1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:01,720 Hello and welcome to pickleball Therapy, 2 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:03,880 the podcast dedicated to your pickleball improvement. 3 00:00:03,910 --> 00:00:07,600 We are recording on-site today, outside in the yard. 4 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:08,600 It's a beautiful scene. 5 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:10,560 If you check it out on YouTube, you'll see the background here. 6 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:14,010 It's just how you're not going to sit out here when it's a day like today. 7 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:15,080 It's a little warm down here in Florida, 8 00:00:15,110 --> 00:00:19,000 but not too shabby in the morning anyway in the shade. 9 00:00:19,030 --> 00:00:22,080 We're going to do it outdoor and enjoy this beautiful outdoor. 10 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:23,200 You may hear some birds in the background. 11 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:24,500 You may hear some wind wrestling. 12 00:00:24,530 --> 00:00:26,640 I think that's consistent with the theme 13 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,880 of the Pickleball Therapy podcast because it's all about our minds. 14 00:00:28,900 --> 00:00:31,720 It's all about being be Zen-like when we play pickleball. 15 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:32,900 That's the idea anyway. 16 00:00:32,930 --> 00:00:34,240 I'm your host, Tony Roy. 17 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:35,480 It's a pleasure to be with you. 18 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:37,360 I am the host of this weekly podcast, 19 00:00:37,390 --> 00:00:41,500 again, dedicated to your pickleball and in particular, your mind. 20 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,360 Before we get started today, today, we're going to be talking about... 21 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:44,840 Actually, let me tell you what we're going 22 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,700 to talk about, and then I'll tell you a couple of housekeeping notes. 23 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,280 First of all, we're going to talk about the third shot drop, and we're going to 24 00:00:50,310 --> 00:00:55,020 use the third shot drop as a way of thinking about the 25 00:00:55,050 --> 00:00:58,940 process of becoming as good of a pickleball player as we want, right? 26 00:00:58,970 --> 00:01:02,060 In other words, the idea that as we 27 00:01:02,090 --> 00:01:06,200 improve, as we get better, there are certain things that we're going to want to 28 00:01:06,230 --> 00:01:11,320 focus on, and certain things that perhaps are not as important to our development. 29 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:13,460 Not an important, that's not the right phrase, as you'll see. 30 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:15,560 More in terms of the order of things. 31 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:16,760 It's a car and a horse situation, and 32 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,570 we're going to use a third shot drop as our focus on that. 33 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:24,040 Then the RIF, I'm going to share with you a recent interview, some words from a 34 00:01:24,070 --> 00:01:28,740 recent interview that Roger Federer gave, one of the all-time greats in tennis, 35 00:01:28,770 --> 00:01:34,280 talked about his success as a player, but also framing it in a better way. 36 00:01:34,310 --> 00:01:36,640 I think it really helped us as players. 37 00:01:36,670 --> 00:01:38,420 We'll talk about that in the RIF. 38 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,200 Before we get into that, a shout out. 39 00:01:40,230 --> 00:01:42,440 I appreciate the reviews. 40 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,160 If you listen to the podcast, you already know that we always ask you to rate and 41 00:01:45,190 --> 00:01:49,100 review the podcast if you can, because it helps us reach a lot of players. 42 00:01:49,130 --> 00:01:51,210 In fact, perhaps you found the podcast 43 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:56,400 because you went to a podcast platform and you typed in Pickleball or 44 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,180 pickleball podcast, and you were shown this is one option. 45 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,920 That happens because It's the algorithm, we don't control that. 46 00:02:01,950 --> 00:02:06,180 The algorithm likes ratings and reviews. 47 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,100 If you can do that, that would really help us reach other players. 