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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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Hope you're having a great week.

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We are midweek after the US open.

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It was a really good week,

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long week to be sure.

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We've had a lot of work going on,

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a lot of,

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a lot of things we had to get done for upcoming

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academy courses,

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as well as the upcoming summit.

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But overall,

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fantastic weeks hanging out with the Better Pickleball team.

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Jill, my wife,

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came down,

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we hung out for a few days.

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It was a,

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a just a nice event.

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I got to play some good,

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good tournament play,

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which I'll share with you more in the riff today.

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So just all in all,

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a good Pickleball week as as we like to have in

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Pickleball today,

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what we're gonna be focusing on is we're gonna be focusing

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on, on the baseline.

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We talked about that last week.

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I think this baseline concept has a lot of legs,

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if you will,

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right? It's one of these things that I think can really

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radically change how you engage with the game.

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So if you've missed that episode,

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highly recommend you check that one out.

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It'll give you the,

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the elements to look at in terms of setting your baseline.

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But this week I am going to continue on the baseline

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idea with two additional thoughts about the two additional perspectives or

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concepts that have to do with the baseline.

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And that arose out of a conversation that I had at

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the Euros Open with a friend of mine and a fellow

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senior professional Pickleball player who has agreed to allow me to

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identify him.

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So he said he's happy to be transparent about it.

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I asked him if it was okay to I,

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I, I,

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I mentioned to him I'd like to share the story.

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I told him there was different ways I could do it.

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He said it was fine to share his information,

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so I'm going to tell you who he is.

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That's part of his journey too,

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that that'll help you also understand that all of us,

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no matter the level of play,

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you know,

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really have,

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we, we,

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we, we struggle,

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right? We,

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we, we humans just like,

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you know,

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at, at all levels,

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right? We're all humans and we all have the same kind

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of thing.

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So we're gonna talk about the baseline.

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In that conversation,

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I realized that there is a potential trap,

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if you will,

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in terms of trying to apply the baseline.

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So I'm going to share that with you today.

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as I mentioned in the riff,

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I'm going to share with you some more stories from the

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US Open as we dive into the podcast.

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I appreciate everyone who was able to rate and review the

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podcast more recently.

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As I mentioned last time,

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it helps us reach other players.

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And I wanted to read one of those if I can

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today, which is from Survivor number one.

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Recently, a fellow Pickler turned me on to this podcast,

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and now it has become an intentional listening activity that I

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do, especially before I go to,

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I go do,

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to do my league play games,

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my league play.

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I also re-listen,

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when I feel like I'm hitting a plateau.

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This is definitely with the time to pause and listen with

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intentionality. Keep up the great work.

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Seattle Seashore,

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Pickleball League loves you guys.

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So, a couple of things here.

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Obviously, I'm,

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I'm glad it,

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it's, you find it helpful to you survivor,

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number one,

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and I appreciate you leaving that review.

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But if you notice,

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it starts off with,

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recently a fellow Pickler turned me onto this podcast.

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So how did you know,

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how did Survivor number one get all this podcasts by one

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of you letting her know about it?

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And so that's the power of,

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of sharing,

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right? The power of,

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of letting others know about the podcast that may in fact

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add something positive to their lives.

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So if you can please continue sharing it.

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One other quick note on this,

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if you can,

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there's a way to follow the podcast on your,

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on your podcast platform.

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Do so there's usually a little plus sign or something like

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that. Again,

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it just tells the algorithm,

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Hey, this is good stuff.

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People like it,

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and it'll show it to other players.

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If you can do that,

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that'd be amazing.

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And, and as last time,

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if you can rate a review it currently,

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that'd be great as well.

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All right,

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let's continue the conversation about the baseline.

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I'm not gonna repeat everything from last time.

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Again, you can go check out that episode to get the

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details on setting the baseline.

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right, is that,

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is that when we play in terms of,

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when we,

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when we play and when we evaluate ourselves,

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right? How do we,

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do we need,

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we, we,

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we should be cognizant of this idea that there's a baseline

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that's appropriate for us.

