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So don't leave me yet in the riff,

614
00:17:07,220 --> 00:17:08,340
I'll talk about the open for a minute.

615
00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,740
But next week we'll talk about the benefits of doing this,

616
00:17:12,740 --> 00:17:14,260
right? Some of the pitfalls you're gonna avoid,

617
00:17:14,260 --> 00:17:15,420
and I've already alluded to some of those here,

618
00:17:15,420 --> 00:17:17,540
but we'll go to more in depth and tie it altogether

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next week.

620
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Alright? In the rif we are going to talk about the

621
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US Open and just some of the,

622
00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:27,260
the incidentals of the US Open.

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I think you'll find it interesting as we dive into the

624
00:17:31,460 --> 00:17:32,780
rif. I think I mentioned this last time,

625
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but you know,

626
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we have our friends at total Pickleball have been kind enough

627
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to provide us with what's called an affiliate link and a

628
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629
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through total Pickleball through their website using our link and our

630
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631
00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:51,850
they kick back an affiliate commission to us.

632
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It's very,

633
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everybody does it,

634
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right? So it's very common.

635
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And the reason we,

636
00:17:57,190 --> 00:17:59,970
we ask you to consider doing that if you're purchasing something

637
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638
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that we provide for free online and YouTube,

639
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et cetera.

640
00:18:07,950 --> 00:18:08,770
So if you could do that,

641
00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,930
I'll put it down in the description and we would appreciate

642
00:18:11,930 --> 00:18:13,490
you doing that at total Pickleball.

643
00:18:13,490 --> 00:18:15,250
Your price won't change and everything else will be the same,

644
00:18:15,550 --> 00:18:16,970
but it helps support our cost.

645
00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,730
Alright, diving into the riff,

646
00:18:19,590 --> 00:18:21,090
the US Open is going on this week,

647
00:18:21,090 --> 00:18:21,890
as I mentioned at the beginning,

648
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it's pretty sure it's the largest tournament in the world.

649
00:18:25,530 --> 00:18:29,010
I believe it's even larger than Nationals was last year.

650
00:18:29,550 --> 00:18:30,250
But in any event,

651
00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:31,290
it's a great event.

652
00:18:31,370 --> 00:18:33,250
I mean the energy here is insane and things like that.

653
00:18:33,250 --> 00:18:33,730
The, you know,

654
00:18:33,730 --> 00:18:35,530
the, the plays very high level.

655
00:18:36,170 --> 00:18:36,370
I mean,

656
00:18:36,370 --> 00:18:37,090
you see all sorts of levels,

657
00:18:37,110 --> 00:18:39,410
but it's everybody's playing in their level at the highest level

658
00:18:39,410 --> 00:18:39,770
of the world,

659
00:18:39,770 --> 00:18:41,850
right? So the three fives there are really strong three fives,

660
00:18:41,910 --> 00:18:42,210
et cetera,

661
00:18:42,210 --> 00:18:42,530
et cetera.

662
00:18:43,210 --> 00:18:46,890
But what I wanted to talk about was more the camaraderie

663
00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,050
that you see at an event like the US Open.

664
00:18:50,010 --> 00:18:52,490
A lot of the players there aren't playing in the tournament.

665
00:18:52,670 --> 00:18:52,970
You know,

666
00:18:52,970 --> 00:18:53,770
they're coming to,

667
00:18:53,870 --> 00:18:54,770
to watch to,

668
00:18:55,550 --> 00:18:57,210
to feel the energy to walk around.

669
00:18:57,590 --> 00:19:00,170
You get to see a lot of players from all over

670
00:19:00,170 --> 00:19:00,490
the country,

671
00:19:00,850 --> 00:19:03,570
Franklin over the world and just,

672
00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:05,430
it's, you know,

673
00:19:05,430 --> 00:19:08,110
the, the spirit of Pickleball is,

674
00:19:08,530 --> 00:19:11,390
is an amazing thing in terms of not just the play

675
00:19:11,390 --> 00:19:11,950
out on the court,

676
00:19:12,540 --> 00:19:14,270
it's about the bigger community right's,

677
00:19:14,270 --> 00:19:15,150
about the bigger feeling,

678
00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:16,950
about the bigger connection that we all make.

679
00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:19,750
And the US Open is no exception to that.

