Unique, FUN, and concise pickleball tips from sportswriter Rick Cipes, who has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, & ESPN Magazine. Buy Rick’s new book "How to Play Better Pickleball” on Amazon SUBSCRIBE to the podcast at https://www.buzzsprout.com/2209957/support" Rick is the host of the popular Facebook Group: Bite Size Pickleball (7.2 thousand followers), and owns the pickleball clothing and gift shop at www.bitesizepickle ...
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How the heck does a chance encounter with Kevin Costner turn into a pickleball lesson? You’ll have to tune in! Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Buy Rick’s book How to Play Better Pickleball at Amazon. Support the Show.…
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How the Beginner’s Mind Will Improve Your Game
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Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes goes all Zen on you in this installment of the most out-of-the-box pickleball podcast around. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Buy Rick’s book How to Play Better Pickleball available at Amazon. Support the Show.…
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What do you do when you’re headed down the rabbit hole of pickleball dysfunction? For starters, listen to this podcast! Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Read the FREE Bite Size Pickleball newsletter here. Follow the Facebook Bite Size Pickleba…
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Host Rick Cipes reads a chapter from his book How to Play Better Pickleball available on Amazon. Join the Bite Size Pickleball newsletter here. Join the Bite Size Pickleball Facebook group here. Support the Show.By Rick Cipes
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Exploring the magic inherent in a child and how we can transfer that to our pickleball game. Host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 outlets including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times and ESPN Magazine. Follow the Bite Size Pickleball newsletter here. Buy Rick’s book How to Play Better Pickleball here at Amazon. Support the Show.…
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A chapter from the book How to Play Better Pickleball on 2nd shots. Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Make sure to follow the Bite Size Pickleball group on Facebook, and the Bite Size Pickleball weekly newsletter. Support the Show.…
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An assessment of where the sport of pickleball is going in the future from Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Buy his book How to Play Better Pickleball at Amazon. Sign up for the Bite Size Pickleball newsletter here. Support the Show.…
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A chapter read from the book How to Play Better Pickleball by Rick Cipes on how to incorporate Martial Arts into your pickleball game. Buy the book at Amazon here. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Support the Show.By Rick Cipes
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Competition Breakdown (Go ahead, give it to me!)
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A little anecdote about how music and pickleball relate in terms of competitive play. Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Buy Rick’s book How to Play Better Pickleball at Amazon. Support the Show.By Rick Cipes
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What’s on Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes’ mind today? The need to improve the mind game in order to play better pickleball. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times and ESPN Magazine. Buy Rick’s book How to Play Better Pickleball at Amazon. Support the Show.…
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A dual episode on anecdotal stories of loss, and pickleball cowboys who also lose, but not in the way you think! Yee haw! Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Here’s what readers are saying about Rick's book How to Play Better Pickleball: “Great b…
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A fun anecdotal episode about why you need to face your fears on the court sooner rather than later. Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Follow the Bite Size Pickleball Newsletter here. Buy Rick’s book How to Play Better Pickleball at Amazon. Sho…
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Why is it so important to have a 3rd shot drop in your tool kit if you want to get good at pickleball? Listen up. Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Read the Bite Size Pickleball newsletter for free. Support the Show.…
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Listen to a chapter from the book How to Play Better Pickleball available on Amazon. Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Click here to become a supporter of the show. Everything helps! Support the Show.…
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A chapter from the book How to Play Better Pickleball read by writer and podcaster Rick Cipes. Rick’s work has appeared in over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, ESPN Magazine, and the L.A. Times. Sign up for the Bite Size Pickleball Newsletter. Join the Facebook group. Support the Show.…
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Bite Size Pickleball talks you down from the panic ledge in this informative episode about how to deal with injury. Sign up for the Bite Size Pickleball newsletter. Referenced in this podcast, superb author on mind-body healing John Sarno. Support the Show.By Rick Cipes
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Guest Host Vin Diesel’s Top 5 Pickleball Tips
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Mega-famous actor dishes out some important pickleball tips “Diesel style.” Sign up for the new Bite Size Pickleball newsletter for more fun AND informative, out-of-the-box pickleball coverage. Have you joined our Facebook group yet? For the best in pickleball clothing and pickleball gifts use the discount code VIPcustomer10 for 10% off at the offi…
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You have a choice in pickleball to be a positive partner, or a pissy partner. Which will you choose? Bite Size Pickleball podcast host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine, where he was a humor consultant. Link to the Bite Size Pickleball newsletter. Buy Rick’s book How to Play…
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Got Hand Speed? Then Follow the Lead of Pros Johnson and Frazier
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Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes breaks down a men’s gold medal match between Johnson/Frazier vs. Tardio/Daescu and offers up some tips for you to follow. Buy Rick’s book How to Play Better Pickleball available at Amazon. For the best in pickleball clothing, and pickleball gifts, check out the Bite Size Pickleball store. Support the Show.…
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Things That Will Get You to the Next Level in Pickleball
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Bite Size Pickleball Host Rick Cipes covers some tips for every level on how they can go about stepping up their game. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Read his new book How to Play Better Pickleball available at Amazon. Support the Show.…
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In today’s podcast find out how being more playful can open your game up to surprising things. Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Buy his book How to Play Better Pickleball, and check out his new Bite Size Pickleball newsletter. Support the Show…
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How Can You Be More Super in Your Big Games?