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ourselves to that baseline,

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not to some arbitrary imaginary,

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fantasy world.

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to what makes sense for us based on where we are

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based on the amount of work we put in,

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the, I had the pleasure of speaking with lots of great

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folks who I,

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I I I've come to become friends with and,

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actually, I'll tell you a funny thing.

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I went to the pro tent.

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it might have been Friday,

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and I see a friend of mine,

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Mandara, another senior professional Pickleball player who owed me some socks.

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but he had promised me some pink socks,

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which I really liked that he wears.

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mark Milner.

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who's a senior pro player I mentioned earlier,

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who said it was okay to say his name.

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I played against him a few times and always enjoyed his

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competition as well as his behavior on court,

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as a gentleman on the court and off the court.

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he seemed kind of down right about the performance,

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right? And he,

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he made,

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mark isn't happy with how he performed on this day or

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during the tournament.

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listen to the podcast that just dropped.

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maybe like reframe your thinking,

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if you have a baseline that's right for you,

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you're gonna feel,

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okay, how did I perform relative to that baseline?

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that sounds really good.

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but, and here's the,

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I know I can play better.

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it's fine to know that we can do better,

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in a theoretical sense,

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right? That every,

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everybody listening to this podcast,

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right, you can play as good Pickleball as you want,

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right? I mean,

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in, in theory,

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right? You just put in a lot of hours,

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you study the game a lot,

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you get a good coach.

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it could be us online,

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it could be in person,

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whatever. I mean,

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you do all these things,

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you can play much,

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much better Pickleball.

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but that's a theoretical world again.

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we're basically,

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we're, we're not.

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to keep us in reality,

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it's supposed to ground us in the reality of our situation.

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let's assume that there's just a lot going on in your

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life, okay?

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It could be a family situation,

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it could be a work situation,

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it could just be financial stress,

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whatever it is.

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any, any number of things,

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a friend that you don't get along with anymore that used

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to play pick with whatever it is,

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right? And that thing is causing you stress,

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it's causing your mind to be preoccupied.

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Probably not gonna play the same as you would if everything

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was hunky dory.

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right? The reason,

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'cause you're a human being,

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right? You're human and you,

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that's how we are wired.

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That's how we're,

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built. And so if you set a baseline for yourself,

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right, based on the reality that you live in,

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but then in the same breath say,

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but I know I can do better,

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you're not really doing the baseline,

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right? You're,

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you're, you're falling into the trap of going back to theoretical.

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You right?

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This not magical,

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it's not magic,

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right? It's just not reality,

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right? It's someone who you could become baby,

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right? With a lot of work and effort and things,

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and maybe in the future that'll be the baseline for you,

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right? 'cause you move your baseline,

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right? Your baseline can move.

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But you need to be,

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you need to be,

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you need to be realistic,

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right? You need to be honest is the word I'm looking

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for. I'm trying to find a better word,

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but honest is a good word,

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honest with yourself,

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right? This is where I'm right now.

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And there's nothing wrong with that.

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I mean,

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you are,

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again, wherever you are in terms of how much time you're

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putting into the game in terms of practice,

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where you're at mentally,

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where you're at physically,

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maybe you're injured,

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you know,

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things like that.

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So you have to deal with the realities that are presented

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to you and avoid the temptation to fall into the theoretical

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again, right?

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That's the trap.

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The trap is a theoretical trap that you fall into by,

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again, by saying,

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you know,

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I, I believe,

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you know,

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I, I I know I can do better.

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That's theoretical.

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You, baseline real you,

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okay? And when you set the baseline,

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as long as you performed relative to that baseline,

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everything is fine in terms of your performance.

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Again, that doesn't mean you can't improve in the future,

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right? Doesn't mean you can't try and move your baseline,

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okay? With some work,

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you know,

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more ex focus on it and focus on your game,

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focus on your growth and things like that.

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Move the baseline,

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that's fine.

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But in the moment when you're evaluating your performance,

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right? This is like a snapshot of your performance.

