51. William's Story - from heroin to pickleball

62. VAIR - A Better Pickleball Rating System (with Rommie Maxey)

Part two of the interview with Rommie Maxey. He and Paddy concentrate on VAIR - a better rating system - with which Rommie is heavily involved. VAIR does many things - including levelling up players of different ages. So seniors can now play people much younger than they are - on a levelled-up rating. Also there are ratings for gender, mixed and singles at both rec and competition play. Therefore, you don't have to worry about your rating dropping when playing rec play. VAIR is already being used for the US Wheelchair Pickleball Association, US universities and colleges and various other competitions. As Rommie says 'VAIR is fair'. Join for FREE below. Paddy and Rommie also discuss VAIR+ that analyses a 10-15 minute video from your phone and gives you analytics that describe what you do well, what you need improvement on and how to improve your game. Rommie describes other benefits of VAIR+ including some heavy discounts on pickleball gear and FREE health/accident insurance for when you're playing pickleball! VAIR+ costs just $49/year. Check it out below. Get a FREE VAIR rating here: https://app.vairified.com/?ambassador=7223709 [https://app.vairified.com/?ambassador=7223709] Check out VAIR+ here: https://app.vairified.com/vair-plus?ambassador=7223709 [https://app.vairified.com/vair-plus?ambassador=7223709]

61. Meet Rommie Maxey, Pickleball Champion & Entrepreneur

Paddy chats with Rommie Maxey - 6-times US National Champion, sits on six US national pickleball boards, involved in Olympic discussions, part owner of the Houston Hammers, coach to over 40 US national champions and over 14,000 recreational players. He is basically a 'Big Cheese in the Pickleverse' and (more importantly) a lovely gentleman. They talk about how Rommie became a national champion after playing for only a year and how the sport change his life and led him into a whole new world. But it's senior pickleball that drives him and they discuss its growth in US and worldwide, the Olympic issue and other interesting topics and important topics - such as 'why don't we have a pickleball emoji' ???!!! At the end Paddy could not resist in taking the opportunity to ask Rommie for his Top 3 Tips for senior pickleballers. So wait to the end and learn from a very experienced and wise man. IMPORTANT - in the next episode Rommie is talking about his involvement in a new free rating system called VAIR and how it is better and more resilient than what we use at the moment (eg. no sandbagging, different ratings for rec and comp play etc...). So DON'T MISS THE NEXT EPISODE! If you are itching to find out about VAIR right now click here: https://app.vairified.com/?ambassador=7223709 [https://app.vairified.com/?ambassador=7223709] To check out the new FREE Senior Pickleball Academy click here: https://www.skool.com/senior-pickleball-academy-9457/about [https://www.skool.com/senior-pickleball-academy-9457/about]

60. Mindfullness - Instant Pickleball Strategy No.4

Instant Strategies are things we can all do with our game, which do not involve improving shot technique, that WILL DEFINITELY ENSURE YOU WIN 20% MORE GAMES (if you endavour to undertake all of them). In the fourth part of the series we look at mindfullness and discover the importance of goldfish (!!??). Mindfullness sounds like a fancy word. But it's very simple - it's all about being present in the moment. Paddy goes through just how important mindfullness is in pickleball - but, more importantly, describes how we can all be more mindful when we play. He systematically goes through everything YOU need as a senior, to be more mindful on court and, basically, win more games. Here is your chance to declutter your mind when on court and allow yourself to play better, more freely and with far more focus. Learn to be a goldfish! Join the FREE Senior Pickleball Academy here: https://www.skool.com/senior-pickleball-academy-9457/about [https://www.skool.com/senior-pickleball-academy-9457/about]

59. The 5 Don'ts - Instant Pickleball Strategy No.3

If you want to improve the number of pickleball games you win - then take up these instant strategies to increase the games you win (pretty much overnight) by 20% - or even more! This week we look at five things that Paddy tells you NOT to do. You may love to do these things, but they are detrimental to the number of points you are winning. Each one may bring you the odd point and you may feel great undertaking them but, in the long-run, in the context of the whole game/match, they will lose you points. So get to understand what these 5 'don'ts' are - stop using them in your game - and at any level up to 4.0, you will win more games. NOTE - please don't think that Paddy says NEVER to use these shots - of course, to love a sport more we need to try everything that we can - but we are looking at these shots STATISTICALLY and solely in the context of winning more competitive games - not necessarily in regard to having fun in rec play! To check out our new (FREE) Senior Pickleball Academy click here: https://www.skool.com/senior-pickleball-academy-9457/about [https://www.skool.com/senior-pickleball-academy-9457/about]

58. Serving - Instant Pickleball Strategy No.2

Instant Strategies are things we can all do with our game, which do not involve improving shot technique, that WILL DEFINITELY ENSURE YOU WIN 20% MORE GAMES. In the second part of the series, Paddy talks about the serve. How you NEED to have a consistent serve that goes in 99% of the time and a good default serve. He explains why this is necessary and, very importantly, (as seniors) how we can achieve this. Paddy also talks about an interesting observation whereas the serve is only really a weapon at the advanced beginner and low intermediate levels - listen to his thoughts on this. A must-listen for all senior pickleball players who want to win more games (that's ALL of us isn't it !!). Go and check out our (FREE) Senior Pickleball Academy here: https://www.skool.com/senior-pickleball-academy-9457/about [https://www.skool.com/senior-pickleball-academy-9457/about]