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How can you best prepare for your own super bowl of pickleball? Listen on! Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Check out his book How to Play Better Pickleball on Amazon. Support the Show.By Rick Cipes
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An intro to the book How to Play Better Pickleball on the art of simplicity and how we can incorporate it into our game. Host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Support the Show.By Rick Cipes
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Before you crawl out of your personal black lagoon again, listen to this horror-filled pickled podcast. (Say that 10 times to yourself!) Host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Buy Rick’s new book How to Play Better Pickleball available at Amazon. Support the Show.…
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We’re all striving for the pickleball high! But can that high ever be a bad thing? Bite Size Pickleball podcast Rick Cipes delves into the drug called pickleball. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Buy Rick’s new book How to Play Better Pickleball at Amazon. Support the Show.…
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Dudes, Why Does EGO Hurt Your Game? And Mine?
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EGO, it can be the downfall of the best of us, and the worst of us :) A rant from host Rick Cipes who has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Buy Rick’s book How to Play Better Pickleball at Amazon. Support the Show.By Rick Cipes
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How to Play Better Pickleball: Your 1st Tournament
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Some sound advice for playing in your first pickleball tournament. Also handy info if you’ve already played competitively. Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Buy Rick’s book How to Play Better Pickleball at Amazon. Support the Show.…
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How to Play Better Pickleball: Pattern Recognition
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Based on a chapter from Rick’s new book How to Play Better Pickleball available at Amazon in a paperback, and Kindle, version. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Support the Show.By Rick Cipes
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Are You Challenging Yourself or Playing It Safe?
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Are you challenging yourself? Or playing it safe? You won’t get much better if you stay “comfortable" on the court. Do you want to get better? Read Rick’s new book How to Play Better Pickleball available at Amazon. Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Support the Show.…
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Just a bite size opinion on the whole “that was my forehand” thing, a chapter from Rick’s new book How to Play Better Pickleball, available at Amazon. Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Support the Show.…
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A little primer on how you should be acting between the points. Bite Size Pickleball Host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Buy his book How to Play Better Pickleball available at Amazon in paperback, and a kindle version. Support the Show.…
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You Need to Be a Little More Freebird On the Court!
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This podcast is focused on one word you need to do more of in order to play better pickleball. Read Rick’s new book How to Play Better Pickleball available at Amazon. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Support the Show.By Rick Cipes
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How to Play Better Pickleball: The Chess Game
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If you aren’t playing chess in your pickleball game, you’re probably playing checkers, and that isn’t the way. A few tips on how to savor the action a little better and construct your moves into an overall checkmate. Taken from a chapter in Rick’s new book How to Play Better Pickleball available at Amazon in paperback and a Kindle version. Host Ric…
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Be Like Water - Giving Thanks Where Thanks is Due
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A counter-intuitive idea for digging deep and learning to access the flow better on the pickleball court. Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Buy Rick’s new book How to Play Better Pickleball on Amazon. Help support Rick’s podcast with as little as $…
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Kenny Loggins: Highway to the Pickleball Zone Interview
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Bite Size Pickleball and Rick Cipes feature an interview with musician, and pickleball addict, Kenny Loggins. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Check out the Bite Size Pickleball Official site for some fun pickleball tees, and gifts. Support the Show.…
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What Are the Best Ways to Play Your 4th Shot?