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You should use your current baseline and avoid the trap of

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going theoretical.

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Okay? So that is,

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that is,

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and, and,

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and the thing about Mark,

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you know,

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and myself included and,

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and other,

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other pros who I know,

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you know,

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we all,

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we all have the same kind of struggles in terms of

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our performance,

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in terms of our,

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you know,

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how, how do we do relative to what we can do.

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I had a conversation with a,

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not a senior pro player,

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a top pro player at Nationals.

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And it was basically the same conversation I had with Mark,

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you know,

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in terms of,

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I won't say her name because she,

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I haven't,

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she hasn't given me permission to do so,

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but I can't tell you that she's a top player.

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I can't tell you.

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I just ran into her.

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I started having a conversation with her and she was very

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down about the way she played.

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And she's a top player,

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you know,

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top 30 for sure,

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top, top 50,

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a hundred percent sure,

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top 30 probably when she's on her game.

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And, and she was down on herself,

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right? And so it's the same thing.

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Why? Because the baseline that she was reaching for is a

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theoretical baseline in terms of,

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you know,

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I know I can play better.

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Well, not today,

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right? Because that's not the baseline that applies to you today.

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So that's,

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that's how you want to use that baseline.

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One other baseline concept that came became clearer to me during

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the US Open was,

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you know,

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you have to be careful.

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Another trap,

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if you will,

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is to use,

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you have to use your baseline,

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not somebody else's baseline.

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And what happened was,

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on, on that Friday,

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I played with Stephanie Lane and we had a tough first

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match against my good friend Scott,

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and his and his partner Cheryl.

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Tough battle.

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Tough, tough battle.

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We were down pretty big in the first game.

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We were able to pull that one out and then win

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it, win the second game,

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you know,

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reasonably well.

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But I mean,

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basically it was,

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it was a tough battle.

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It was a good,

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good match.

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And we run into our second match,

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we run into a buzz saw.

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So we had to play David Wach,

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the Badger and Chris car,

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who ended up,

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I believe it ended up with silver or gold,

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I can't remember.

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It might have been gold.

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I think it was gold.

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Chris, I'm sorry if I forgot,

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but I,

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I think it's gold.

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But anyway,

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but they ended up doing very well.

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They ended up running deep and doing great in the tournament.

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And actually,

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I take that back.

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They got bronze.

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My bad,

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they got bronze still very good because on scenes will ended

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up with gold,

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as I recall.

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Maybe it ended up with silver,

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silver, silver,

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bronze. My point is,

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they played,

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they played really well in the tournament and they were a

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tough team.

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So here's the,

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but here's the,

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here's the takeaway,

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right? When we finish that game,

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and we look at it objectively,

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okay, we step,

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we step back from a minute and we look at it

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objectively, what is my Stephanie's baseline relative to Chris and Dave's

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baseline? It's not the same,

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okay? As a team,

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in other words,

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like our,

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our ability to compete at a certain level and their ability

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to compete at a certain level,

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it's different.

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If we both play to our baseline,

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right? We both play perfectly to our baseline.

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Chris and David are likely gonna win most of those matches.

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That's just objective reality that we have to deal with.

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Now, can we beat them?

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Sure. We would have to play out of our minds way

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above our baseline,

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and they would probably have to stumble a little bit.

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Then we have a chance of beating 'em.

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That's how,

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that's how the game is played,

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right? When you have a a,

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you know,

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a baseline difference that is as big as,

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as that one potentially,

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right? Is not potentially as that one in reality.

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And why,

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why is that different?

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Well, I know that David and Chris work a lot at

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their game,

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right? They,

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they work hard,

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and we gotta respect that.

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We have to applaud it and we have to celebrate it

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and say,

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that's great that you guys are doing that.

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I, on the other hand,

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spend most of my time doing this.

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I record podcasts,

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I'm writing the book,

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you know,

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doing the YouTube stuff and also our,

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our internal teaching,

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our academy work,

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right? We have a a,

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we have a live game study coming up,

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which I'll mention to you in a second that you can

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join us at.