48 00:02:09,130 --> 00:02:12,340 This comes from Sisipho, is the name on 49 00:02:12,370 --> 00:02:18,170 the review, back from About a month or so ago, a month ago, May '22. 50 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,080 Pickleball Therapy has made a tremendous difference for me with my game. 51 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:23,200 I listen to it every week, and often we'll 52 00:02:23,230 --> 00:02:28,060 relisten to certain podcasts when driving to my pickleball courts to help 53 00:02:28,090 --> 00:02:32,880 to mentally prepare for my Tony is clear, concise, and has a no-nonsense way to 54 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,100 tackle topics related to the game of pickleball. 55 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:36,760 I've recently joined the pickleball system 56 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,040 this past March, and I'm attending the better pickleball camp in New York City. 57 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,340 As I write this, my game is improving all around, and I am a believer. 58 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,120 I appreciate the review and appreciate the 59 00:02:45,150 --> 00:02:49,180 A shout out for other teaching tools, the system in the camps. 60 00:02:49,210 --> 00:02:52,160 We do what we do because we want to try 61 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,300 and help as many pickleball players as possible. 62 00:02:54,330 --> 00:02:57,560 It's always great to hear that it's having an impact. 63 00:02:57,590 --> 00:02:59,580 So thank you very much for that rating. 64 00:02:59,610 --> 00:03:02,560 As As we dive into the substance of the 65 00:03:02,590 --> 00:03:07,800 podcast, actually, I meant to say, if you throw out a rating, I will do my best to 66 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,640 share it from time to time with a shoutout. 67 00:03:09,670 --> 00:03:14,340 So leave us a rating, and I will share it with you in a future podcast. 68 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,280 As we Coming to the podcast, be on the look out for the summit. 69 00:03:16,310 --> 00:03:18,540 We have the summit coming up 70 00:03:18,570 --> 00:03:22,920 in a few weeks, and it's exciting, really exciting summit. 71 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:24,520 The presentations are going to be amazing. 72 00:03:24,550 --> 00:03:26,340 The list of presenters is awesome. 73 00:03:26,370 --> 00:03:28,700 The topics covered are really excellent. 74 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,080 They're really going to help your game. 75 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:33,280 Plus, it's just a fun, exciting, pickleball event. 76 00:03:33,310 --> 00:03:35,900 It's all online, so you can attend from anywhere. 77 00:03:35,930 --> 00:03:39,100 You do need a ticket, so you'll need to register for the event. 78 00:03:39,130 --> 00:03:40,320 The tickets are free. 79 00:03:40,330 --> 00:03:44,080 If you do want to take it a step further, we have an all-access pass you can 80 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,360 purchase as part of the summit, but that is entirely your choice. 81 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,040 So not a prerequisite to attending the 82 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,740 summit, only if you want more from the summit, including the journals library. 83 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:53,640 If you're on an email list, you'll find out more about it. 84 00:03:53,670 --> 00:03:56,540 If you're not on an email list, I don't know what to say. 85 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,920 But get on the email list, but also you go to thepickleballsummit. 86 00:03:58,950 --> 00:04:02,780 Com, and find out more information there about the summit. 87 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:06,780 All right, let's dive into this third shot drop. 88 00:04:06,810 --> 00:04:11,340 And really what I want to tackle is I want to tackle the idea of overwhelm, of 89 00:04:11,370 --> 00:04:14,700 potentially be getting overwhelmed as pickleball players. 90 00:04:14,730 --> 00:04:19,280 What happens is we want to get better. 91 00:04:19,300 --> 00:04:21,640 We want to play better. We want to learn more. 92 00:04:21,660 --> 00:04:24,220 We want to feel more confident in our games. 93 00:04:24,250 --> 00:04:27,280 And so what do we do? 94 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,160 I'm going to use the third shot drop because it gives us a very concrete 95 00:04:30,190 --> 00:04:35,620 concrete area to talk about and to show you or to hopefully share with you 96 00:04:35,650 --> 00:04:40,660 some of the pitfalls that can happen from chasing shots and chasing concepts. 