Articles
From The Playbook
Field notes from the court and the therapy room. Real talk on the mental game — no fluff.
Community
Why Pickleball Feels So Personal
The structural reason pickleball communities feel so emotionally intense — and why competition and connection depend on each other.
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Partner Dynamics
Why Pickleball Partnerships Run So Deep
The science of co-regulation, oxytocin, and what's really happening between two doubles partners — and how to use it as a competitive advantage.
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Partner Dynamics
The Best Thing You Can Do for Your Game Is Be a Better Partner
Your doubles partner is doing more work on your game than you think — and you're doing the same to theirs. A clinical psychologist on what's really happening in the space between two players.
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Mindset
The Pickleball Mindset Goal: Why Every Process Goal List Needs One
Most players set tactical process goals. The missing piece is a daily mindset goal — and here are the five types to rotate through.
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Partner Dynamics
The Most Underrated Skill in Pickleball Isn't a Shot — It's Repair
Most pickleball advice focuses on your shots. This one focuses on what happens after friction — and why repair wins the close matches.
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Partner Dynamics
Your Partner Can Feel Your Bad Day. Here's What to Do About It.
Emotional contagion is real on the pickleball court. Your nervous system is shaping your partner's game — here's how to use that connection.
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Video
The One Mental Skill That Changes Everything on the Pickleball Court
The reset ritual — explained on video. How to build the mental skill that holds up when the pressure is on.
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Mindset
The One Mental Skill That Changes Everything on the Pickleball Court
Every player loses focus. The ones who win learn how to come back. Here's how to build a reset ritual that holds up under pressure.
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