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But basically,

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you know,

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we have all of these things.

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That's where I spend my time,

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okay? I don't spend my time out there drilling and playing

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tournaments and playing,

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you know,

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competitive rec matches and things like that,

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that get ready for tournaments.

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That's my choice.

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So, so my baseline,

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I can't expect my baseline to be the same as Dave

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and Chris,

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I should say.

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Stephanie still has a full-time job,

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right? And so she,

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and she does a lot of I-P-T-P-A certifications to certify other

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coaches throughout the country.

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So the point is,

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you know,

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it's fine.

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In other words,

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I mean,

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just have to deal with reality.

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Our baseline and their baseline is gonna be different.

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And Stephanie and I had a nice conversation after the open

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or after our day when we were talking about the day

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and we had this conversation.

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I think it really helped,

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right? To say,

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okay, let's look at the relative baselines and say,

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you know,

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it's just,

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it's just,

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that's the,

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that's the reality we have to deal with.

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And I would say relative to our baseline,

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I thought that in that match,

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even though the score wasn't fantastic,

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we played competitively and we played well relative to our baseline.

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So watch those two traps.

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One is the theoretical baseline and the other one is this

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comparative baseline,

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if you will,

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right? Where I'm comparing myself to somebody else.

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And you'll better be able to use the baseline.

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In the riff I'm going to share with you,

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I wanna share with you a particular story about the U

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us Open.

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It has to do with hybrid Pickleball where you play with

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a wheelchair player,

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one wheelchair player,

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one standing player.

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It was really eye-opening and exciting.

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And I wanna share with you some le lessons that I

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took away from that experience.

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Before I do that,

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I wanted to let you know that we do have a

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live game study coming up this week.

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So the week after you're hearing this,

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the, the,

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it's the May 1st,

561
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May 8th,

562
00:14:40,070 --> 00:14:41,050
and May 13th,

563
00:14:41,050 --> 00:14:42,650
I think are the dates.

564
00:14:42,650 --> 00:14:44,410
Anyway, you'll see the dates when you go to the website.

565
00:14:44,410 --> 00:14:45,410
I'll put a link down below it.

566
00:14:45,410 --> 00:14:47,130
You can check those out.

567
00:14:47,250 --> 00:14:48,210
This is a,

568
00:14:48,210 --> 00:14:51,530
we don't do these that often just because of time commitments,

569
00:14:51,530 --> 00:14:52,290
But it's basically,

570
00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:54,010
I'm coming into a room,

571
00:14:54,010 --> 00:14:55,370
a zoom room with you.

572
00:14:55,750 --> 00:14:58,690
We're gonna put up a match and I'm going to start

573
00:14:58,490 --> 00:14:58,690
the match,

574
00:14:58,710 --> 00:15:00,610
and I'm going to tell you what is going on during

575
00:15:00,610 --> 00:15:00,930
the match.

576
00:15:00,930 --> 00:15:04,810
We'll talk about mechanical areas that are good and could be

577
00:15:04,810 --> 00:15:07,570
better. We're gonna talk about strategic areas the same way.

578
00:15:07,570 --> 00:15:10,010
We'll foc we'll find some nuggets that are like,

579
00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:10,690
this is really awesome.

580
00:15:10,740 --> 00:15:11,690
We'll find some stuff that,

581
00:15:11,690 --> 00:15:12,930
okay, this could have been done better.

582
00:15:12,930 --> 00:15:13,530
And here's why.

583
00:15:13,950 --> 00:15:14,730
If you have questions,

584
00:15:14,730 --> 00:15:15,770
you get to ask me the questions.

585
00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:16,690
It's a lot of fun.

586
00:15:17,050 --> 00:15:18,770
If you like Pickleball and you want to grow your game,

587
00:15:18,770 --> 00:15:20,610
game studies are an amazing way to do that.

588
00:15:20,710 --> 00:15:22,850
So join us for that class.

589
00:15:22,850 --> 00:15:23,730
You can join us for one session,

590
00:15:24,350 --> 00:15:24,930
two sessions,

591
00:15:24,930 --> 00:15:25,330
or you want,

592
00:15:25,330 --> 00:15:26,090
you can join us for all three.

