March 19 Clinic – Mental Game Clinic (BETA Test)

Description

Location: Crosscourt Bedford

Date: Thursday, March 19

Time: 2:00 – 4:00 PM

Coach(es): Joel Adams (DUPR Certified Coach)

Skill Level: The target level is 3.5 and under but any skill level is welcome and should take something from this. You should be able to sustain a co-operative dinking rally for at least 10+ dinks on average.

Intro:

I have been wanting to run a Mental Game clinic for some time as I feel it’s something that can greatly benefit all players, does not receive enough attention and almost never gets focus in clinics or coaching.

However, teaching mental techniques and strategies is not without it’s hurdles. I have a lesson plan and I believe it will be helpful, however before I run a full blown, multiple court clinic, I’d like to run a slightly condensed version (full version will be 3 hours) and “Beta test” it.

This clinic will include a fair amount of just talking, but will also include drills spaced in to keep everyone engaged and active. I will also be giving a handout to everyone who attends that covers everything in the clinic so people aren’t left trying to remember drills or concepts.

The cost reflects both the reduced time and the Beta test nature of this clinic.

DESCRIPTION:

This clinic is meant to focus on all aspects of the mental game in Pickleball.

MINDSET – One of the most overlooked but important things in any sport is Mindset. Learning how to cope with and change our Mindset can be the difference between a great day with a little bit of a rough start or a horrible day. This part of the clinic will focus on techniques to employ and how to remind yourself to employ them. These are all science-backed techniques that are absolutely proven to improve performance in any sport.

STRATEGY – This part of the clinic will focus on how to employ your strategy. While we will discuss actual strategies some, the focus will be employing the strategy more than anything else. Most players know many strategies, but once they are playing, they cannot remember to enact them! This section will primarily be about tips and tricks on how to slowly integrate your strategies incrementally rather than all at once as well as drills on improving focus and rewarding proper strategy.

PATIENCE – We’ve all heard it and it’s true. A patient and calm mindset will win you more points than aggressiveness any day of the week. This part of the clinic will focus on how to remain patient and calm, while still taking the “winner” shots when they make sense.

PARTNERS – This section partially ties into the Mindset but is more specific to how you interact with your partners for optimal outcome, whereas the Mindset section will be more focused on you.