The Short Answer: Thinking too much hurts your pickleball game because it interrupts the body’s natural timing, feel, balance, and reaction. From the Fluid Motion Factor perspective, overthinking puts the verbal, supervising mind in charge of movements that the body...
Short Answer The brain interferes with natural athletic movement when the conscious, thinking mind tries to control actions the body normally performs automatically. In pickleball, this often happens under pressure, after mistakes, or when a player tries too hard to...
Short Answer Soft eyes in pickleball means seeing the ball without staring at it too hard. Instead of narrowing your focus and tightening your body, soft eyes allow you to see the ball, the court, your opponent, your partner, and the space around the point. From the...