Got Self Talk?
Of course you do. The question is: Positive, or negative?
In today’s Bite Size Pickleball newsletter:
Right Dialogue - An excerpt from the current book I am writing 11 Ways of the Athletic Warrior
Video of the Week featuring an 80-something-year-old trying to body bag me
Cartoon of the Week
This week in the Bite Size Podcast
Note: I created the background image of this book cover with the AI program Dall-E. The text was placed on top of the AI image. I was going for something colorful and bold to match the words, and treatise, I am writing. I really enjoy working with AI and I am not in the least bit afraid of it wiping out humanity—I’ll leave that for the politicians.
By far, the biggest kryptonite I have noticed on the pickleball court (other than the obvious backhand deficiencies) is our compulsion to self-criticism. I think, I know, it holds us back to a large degree in our pursuit of reaching peak performance, which is what this book is all about. If you want to get more into this topic, I suggest reading the middle section of my current book How to Play Better Pickleball.
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
My friend Bruce is about the most inspiring player I know. Well into his 80s, there is never a day that goes by that Bruce doesn’t have a smile on his face, total gratitude. Let it be a lesson to all of us, no matter what our age is. Lighten up, cupcake, it’s only a game :)
Note: Bruce won two team tennis titles at UCLA back in his day.
CARTOON OF THE WEEK
Wiley Coyote standing (falling?) in for those that are always plotting and scheming, and not lightening up (Cupcake)!
THIS WEEK’S BITE SIZE PODCAST
If you missed this week’s podcast, I narrated my Pickleball Magazine piece on 13-year-old phenom Aline Morales. Listen to it on Apple, Amazon, or Spotify.
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