97 00:04:40,690 --> 00:04:44,660 When we start playing pickleball, we all hear about the third shot drop. 98 00:04:44,690 --> 00:04:47,880 It's the paradigm. It's the shot of our game. 99 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,620 It's the shot that defines our game more than anything else. 100 00:04:50,650 --> 00:04:54,800 We're the only sport that has a third shot drop that I'm aware of. 101 00:04:54,830 --> 00:04:56,820 It's us. It's pickleball. 102 00:04:56,840 --> 00:05:00,000 We hear about this third shot drop, and so 103 00:05:00,030 --> 00:05:04,560 So naturally, we hear it's important, and it is, and I'll explain this in a second, 104 00:05:04,580 --> 00:05:07,380 a little more as we go through this, but it is important. 105 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,240 But we hear about third shot drop. We hear it's important. 106 00:05:09,270 --> 00:05:10,860 So what do we do? 107 00:05:10,890 --> 00:05:12,840 We go running after a third shot drop. 108 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:15,940 We're like, Okay, I need to learn how to hit the third shot drop. 109 00:05:15,970 --> 00:05:17,600 But here's the thing. 110 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,220 To use the third shot drop, 111 00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:23,860 you need a lot more than just how to hit a third shot drop. 112 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:26,520 You need to have shot recognition. 113 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,200 You need to know about court position. 114 00:05:28,230 --> 00:05:30,580 You need to know about angle coverage as a team. 115 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,800 You need to know how to move, when to 116 00:05:32,830 --> 00:05:36,960 move, and how to move as a unit, potentially. 117 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,480 As a unit, it could mean separately or 118 00:05:38,510 --> 00:05:42,100 together, but you need to move in a concerted way as a team. 119 00:05:42,130 --> 00:05:47,300 There's just a lot more to the third shot drop than, Okay, I know how to drop it. 120 00:05:47,330 --> 00:05:48,580 I can drop it. 121 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,780 There's also some other strategies unlike drive versus drop. 122 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,380 There's different types of drops. 123 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,240 That's the other thing, too, is that when 124 00:05:57,270 --> 00:06:01,720 we hear about a third shot drop, most players picture the textbook third shot 125 00:06:01,750 --> 00:06:04,900 drop where it just goes up and bounces in the non-volley zone. 126 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,820 That's a great shot, but you need to know how to use that shot. 127 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:09,960 There's other types of third shot drops 128 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,940 you can hit that might be more effective depending on your level. 129 00:06:12,970 --> 00:06:19,700 This is where I always embrace the complexity of our sport 130 00:06:19,730 --> 00:06:25,160 because if our sport was not complex, then it'd be boring. 131 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:26,640 Why am I going to do that again? 132 00:06:26,670 --> 00:06:29,540 It's no fun, no challenge. 133 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,680 Pickle has a lot of layers to it, has a lot of complexities to it. 134 00:06:32,710 --> 00:06:35,300 The third shot drop is one of those areas, 135 00:06:35,330 --> 00:06:41,000 where there's a lot of small pieces that when you put them all together, allow 136 00:06:41,030 --> 00:06:46,080 you to use a third shot drop effectively and successfully. 137 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,180 Anyway, the complexity is something we embrace. 138 00:06:50,210 --> 00:06:52,680 The question now is, 139 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:58,980 okay, if the third shot drop is important, shouldn't I go after it? 140 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,680 I would suggest to you for the vast majority of players, I'm talking the vast 141 00:07:02,710 --> 00:07:07,400 majority, I'm going to be a little conservative here. 142 00:07:07,420 --> 00:07:09,740 I would go higher, but let me be conservative. 143 00:07:09,770 --> 00:07:12,060 Eighty % of players out there 144 00:07:12,090 --> 00:07:17,020 do not need an effective third shot drop to play better and to win more. 145 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,380 Just not necessary. 