593
00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:27,850
Then you get the most out of the process.

594
00:15:28,070 --> 00:15:28,890
So, all right,

595
00:15:28,890 --> 00:15:29,690
let's jump into,

596
00:15:30,050 --> 00:15:30,650
lemme tell you,

597
00:15:30,670 --> 00:15:32,250
and let's jump about the riff and I'll tell you about

598
00:15:32,250 --> 00:15:34,250
what happened during the US Open in the hybrid division.

599
00:15:35,250 --> 00:15:37,730
I had the pleasure of playing with Ken Dumond.

600
00:15:38,850 --> 00:15:41,210
I got to meet him briefly at last year's US Open

601
00:15:42,330 --> 00:15:43,210
Stephanie Lane,

602
00:15:43,490 --> 00:15:45,570
who's part of our Better Pickleball team and helping us with

603
00:15:45,850 --> 00:15:47,370
some coaching programs that we have going on,

604
00:15:48,030 --> 00:15:50,210
has known him virtually her whole life,

605
00:15:50,210 --> 00:15:50,850
like 40 years.

606
00:15:51,590 --> 00:15:54,050
And, and anyway,

607
00:15:54,070 --> 00:15:54,690
so she,

608
00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,330
what happened was this year he had a partner lined up

609
00:15:57,330 --> 00:15:59,330
for the opener for the hybrid that his partner couldn't,

610
00:15:59,330 --> 00:16:00,050
wasn't able to make it.

611
00:16:00,470 --> 00:16:01,650
So he,

612
00:16:02,070 --> 00:16:02,890
he talked to Stephanie.

613
00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:05,770
Stephanie suggested that he reached out to me and I was

614
00:16:05,770 --> 00:16:06,770
more than happy to do it.

615
00:16:06,770 --> 00:16:07,210
And I'm,

616
00:16:07,270 --> 00:16:09,530
I'm really so happy that I agreed to do it.

617
00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:11,170
Just to give you context,

618
00:16:11,820 --> 00:16:12,930
about four years ago,

619
00:16:13,090 --> 00:16:14,490
I had been at the five years ago,

620
00:16:14,690 --> 00:16:15,410
actually in 2019,

621
00:16:15,890 --> 00:16:18,570
I had been at the open early and they had a

622
00:16:18,570 --> 00:16:19,650
wheelchair exhibition match.

623
00:16:20,350 --> 00:16:21,450
Ken wasn't there at the time,

624
00:16:21,690 --> 00:16:22,130
'cause Ken only,

625
00:16:22,340 --> 00:16:23,370
Ken's been playing about two years,

626
00:16:24,090 --> 00:16:25,330
but there were four gentlemen playing,

627
00:16:25,870 --> 00:16:26,530
two from Canada,

628
00:16:26,670 --> 00:16:27,930
two from from the us.

629
00:16:28,430 --> 00:16:29,530
And the,

630
00:16:30,050 --> 00:16:34,050
I was just fascinated with the sport and the strategy that

631
00:16:34,050 --> 00:16:34,530
went into it.

632
00:16:34,530 --> 00:16:35,290
And just watching,

633
00:16:35,350 --> 00:16:35,650
you know,

634
00:16:35,650 --> 00:16:36,930
those gentlemen out there competing.

635
00:16:37,310 --> 00:16:39,210
And so I asked John,

636
00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:39,730
Fran saw,

637
00:16:39,730 --> 00:16:40,250
and Philippe,

638
00:16:40,610 --> 00:16:41,730
who were the two gentlemen from Canada,

639
00:16:41,940 --> 00:16:42,930
after they were playing,

640
00:16:43,270 --> 00:16:44,130
if down playing it,

641
00:16:44,130 --> 00:16:46,210
they would do some videos with me for YouTube to show

642
00:16:46,810 --> 00:16:48,410
wheelchair Pickleball ballers,

643
00:16:48,430 --> 00:16:49,450
how to play Pickleball.