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Some suggestions on the 4th shot from Bite Size Pickleball and Rick Cipes. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times and ESPN Magazine. Follow the Bite Size Pickleball group on Facebook. And subscribe to the podcast here. For the best in pickleball swag, and gifts, check out Rick’s site at https://www.bites…
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What’s separating you from reaching your potential? Mindfulness work. Forget the expensive classes and spend some time delving into your biggest kryptonite: Your own mind. Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Follow the Bite Size Pickleball group on F…
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Bite Size Pickleball and Rick Cipes break down the pickleball serve. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. You can also follow the Bite Size Pickleball group on Facebook. The holiday shopping season is almost upon us, check out Rick’s very cool pickleball store at www.bitesizepickleb…
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What’s a pump fake look like in pickleball? Give a listen to this podcast, and then get out there and get creative. Bite Size Pickleball is hosted by Rick Cipes who has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Check out Rick’s unique brand of pickleball clothing, and gifts, at www.bitesizepickle…
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How Important is the 2nd Shot in Pickleball?
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Some thoughts on the importance of the 2nd shot from Bite Size Pickleball’s Rick Cipes. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Join the Bite Size Pickleball group on Facebook (6K followers). For the best pickleball swag, and gifts, check out the Official Bite Size Pickleball site. Use…
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All about how being too harsh on yourself on the court doesn’t serve you well. What’s the alternative? Listen to this podcast. Host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Follow the Bite Size Pickleball group on Facebook (6.0K followers). For the coolest pickleb…
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Should You Talk Julian Arnold Smack on the Pickleball Court?
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A few thoughts on smack-talk from Bite Size Pickleball and Rick Cipes who has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. SUBSCRIBE to this podcast at https://www.buzzsprout.com/2209957/support For the coolest pickleball swag around check out https://www.bitesizepickleball.com. Support the Show.…
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A few tips on poaching from Bite Size Pickleball, and Rick Cipes who has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Follow the Bite Size Pickleball group on Facebook, and for the best pickleball swag in the world check out www.bitesizepickleball.com. Support the Show.…
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A few ideas about what you can do with your 3rd shot in pickleball. Bite Size Pickleball is hosted by Rick Cipes who has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Join the Bite Size Pickleball group on Facebook for more tips. And for the best pickleball gifts in the world check out www.bitesizepi…
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A few excellent tips on how to improve your hand speed from Bite Size Pickleball and Rick Cipes. Rick has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Follow the Bite Size Pickleball group on Facebook (5.8 thousand members), and for the coolest pickleball gifts and clothing check out www.bitesizepic…
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Let’s face it, most of us hate being coached on the court by others, but there is a way to finesse this on both sides of the equation and profit from it! Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, where he was a columnist for two years, L.A. Times, where he covered the Clippers, and ESPN Magazine where he was a h…
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Your game will grow by leaps and bounds if you find a wall to practice on. This podcast will tell you why, and point you in the right direction with several drills to get you going. Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Follow the Bite Size Pickleball Facebook group (5.8 thousa…
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Some thoughts on why we tend to choke in pickleball courtesy of Bite Size Pickleball and Rick Cipes who has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, the L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Join the Bite Size Pickleball group on Facebook (5.7 thousand followers). For the funnest pickleball tees and gifts check out www.bitesizepickl…
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Wanna Be a 4.5 Player? You Need to Stop Playing Like This!
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The majority of pickleball played under the 4.5 level comes from a place of “Kill or Be Killed,” which translates to quick points in an effort to kill your opponent before they kill you. Listen to this podcast on the subject in order to rise above it and reach 4.5 play. Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, …
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Starting a Pickleball Business Listen to This First
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A simply must-listen to if you have an interest in starting a pickleball business. Bite Size Pickleball host Rick Cipes has written for over 50 publications including Pickleball Magazine, L.A. Times, and ESPN Magazine. Join the Bite Size Pickleball Facebook group (5.7K followers), and check out the funnest brand of pickleball clothing, and pickleba…
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