146 00:07:18,410 --> 00:07:21,220 For most players out there, 147 00:07:21,250 --> 00:07:26,960 way more important than learning how to hit the third shot drop is 148 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:32,260 learning to recognize when they're moving at the wrong time. 149 00:07:32,290 --> 00:07:33,540 That's the first step. 150 00:07:33,570 --> 00:07:36,180 Here's the thing, you're going to need that anyway. 151 00:07:36,210 --> 00:07:38,460 You're going to need to know how to move 152 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,700 in order to use that third shot drop that you want to work on. 153 00:07:42,730 --> 00:07:47,140 What we suggest is flip it around, flip the script on it. 154 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,880 If you want to think about it in terms of cart and a horse, I mentioned that 155 00:07:49,910 --> 00:07:54,820 earlier, cart and a horse, don't put the cart before the horse. 156 00:07:54,850 --> 00:07:59,980 Meaning, don't put the shot before the movement. 157 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,240 Because here's the thing, you need the movement anyway in order for the third 158 00:08:03,270 --> 00:08:07,400 shot drop to be successful or to be effective for you. 159 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:13,100 If you learn the movement first instead of second, you will gain value from it now. 160 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:14,480 In other words, you can keep hitting the 161 00:08:14,510 --> 00:08:16,820 shots the exact same way you're hitting them. 162 00:08:16,850 --> 00:08:18,920 But by learning how to move better, you 163 00:08:18,950 --> 00:08:26,740 will remove some of the downsides to your shots not being perfect yet. 164 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,480 Again, you need it anyway, even if you 165 00:08:28,510 --> 00:08:32,240 have perfect third shot We actually did a video. 166 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,920 Well, it made me think about this. We did a video on the IntuPickle channel. 167 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:36,260 You're welcome to check that out. 168 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,040 I'll look at the title as we go through 169 00:08:38,060 --> 00:08:41,020 this podcast, and I'll share it with you in a second. 170 00:08:41,050 --> 00:08:46,320 But we did a video where basically the idea was to demonstrate a couple of 171 00:08:46,350 --> 00:08:52,940 different third shots, and how they worked in the... 172 00:08:52,970 --> 00:08:56,280 How they compared, I should say. 173 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,320 There was one that was the textbook third 174 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,580 shot that you see it and you go, Oh, my God, that's a perfect third shot drop. 175 00:09:01,610 --> 00:09:03,520 How do I get that shot? 176 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,400 But the team ends up losing the rally 177 00:09:05,430 --> 00:09:09,040 because their movement is not correct given the shot. 178 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:10,280 They didn't move correctly, and so they 179 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,380 opened up a gap and they got attacked, which is shown in the video. 180 00:09:13,410 --> 00:09:14,760 They're a very good team. 181 00:09:14,790 --> 00:09:19,260 It's a 3-5 gold medal match at the US Open, so very good 3-5 players. 182 00:09:19,290 --> 00:09:22,080 When you're seeing any level at US Open or 183 00:09:22,110 --> 00:09:28,500 Nationals, those are very good players at their level, at the top of their level. 184 00:09:28,530 --> 00:09:30,020 It's a very good team. 185 00:09:30,050 --> 00:09:32,380 They have that one rally. 186 00:09:32,410 --> 00:09:35,280 Then the next rally, they have a rally 187 00:09:35,310 --> 00:09:41,260 where it's not the perfect third shot drop, but they keep working. 188 00:09:41,290 --> 00:09:47,520 They keep working the rally, you could 189 00:09:47,550 --> 00:09:53,620 argue from not a great position, but from a position that's effective. 190 00:09:53,650 --> 00:09:56,520 They end up winning the rally, winning the point. 191 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:57,540 They're on the serve team. 192 00:09:57,560 --> 00:09:59,780 They end up winning the rally, winning the point. 193 00:09:59,810 --> 00:10:04,100 Because in that rally, they moved better. 194 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:05,380 Their shots were not better. 195 00:10:05,410 --> 00:10:09,460 Their shots were not as good as in the first rally that they lost. 196 00:10:09,490 --> 00:10:12,740 Their shots were not as good, but their court position was better. 197 00:10:12,770 --> 00:10:13,940 And so what that 198 00:10:13,970 --> 00:10:20,500 video was aimed to demonstrate was the advantage of understanding movement 199 00:10:20,530 --> 00:10:24,840 over the advantage of hitting perfect third shot drops. 