644
00:16:49,470 --> 00:16:50,490
So we shot some videos,

645
00:16:50,490 --> 00:16:52,410
they're still on the YouTube channel and into Pickle.

646
00:16:52,830 --> 00:16:53,410
And so I,

647
00:16:53,470 --> 00:16:53,730
you know,

648
00:16:53,730 --> 00:16:54,890
I've had an interest in,

649
00:16:55,110 --> 00:16:56,890
in wheelchair Pickleball.

650
00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,170
Sometimes we're just para Pickleball,

651
00:16:59,170 --> 00:17:01,450
but I think the current terminology is more wheelchair Pickleball.

652
00:17:01,450 --> 00:17:02,490
So in terms of wheelchair,

653
00:17:02,490 --> 00:17:05,290
Pickleball and its growth 'cause just a beautiful way for players

654
00:17:05,390 --> 00:17:07,490
out there to be able to engage with this sport.

655
00:17:08,190 --> 00:17:09,890
And so anyway,

656
00:17:09,910 --> 00:17:10,650
so I get,

657
00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:11,730
I get there on Saturday,

658
00:17:11,740 --> 00:17:12,690
we're gonna play the hybrid.

659
00:17:12,750 --> 00:17:14,610
We had practiced a few times and I had gotten some

660
00:17:14,610 --> 00:17:15,370
ideas on the strategy,

661
00:17:15,990 --> 00:17:18,290
and I believe we went to,

662
00:17:18,350 --> 00:17:19,770
and we won our first two matches.

663
00:17:19,770 --> 00:17:22,010
Then we got knocked out by the gold medalist and then

664
00:17:22,490 --> 00:17:24,770
ended up losing to the fourth place team and the back

665
00:17:24,770 --> 00:17:25,690
draw and the semis.

666
00:17:25,950 --> 00:17:26,450
So we're in,

667
00:17:26,510 --> 00:17:27,490
we got the both semis,

668
00:17:27,490 --> 00:17:28,330
we got knocked out both times.

669
00:17:28,430 --> 00:17:29,290
And so we ended up,

670
00:17:29,290 --> 00:17:29,970
I think in fifth place.

671
00:17:30,530 --> 00:17:30,890
But it,

672
00:17:31,070 --> 00:17:32,810
the, the experience that I wanna share with you is,

673
00:17:33,740 --> 00:17:34,080
you know,

674
00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:34,720
it, what I,

675
00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,920
what I really enjoyed about it was it was a little

676
00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,000
different than other US open brackets that I played in,

677
00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,840
because all the batches are played in the same,

678
00:17:40,980 --> 00:17:41,840
on the same courts.

679
00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:45,400
So we go back to the courts 54 through 59,

680
00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:45,920
something like that,

681
00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:47,000
and we play on those courts.

682
00:17:47,220 --> 00:17:48,520
So we're all together the whole,

683
00:17:48,950 --> 00:17:49,810
the for the duration,

684
00:17:49,810 --> 00:17:50,610
which I think is awesome.

685
00:17:51,710 --> 00:17:54,930
But what I loved about it was every player went out

686
00:17:54,930 --> 00:17:55,610
there and gave their,

687
00:17:55,610 --> 00:17:56,010
all right,

688
00:17:56,030 --> 00:17:56,770
we all went out there.

689
00:17:56,850 --> 00:17:57,090
I mean,

690
00:17:57,090 --> 00:17:58,970
we had one,

691
00:17:59,110 --> 00:17:59,610
one player,

692
00:18:00,230 --> 00:18:01,850
one wheelchair player that I was playing against,

693
00:18:02,350 --> 00:18:04,570
got hit on the nose with the ball during the know,

694
00:18:04,570 --> 00:18:06,810
off the bounce on a hard serve that popped them into

695
00:18:06,810 --> 00:18:07,370
her nose.

