I had the pleasure of interviewing Eric Brynes, a very passionate player & former Major League baseball player. Eric talks to us about his journey as a pickleball player, his book and more!

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The beauties of our pickleball is seeing many folks with different backgrounds, all playing this awesome sport.

During this episode, Eric talks about various concepts I think you're going to find super interesting. One of them is that we sometimes fight with our students or with players in terms of understanding that they are, in fact, athletes.

Listen to the full episode as Eric also talks about how he takes care of his body, why positioning matters and lot's of other awesome stuff, including how he puts himself in a position to succeed.

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This week we go deep in defining our metrics to analyze games we've played. How do we ask questions or frame ourselves in a correct and more constructive way of thinking about performance?

Start working on asking yourself, did I do the best that I could in that situation from my performance standpoint?

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In this episode I'll also read to you a story that's a really nice perspective, that all you need to know is your name and we can play some pickleball.

It's a good reminder of the general sport of pickleball, why we play it and the camaraderie that gets developed.

In the RIFF, we talk about the three-minute plank which is about incremental progress and not big, chunky progress. That's the progress that you're going to see in your game and eventually it'll come together.

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There are serious losses that we encounter that's part of being alive. If your favorite team did not win a contest, it's not an upset and does not mean that anybody suffered a loss.

It just means that the contest ended with one team having more points, or other defining measurement of that sport, than the other team.

That's why in this week's episode we're talking about how we reference losing sporting events.

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There's an old Japanese Samurai proverb that says, Do not speak bad of yourself, for the warrior within hears your words and is lessened by them.

Language and the words you use is so important, it affects us and it's how we interact with our mind.

Listen to this episode as we talk about how we can guard ourselves from the resistance inside our mind to events are nothing more than normal expected events

Episode 182- Remove Your Mental Plaque and You'll Play Better; https://youtu.be/bxnby2E3QDI