200 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:31,040 I think the difficulty for players is that it's been so ingrained faint in us that we 201 00:10:31,060 --> 00:10:35,240 need a third shot drop in order to play good pickle ball that we lose sight of the 202 00:10:35,270 --> 00:10:39,940 big picture of what's going to work for us. 203 00:10:39,970 --> 00:10:43,320 If you're a system member, you know that 204 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,200 you're familiar with this terminology, but this is why we talk all the time about 205 00:10:46,230 --> 00:10:48,940 framework, about understanding framework of pickleball. 206 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,440 Because once you understand the framework, you can see the game, the bigger picture 207 00:10:52,470 --> 00:10:58,280 of it, then you're able to suss out strategies and shots in the order 208 00:10:58,310 --> 00:11:02,420 that makes sense for where you're at in the game. 209 00:11:02,450 --> 00:11:07,640 And generally speaking, for the third shot drop, again, for 80% plus of players out 210 00:11:07,670 --> 00:11:12,200 there, it's going to be more beneficial for you to focus on where you are in the 211 00:11:12,230 --> 00:11:16,660 court, your court position, more than the actual shot that you're hitting. 212 00:11:16,690 --> 00:11:18,280 And the example that... 213 00:11:18,310 --> 00:11:20,680 Not the example, but I guess it is an 214 00:11:20,710 --> 00:11:26,780 example that I like to share with players is, if you're getting smashed with a ball 215 00:11:26,810 --> 00:11:31,860 early, so remember, let's play this out a Let's unpack it a little bit. 216 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:33,360 You're on the serve side, because you're 217 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,300 hitting the third shot from the serve side. 218 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,020 So your team is. So you're on the serve side. 219 00:11:38,050 --> 00:11:40,200 If you are getting smashed with a ball on 220 00:11:40,230 --> 00:11:45,000 the fourth, so your team hit the third, and then the 221 00:11:45,030 --> 00:11:51,380 fourth comes back hot and you're getting smashed, it is not a problem of the shot. 222 00:11:51,410 --> 00:11:54,620 It is a problem of your position on the court. 223 00:11:54,650 --> 00:12:00,240 It's where you have put your body on the court that created the possibility of you 224 00:12:00,270 --> 00:12:05,200 getting smashed with a ball early in a rally, in this case on the fourth shot. 225 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:08,900 And that's something that you can explore as a player. 226 00:12:08,930 --> 00:12:13,860 In those, are you in the right place given the shot that occurred? 227 00:12:13,890 --> 00:12:17,860 And the tip I'm going to give you is this, if you want to work on this. 228 00:12:17,890 --> 00:12:24,720 The most important step here is actually recognition more than anything else. 229 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:25,780 It's first is recognizing 230 00:12:25,810 --> 00:12:29,700 that you're in the wrong place at the time you got smashed with the ball. 231 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:31,000 If When you get smashed for the ball 232 00:12:31,030 --> 00:12:36,500 early, so you're eating the plastic, early in a rally, ask yourself, 233 00:12:36,530 --> 00:12:40,140 Am I in the right place right now, given the circumstances? 234 00:12:40,170 --> 00:12:43,920 And if the answer is no, that's what you want to focus on. 235 00:12:43,950 --> 00:12:46,380 That's where you want to spend That's 236 00:12:46,410 --> 00:12:49,720 where you want to spend your focus and attention. 237 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:56,740 As you work on this, if you're not sure what to do, stay back on the serve side. 238 00:12:56,770 --> 00:12:59,260 If you're not sure what to do, stay back 239 00:12:59,290 --> 00:13:02,960 if you're on the serve and start recognizing when to move forward. 240 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,820 If you're certain you should move forward, by all means, go to it. 241 00:13:05,850 --> 00:13:09,460 But if you're not sure what to do, I would hang out back. 242 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:10,800 Because here's the thing, most of your 243 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,280 partners right now, most of the players you're playing with an open play and stuff 244 00:13:13,310 --> 00:13:18,580 like that, are not going to hit great third shots. 245 00:13:18,610 --> 00:13:20,820 And so guess who's going to eat the ball? 246 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,660 You, because you're putting your body in the wrong position. 