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Pickleball insights that focus on the why behind every shot and strategy. Tips on technique, game plans, and the mental side, from coach Tony Roig.
In Episode 319 of Pickleball Therapy, Coach Tony covers two ideas that seem unrelated at first: how players grow and sportsmanship. Both come down to the same question. Are you clear on why you’re doi...
The sounder your shot mechanics, the more consistent you are. The more consistent you are, the higher your chances of success.
Flipped around: the foundation of your pickleball success starts with so...
Your brain wants to help you. It really does.
The difficulty is that your brain lacks clear instructions on what you want it to do.
Vague ideas aren’t enough. For example, “I want to serve hard.” Or...
What follows is an excerpt from the TRP Super Camp Coaching Playbook. You can hear more about these concepts in Episode 318 of The Pickleball Therapy podcast (releasing 10/23/2026), available on any p...
The Kitchen just published a feature on Coach Tony Roig: How Tony Roig became one of pickleball’s most trusted instructors.
The article covers the origins of Respect the X, how Tony thinks about the ...
Watch a pro match, and it can look like a different sport. The hands are faster. The shots are cleaner. The rallies go places yours usually don’t right now.
So it’s natural to assume the pros are pla...
Authored by Tony Roig for The Kitchen Community Newsletter
There’s no shot more controversial in pickleball than the lob. For some, it’s part of the game, and all is well. For others, the lob is tabo...
Authored by Tony Roig for The Kitchen Community Newsletter
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you already know about stacking in pickleball — when you and your partner decide the strongest...
Most players know the question “What’s the worst that could happen?” It sounds like good sense. It prepares you. It keeps your hopes in check.
But on a pickleball court, that question has a cost.
In...
By Jeff Renshaw
How much of what you know about pickleball do you really understand?
In Episode 315 of Pickleball Therapy, Coach Tony borrows a term that captures this kind of surface-level understa...
“Sorry.”
If you play in a regular group, you've heard it. You've probably said it. An “easy” dink lands in the net. Sorry. A return sails long. Sorry. You miss a put-away. Sorry.
Carol, a member of ...
By Tony Roig Pickleball
The Pickleball System has been the best online pickleball training program since 2020. It provided a step-by-step program that players could follow to improve their play.
And...
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