696
00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:08,690
That was,

697
00:18:08,690 --> 00:18:08,930
you know,

698
00:18:08,950 --> 00:18:09,610
we were kind of,

699
00:18:09,990 --> 00:18:10,530
she was okay,

700
00:18:10,530 --> 00:18:10,890
but you know,

701
00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:11,530
that that was,

702
00:18:11,590 --> 00:18:14,050
and then we had another player later on who like flipped

703
00:18:14,050 --> 00:18:17,170
backward on the chair because getting ball that was far away

704
00:18:17,170 --> 00:18:17,450
from him.

705
00:18:18,310 --> 00:18:20,250
So everybody's out there leaving everything on the court,

706
00:18:20,250 --> 00:18:20,850
literally blood,

707
00:18:20,850 --> 00:18:21,610
sweat, and tears on the court.

708
00:18:21,610 --> 00:18:22,770
We're all the standing players,

709
00:18:22,790 --> 00:18:23,530
the wheelchair players,

710
00:18:23,530 --> 00:18:25,530
we're all fighting as hard as we can to compete,

711
00:18:26,950 --> 00:18:28,450
but at the same time,

712
00:18:29,180 --> 00:18:31,770
we're not losing perspective of the game,

713
00:18:32,220 --> 00:18:35,130
right? We're not losing perspective of that.

714
00:18:35,130 --> 00:18:36,170
We're out there playing Pickleball,

715
00:18:36,510 --> 00:18:36,810
you know,

716
00:18:36,810 --> 00:18:37,770
we're talking with each other.

717
00:18:37,940 --> 00:18:38,690
We're, we're,

718
00:18:39,070 --> 00:18:39,330
you know,

719
00:18:39,330 --> 00:18:40,490
we're, we're high fiving,

720
00:18:40,490 --> 00:18:41,650
we're hugging at the end.

721
00:18:41,650 --> 00:18:42,170
We're, I mean,

722
00:18:42,170 --> 00:18:43,250
there's all this stuff that it's,

723
00:18:43,250 --> 00:18:47,770
it's, it's like everything that's great about Pickleball awesome competition,

724
00:18:47,910 --> 00:18:48,210
you know,

725
00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,410
just battling out there,

726
00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:50,090
just, just,

727
00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:51,810
just like I said,

728
00:18:51,810 --> 00:18:54,580
just giving everything right while at the same time,

729
00:18:55,460 --> 00:18:56,300
enjoying the camaraderie,

730
00:18:56,580 --> 00:18:59,580
enjoying the spirit of Pickleball that I think,

731
00:18:59,680 --> 00:18:59,940
you know,

732
00:18:59,940 --> 00:19:01,380
sometimes, you know,

733
00:19:01,380 --> 00:19:02,180
it gets lost a little bit.

734
00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:02,540
You know,

735
00:19:02,750 --> 00:19:03,300
we've been playing,

736
00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:03,700
you know,

737
00:19:03,980 --> 00:19:05,820
a lot of us have been playing for many years now.

738
00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:07,180
Clicks form,

739
00:19:07,820 --> 00:19:08,420
things like that.

740
00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:08,900
And okay,

741
00:19:08,900 --> 00:19:09,580
some of that's okay.

742
00:19:09,660 --> 00:19:09,860
I mean,

743
00:19:09,860 --> 00:19:11,780
that's fine to play with your friends and things like that,

744
00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:13,060
but at the end of the day,

745
00:19:13,060 --> 00:19:13,300
you know,

746
00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:15,460
let's not forget the bigger picture of Pickleball.

747
00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:15,860
You know,

748
00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:16,940
and, and I'll,

749
00:19:16,970 --> 00:19:18,300
I'll issue this little challenge for you.

750
00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:19,860
We've talked about it in prior episodes.

751
00:19:21,010 --> 00:19:21,310
You know,

752
00:19:21,310 --> 00:19:22,670
when you're thinking about who to,

753
00:19:23,450 --> 00:19:24,870
who to invite to play Pickleball,

754
00:19:24,870 --> 00:19:26,150
right? Who to put the,

755
00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:28,630
whose hand to put the paddle in,

756
00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:29,950
don't overlook.