247 00:13:23,690 --> 00:13:26,900 So I use this as an example 248 00:13:26,930 --> 00:13:34,860 of how to figure out the right layering for the right layering for 249 00:13:34,890 --> 00:13:40,420 yourself as a player in terms of what is it appropriate for you to learn now? 250 00:13:40,450 --> 00:13:42,920 Then we went into detail on the third 251 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,760 shot, but this applies to every other part of the game, too. 252 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,660 I'm working on this, I'm working on that, I'm working on spins. 253 00:13:48,690 --> 00:13:51,540 A lot of players can hit 254 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:54,420 10 dinks in a row without missing, but they're working on their spins. 255 00:13:54,450 --> 00:13:56,340 Not probably a good use of time. 256 00:13:56,370 --> 00:14:02,060 Here's the tricky part of this is, okay, How do I know what to work on? 257 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,860 How do I know what to work on 258 00:14:04,890 --> 00:14:12,260 in my game if I don't have a mentor, I don't have a guide? 259 00:14:12,290 --> 00:14:14,600 That's a great question. 260 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,200 That's why we feel so strongly about the work that we do inside the pickleball 261 00:14:19,230 --> 00:14:23,320 system and the other coaching that we do, because we are always trying to do our 262 00:14:23,350 --> 00:14:28,200 best to share with you knowledge that will help you now, based on where you're at 263 00:14:28,230 --> 00:14:34,580 right now, not general statements like, You need a third shot drop, 264 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,040 and then you got to go off on your own, and good luck with that, because you're 265 00:14:38,070 --> 00:14:40,420 not sure whether it's right for you right now. 266 00:14:40,450 --> 00:14:46,160 That's a difficult thing to do in the abstract without a mentor or without a 267 00:14:46,190 --> 00:14:50,980 guide, and that's, again, why we spend so much time doing what we do. 268 00:14:51,010 --> 00:14:54,780 I wish I had more answers for you in terms of, Here's the automatic for you. 269 00:14:54,810 --> 00:14:59,380 The only step-by-step program that I'm aware of is our pickleball system. 270 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:00,520 I'm not trying to sell you the system. 271 00:15:00,550 --> 00:15:01,940 I'm just telling you facts. 272 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,340 There's no other step-by-step program that I'm aware of out there. 273 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:08,260 If you can find a good local coach, that's another possibility. 274 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:09,760 If you want to read more about the 275 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:13,440 learning process and how to use different pieces of information or different sources 276 00:15:13,470 --> 00:15:19,000 of information out there and some of the pros and cons, I believe it'll be 277 00:15:19,030 --> 00:15:22,640 published by the time that this podcast goes live. 278 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:24,060 I'll put a link in the show notes. 279 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:25,520 Otherwise, make sure you're on our email 280 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:31,460 list and you'll get notified when we put it live in our blog post ecosystem. 281 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,680 The video I promised you, it's in the In2Pickle channel. 282 00:15:33,710 --> 00:15:35,340 It was published. 283 00:15:35,370 --> 00:15:41,180 I'll get the date in a second, but it's called the Pickleball Third Shot Drop. 284 00:15:41,210 --> 00:15:43,220 You actually need to win. 285 00:15:43,250 --> 00:15:47,320 It's the Thumbnail says, It does not make sense, but it works. 286 00:15:47,350 --> 00:15:48,660 That's a cool thumbnail. 287 00:15:48,690 --> 00:15:51,700 I wish I could come up with something like that all the time. 288 00:15:51,730 --> 00:15:56,440 It went public, actually last year, November seventh, 2023. 289 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,320 It's been out for a little bit, but you 290 00:15:58,350 --> 00:16:02,700 can find that one on the In2Pickle channel and check that out at your convenience. 