680
00:19:20,150 --> 00:19:22,830
It's just great to see all these players,

681
00:19:23,140 --> 00:19:24,790
fans, everybody walking around,

682
00:19:24,820 --> 00:19:26,790
smiling, bumping fish,

683
00:19:26,790 --> 00:19:27,390
shaking hands,

684
00:19:27,390 --> 00:19:28,470
congratulating each other.

685
00:19:29,010 --> 00:19:31,110
You do see some heads hanging low when,

686
00:19:31,220 --> 00:19:32,590
when players lose,

687
00:19:32,820 --> 00:19:34,870
they don't have the metric that we talked about in my

688
00:19:34,870 --> 00:19:35,870
opinion, but that's okay.

689
00:19:36,430 --> 00:19:36,870
It's a process,

690
00:19:36,870 --> 00:19:37,710
right? For all of us.

691
00:19:38,530 --> 00:19:39,670
But we,

692
00:19:40,330 --> 00:19:40,670
you know,

693
00:19:40,670 --> 00:19:41,870
but they're still out there.

694
00:19:41,870 --> 00:19:42,750
They're doing their thing,

695
00:19:43,310 --> 00:19:44,230
they're doing their best.

696
00:19:44,290 --> 00:19:44,990
But you know,

697
00:19:44,990 --> 00:19:45,590
the big picture,

698
00:19:45,860 --> 00:19:46,590
it's a positive,

699
00:19:46,590 --> 00:19:47,670
right? You see a positive,

700
00:19:47,670 --> 00:19:50,270
you see a great comradery and it's been a pleasure for

701
00:19:50,530 --> 00:19:53,230
CJ and I and our team to be able to be

702
00:19:53,230 --> 00:19:55,510
here at the US Open and to again,

703
00:19:55,610 --> 00:19:55,910
you know,

704
00:19:55,910 --> 00:19:59,710
say hello to folks to shake hands and it's just a,

705
00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:00,750
it's an amazing experience.

706
00:20:00,830 --> 00:20:03,430
I would say if you ever have the opportunity to come

707
00:20:03,430 --> 00:20:04,870
to Naples for a US Open,

708
00:20:05,230 --> 00:20:06,350
highly recommend it to you.

709
00:20:06,890 --> 00:20:09,230
I'd also recommend you be know if you're closer to like

710
00:20:09,230 --> 00:20:10,630
an A PP tour event.

711
00:20:11,250 --> 00:20:13,270
The A PP tour runs fantastic events.

712
00:20:14,050 --> 00:20:14,670
The play is,

713
00:20:14,670 --> 00:20:16,470
again, you're gonna be amazed at the play,

714
00:20:16,470 --> 00:20:19,270
you're gonna see out there on the core and they're very

715
00:20:19,830 --> 00:20:20,870
player friendly and,

716
00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:22,470
and fan friendly and things like that.

717
00:20:22,770 --> 00:20:23,990
So if you see an A PP,

718
00:20:23,990 --> 00:20:25,910
you can go to the a PP tour online and check

719
00:20:25,910 --> 00:20:27,270
out their schedule and find an event.

720
00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:28,070
It's just worth going,

721
00:20:28,130 --> 00:20:28,430
you know,

722
00:20:28,430 --> 00:20:29,190
if you're a Pickleball player,

723
00:20:29,190 --> 00:20:29,870
just to kind of,

724
00:20:29,890 --> 00:20:31,310
if you've never been to one just to see it,

725
00:20:31,310 --> 00:20:32,470
you don't have to play in the tournament to go.

726
00:20:32,690 --> 00:20:33,710
You can go check it out.

727
00:20:34,060 --> 00:20:35,590
Alright? So that's this week's podcast.

728
00:20:36,190 --> 00:20:37,950
We're gonna be at the open the rest of this week

729
00:20:38,330 --> 00:20:41,510
and then next week should be back in studio to give

730
00:20:41,510 --> 00:20:46,750
you the final installment in this series on setting your benchmark

731
00:20:47,390 --> 00:20:49,810
For yourself on did you do the best you can.

732
00:20:49,870 --> 00:20:50,690
As I asked at the beginning,

733
00:20:50,710 --> 00:20:52,370
if you get a chance to rate and review the podcast,

734
00:20:52,550 --> 00:20:53,170
please do.

735
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And as always,

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share with your friends.

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If you enjoyed the podcast,

738
00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:57,970
they probably will too.

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Have a great week and I'll see you next time.