DUPR Brain Fitness Pickleball Performance Series Podcast

Hello everyone — this is Dr. Gordon Jones, your Brain Fitness and Pickleball Performance Coach. This week, I want you to do something different. This isn’t a true pickleball performance session, but instead a fantastic announcement we are making today. Instead of just hearing or reading it here on Substack, I want you to experience it with the brainwave entrainment process. Today I’m going to tell...

Hey everybody, it’s Dr. Gordon Jones, your Brain Fitness and Pickleball Performance Coach. Today I want to walk you through something that I think is going to help a lot of newer pickleball players, especially those of you who are starting to play more, getting into better games, thinking about leagues or tournaments, or just wanting a better idea of where your game really stands. But, this is als...

The Pickleball Diaphragm Welcome to our session on Building a Strong Diaphragm for your pickleball game.. I am Dr. Gordon Jones, your brain fitness and pickleball performance coach. Your access to this series is freely given, so would you consider making a contribution to our non-profit mission of spreading the benefits of pickleball to the world? This session is going to do two things. First, in...

Post-Matches of the Day — File It and Walk Away 5-Minute Close | Dr. Gordon Jones Excellent work! The playing is done for today and you did great! However it went, whatever the scores were, whatever moments you are still carrying as you sit here right now, this session has one purpose. To help you close out this playing day completely. To file what is useful, release what is not, and walk away fro...

Between Matches — Close and Open 5-Minute Reset | Dr. Gordon Jones Alright! You just finished a match and you have another one coming up soon. What you do in the next five minutes will determine the quality of your next match more than any technical adjustment you could make. Because the greatest competitive advantage available to you right now is not a tactical change. It is the ability to close...

Pre-Match — Step In Ready 5-Minute Activation | Dr. Gordon Jones Hey, it’s Doc. You are about to compete and these next five minutes are going to make sure you walk onto that court as the player you have trained to be, not the player your nervous system defaults to when it is left to its own devices. So, find a seat wherever you are right now, a bench, a chair, or your car. Your back is straight a...

Feelings Are Not Facts — The Composed Mind Hello and welcome back. I’m Dr. Gordon Jones, your brain fitness and pickleball performance coach. Today we are going to talk about something that happens to every player on every court at every level of this game. Something so common, so universal, and so consistently misunderstood that it costs more points, more games, and more enjoyment than any techni...

Your access to this series is freely given, so would you consider making a contribution to our non-profit mission of spreading the benefits of pickleball to the world? Morning Activation — Rise, Prime, and Play Morning Activation Session | Dr. Gordon Jones Good morning. You’re awakening to the voice of Dr. Gordon Jones, your brain fitness and pickleball performance coach. Keep your eyes closed and...

Recovery and Sleep — The Silent Upgrade Hello, and welcome. I’m Dr. Gordon Jones, your brain fitness and pickleball performance coach. Tonight, we are going to do something different from the other sessions in this series so far. Your access to this series is freely given, so would you consider making a contribution to our non-profit mission of spreading the benefits of pickleball to the world? Ea...

The Self-Talk Edge — Choosing Your Inner Voice Every player already uses self-talk on the court. The question has never been whether you use it. The question is whether yours is working for you or against you. This session makes explicit what has been building across the entire series. Every reset word, every low and slow at the kitchen line, every activation anchor instruction, every breath taken...

The Identity Shift What it builds: The deliberate update of your self-concept to match your next level, the embodied rehearsal of the next level identity, and the understanding that the identity leads and the results follow. Return to it when: You have plateaued and cannot identify a technical reason why. Your rating has stalled despite continued improvement. You are ready to make a genuine level...

The Dink Mind — Patience as a Weapon What it builds: The ability to stay fully present across a long kitchen exchange, recognize and manage the impatience impulse, and construct points deliberately through strategic patience. Return to it when: Your kitchen game has been breaking down. You have been popping balls up out of impatience. You want to deepen your presence and focus at the non-volley zo...

Resilience — The Comeback Mind What it builds: The ability to process a setback completely, release its emotional charge, and return to the court with something that was not there before the difficulty arrived. Return to it when: After a tough loss or difficult stretch. When your rating has dropped. When the game has stopped feeling fun. When you need to rebuild belief in yourself as a player. Thi...

Tournament Day — The Long Game What it builds: The complete arc of tournament day management, the between-match reset protocol, and the ability to bring the same quality of presence to your last match that you brought to your first. Return to it when: The night before a tournament. The morning of a tournament. Any time you want to rehearse the full day before it happens. This is a public episode....

Skill Acquisition This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brainfitness.substack.com

The Reset This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brainfitness.substack.com

Finding Your Rhythm This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brainfitness.substack.com

Put on your Headset and listen to this Brain Fitness Session on Pre-Match Activation — Show Up Ready What it builds: The activation anchor, the competitor’s ready state, and the ability to show up at your best before any match. Return to it when: Before any match or important play session. On the way to the club. On the bench before your first game. Your access to this series is freely given, so w...

Put on your Headset and listen to this Brain Fitness Session on a detailed explanation of how we are using Brain Fitness for Pickleball. Your access to this series is freely given, so would you consider making a contribution to our non-profit mission of spreading the benefits of pickleball to the world? This is the new rhythm of your life. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss thi...

An Introduction to Brainwave Entrainment and its benefits in performance. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brainfitness.substack.com

A short description of the DUPR Brain Fitness Series This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brainfitness.substack.com