291 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,080 We're going to jump into the RIF. 292 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,160 I want to share with you these words from 293 00:16:05,190 --> 00:16:08,600 Roger Fedro that I have on my phone that my co-coach, C. 294 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:09,720 J. Johnson, shared with me. 295 00:16:09,750 --> 00:16:12,520 I think they're super valuable in terms of 296 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:16,080 framing ourselves and framing our expectations more realistically, because 297 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:20,020 that's the key to avoiding frustration is to have good expectations when we play. 298 00:16:20,050 --> 00:16:22,360 As we move into the RIF, I want to let you 299 00:16:22,390 --> 00:16:25,660 know that we have several academy courses coming out soon. 300 00:16:25,690 --> 00:16:27,920 If you're interested in continuing your 301 00:16:27,950 --> 00:16:31,840 growth as a pickleball player, but aren't ready to do the system, understand. 302 00:16:31,870 --> 00:16:35,740 The system can seem like it's a big step, and it is. 303 00:16:35,770 --> 00:16:38,160 It's intended to be, I should say, a big 304 00:16:38,190 --> 00:16:41,900 step because it's a big move forward for you. 305 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:43,800 The academy offers you more bite size, if 306 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,160 you want to think about that courses that you can look at. 307 00:16:46,190 --> 00:16:51,080 It also addresses specific areas like bangers, loggers, things like that. 308 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,520 If you're interested in those courses, go to our pickleballAcademy. 309 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,860 You can find it at betterpickleball. Com and just click on Academy. 310 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:57,640 All right, let me jump into the diff here. 311 00:16:57,670 --> 00:17:01,240 Roger Federer, He's really one of the greatest players of all time. 312 00:17:01,270 --> 00:17:05,420 You can have the debate whether he is the greatest male tennis player of all time. 313 00:17:05,450 --> 00:17:10,530 That's an open question, but he certainly is one of the top ones. 314 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,600 He talks about tennis being brutal, and 315 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,500 there's no getting around the fact that every tournament ends the same way. 316 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:21,000 This is the interview he gave recently, 317 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,330 which I thought was really good in terms of state of mind. 318 00:17:23,360 --> 00:17:26,720 One player gets a trophy, every other player gets back on a plane, stairs out of 319 00:17:26,750 --> 00:17:31,010 the window and thinks, How the hell did I miss that shot? 320 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,920 Imagine that today, only one of you got a 321 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,600 degree, as he's doing a commencement speech. 322 00:17:35,630 --> 00:17:42,700 It's basically like this one survivor concept that we play with. 323 00:17:42,730 --> 00:17:47,660 Then he talks about In tennis, perfection is impossible. 324 00:17:47,690 --> 00:17:51,240 In the 1,526 singles matches I played in 325 00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:54,290 my career, I won almost 80% of those matches. 326 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:55,770 Now I have a question for you. 327 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,810 What percentage of points do you think I won in those matches? 328 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,620 Then he says, Only 54%. 329 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,320 In other words, even top-rank tennis 330 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:06,090 players win barely more than half of the points they play. 331 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:08,040 When you lose every second point on 332 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:09,660 average, you learn not to dwell on every shot. 333 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,040 You teach yourself to think, Okay, I double-faulted. 334 00:18:12,070 --> 00:18:13,290 It's only a point. 335 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:15,040 Okay, I came to the net and I got past again. 336 00:18:15,070 --> 00:18:16,180 It's only a point. 337 00:18:16,210 --> 00:18:18,160 Even a great shot, an overhead backhand 338 00:18:18,190 --> 00:18:23,500 smash that ends up on ESPN's top 10 playlist, that too is just a point. 339 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,520 Then he talks about life being bigger than 340 00:18:25,550 --> 00:18:30,520 the court, and he talks about a nonprofit that he started up, and about how he's 341 00:18:30,550 --> 00:18:33,860 helping children with education, which obviously is fantastic. 