Protect yourself from the buildup of negative mental habits (mental plaque). In this episode, we’ll look at signs that plaque has built up in your mind and how to remove it. For example, when a game finishes and the reaction of a player on the court is that the game sucked, sometimes it's because the player who's saying that is the losing player.You want to spend some of your mental bandwidth on protecting yourself from such potentially negative mental habits. Because the cleaner our minds are from this plaque that builds up, the better we're going to play. I'll also share a personal story that happened to me many years ago. Let keep it positive in terms of our understanding that it's a game of ebbs and flows. You're going to play great sometimes, you're going to play crappy sometimes, and so are your opponents or your partner.  Join us for the Win-More Series here: https://bit.ly/4bRLvYpJoin our email list: https://betterpickleball.com/Check out Tyrol shoes Use code BP10 at checkout: https://tyrolpickleball.com/?rfsn=5851206.d03ea9&utm_source=cjPickleball is Messy - and that is Awesome PLUS Why Players Share "Advice": https://youtu.be/1XkjnnwnKpAAs always, thanks for joining us on Pickleball Therapy - the podcast dedicated to your pickleball improvement. If you have not yet subscribed to the podcast ... wait what?? you haven't subscribed? ... you know what to do.