Strength training and proper exercise are essential for improving pickleball performance and should be a regular part of training, it's part of the athletic pillar that we talk about at Better Pickleball. In this special episode we feature Ty Woody, a sports performance coach. Ty specializes in preparing pickleball players, both pros and amateurs, for optimal performance and injury prevention. He shares with us why we should take care of our bodies because, at the end of the day, we want to play the sport that we enjoy.Listen the full episode to learn more as Ty takes us through;- A walk through on his experience with pickleball players and what he has seen in terms of suffering injuries and more- As to whether warming up can improve performance, make you play better, and help reduce injuries - What is it that a pro player thinks about or does in terms of recovering and dealing with the stress of playing pickleball the way they play- How he would talk to an amateur player who plays five days a week, six days a week, in terms of figuring out how to do this weight training and practices. Find Ty Woody on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pickleballsportsperformance/