342 00:18:33,890 --> 00:18:38,320 But there's three points to this that I think are helpful to suss out. 343 00:18:38,350 --> 00:18:41,420 One is this idea of winner takes all. 344 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,960 We play pickleball with points, and no one's trying to change that. 345 00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:46,900 I'm not trying to make it Participation 346 00:18:46,930 --> 00:18:50,420 Trophy sport, that's not the nature of the sport. 347 00:18:50,450 --> 00:18:56,010 That said, we need to keep in mind the 348 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,680 idea that we're going to win every time, that we're always going to be the victor 349 00:18:58,710 --> 00:19:02,900 in every That session that we play and things like that is nonsensical. 350 00:19:02,930 --> 00:19:04,680 If we wanted to keep track of that, 351 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:09,660 there's very few players who can maintain a more 352 00:19:09,690 --> 00:19:15,160 than 50% winning average all the time if they're playing at level, because if 353 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:16,520 you're playing at level, it should be 50/50. 354 00:19:16,550 --> 00:19:18,760 So this idea that I must win to be 355 00:19:18,790 --> 00:19:22,770 successful can be damaging if we let it get too far. 356 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:24,240 The second thing is this idea that even 357 00:19:24,270 --> 00:19:27,810 Roger Federer, right, won 54% of the points he played. 358 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,520 So this idea that After every single 359 00:19:30,550 --> 00:19:35,860 rally, I need to analyze my errors because I lost the rally. 360 00:19:35,890 --> 00:19:37,010 Again, nonsense. 361 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:38,560 Back to 50/50, right? 362 00:19:38,590 --> 00:19:42,770 It's about a 50% proposition, about winning or losing if you're at level. 363 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:46,680 And then the last point is that there's more to life than just the game. 364 00:19:46,710 --> 00:19:49,220 I don't think he's saying 365 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:52,400 that tennis isn't an integral part of his life because it has been, obviously. 366 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,010 It allowed him to be where he is now and things like that. 367 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,080 But it's the same for you. 368 00:19:58,110 --> 00:19:59,660 When you're out there playing 369 00:19:59,690 --> 00:20:04,480 pickleball, the pickleball is a sport that you play as part of a bigger picture, as a 370 00:20:04,510 --> 00:20:08,460 part of a bigger you, and keeping that perspective can be way healthier. 371 00:20:08,490 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaking of perspective, hopefully this book that we've been 372 00:20:12,550 --> 00:20:15,380 working on will be out in the next couple of months. 373 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:16,960 I'll try and provide some information in 374 00:20:16,990 --> 00:20:23,290 the next podcast or two about pre-ordering if you want to pre-order the book. 375 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:24,520 That would be awesome. 376 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,360 It would help us, again, get the information out to more players. 377 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:29,000 As you can imagine, the book will be very 378 00:20:29,030 --> 00:20:33,010 consistent with the messaging inside the Pickleball Therapy podcast. 379 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:37,800 Because I'll tell you, when I think about what we call the three spheres of mental 380 00:20:37,830 --> 00:20:42,160 training, perspective is by far the most important, and that's just 381 00:20:42,190 --> 00:20:45,570 the big picture relationship that you have with the sport. 382 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,080 I don't know what animals are, but they're super cool. 383 00:20:47,110 --> 00:20:49,680 They cued up just in time to share some 384 00:20:49,710 --> 00:20:53,770 beautiful background noises with us for the podcast, so we appreciate that. 385 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,480 As always, if you enjoyed this week's 386 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,160 podcast, please share it with your friends. 387 00:20:58,190 --> 00:21:01,700 Remember, if you enjoyed the podcast, they probably will, too. 388 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,240 I hope you have a great week, and I look 389 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,940 forward to seeing you on the next episode of pickleball Therapy. 390 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:06,200 Till then.