757
00:19:29,950 --> 00:19:30,950
Friends of yours,

758
00:19:31,550 --> 00:19:32,430
relatives, acquaintances,

759
00:19:32,430 --> 00:19:35,390
things like that who may be in a wheelchair or may

760
00:19:35,390 --> 00:19:35,670
have a,

761
00:19:35,790 --> 00:19:36,750
a physical disability.

762
00:19:37,350 --> 00:19:37,630
In fact,

763
00:19:37,770 --> 00:19:38,310
Ken, my,

764
00:19:38,570 --> 00:19:41,350
my US open partner got introduced to the court and,

765
00:19:41,410 --> 00:19:41,830
and sorry,

766
00:19:41,830 --> 00:19:43,790
in country to the game by Stephanie,

767
00:19:44,130 --> 00:19:44,910
our mutual friend.

768
00:19:45,570 --> 00:19:46,950
She a few years back,

769
00:19:46,950 --> 00:19:48,470
just put a paddle in his hand one day and said,

770
00:19:48,470 --> 00:19:49,510
let's go hit some balls.

771
00:19:50,130 --> 00:19:52,590
And I believe the story was he played for like three

772
00:19:52,590 --> 00:19:54,230
hours and it was hooked.

773
00:19:54,410 --> 00:19:55,230
And ever since then,

774
00:19:55,230 --> 00:19:56,750
it's become a really big part of his life.

775
00:19:56,930 --> 00:19:57,190
You know,

776
00:19:57,190 --> 00:19:58,350
it's a big part of his life.

777
00:19:58,350 --> 00:19:58,710
It's not,

778
00:19:58,890 --> 00:20:00,470
it is not trivial activity frame.

779
00:20:01,010 --> 00:20:02,070
And so again,

780
00:20:02,070 --> 00:20:04,150
when you think about the sport and you think about,

781
00:20:04,410 --> 00:20:04,710
you know,

782
00:20:04,710 --> 00:20:06,510
is there someone in my life who I could share this

783
00:20:06,510 --> 00:20:07,510
with? You know,

784
00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:08,230
broaden your,

785
00:20:08,230 --> 00:20:08,910
maybe broaden your,

786
00:20:08,970 --> 00:20:09,670
the scope of,

787
00:20:09,930 --> 00:20:11,190
of who you might share it with,

788
00:20:11,470 --> 00:20:13,190
including folks who are in wheelchair.

789
00:20:13,250 --> 00:20:14,550
So, alright,

790
00:20:14,550 --> 00:20:15,590
that's this week's podcast.

791
00:20:16,110 --> 00:20:17,110
I hope you enjoyed it.

792
00:20:17,430 --> 00:20:18,390
Again, if you're,

793
00:20:18,610 --> 00:20:20,150
if you want to do a game study,

794
00:20:20,340 --> 00:20:21,310
it's an awesome opportunity.

795
00:20:21,310 --> 00:20:21,910
These are live,

796
00:20:21,910 --> 00:20:22,790
there's no replays.

797
00:20:22,790 --> 00:20:25,030
You just come in and we talk Pickleball.

798
00:20:25,030 --> 00:20:28,070
It's an amazing experience and I look forward to seeing some

799
00:20:28,070 --> 00:20:29,990
of you all at the live game study.

800
00:20:29,990 --> 00:20:32,530
Again, I'll put a link down below if I don't see

801
00:20:32,530 --> 00:20:32,810
you there,

802
00:20:33,070 --> 00:20:33,690
no problems.

803
00:20:33,690 --> 00:20:36,370
We will see you next week at a regularly scheduled podcast

804
00:20:36,670 --> 00:20:37,570
of Pickleball Therapy.

805
00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:39,210
Rate and review it,

806
00:20:39,210 --> 00:20:39,850
share with your friends.

807
00:20:39,870 --> 00:20:40,250
As always,

808
00:20:40,510 --> 00:20:41,370
if you enjoy the podcast,

809
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:42,370
they probably will too.

810
00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,530
I'll every great week and I'll see you next time.