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Work on One Thing: Narrow Focus Beats Boiling the Ocean

ByChief October 16, 2026

Kyle Koszuta’s rule for open play, rec, and drilling: pick one thing — maybe two, usually one. Narrowing focus accelerates improvement because you actually finish a change before stacking the next.

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7 Big-Picture Mistakes Keeping You Stuck at 3.5

ByChief October 7, 2026

Pickleball Kitchen covers seven big-picture mistakes that keep intermediate players stuck around 3.5–4.0.

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If You’re Not Improving Fast Enough, Watch This

ByChief October 7, 2026

Coach Jess from Athena Pickleball says it’s actually hard to get better at pickleball.

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She Went From 4.5 to 5.2 in 1 Year. Here’s how.

ByChief October 5, 2026

Friday Pickleball plays a doubles match to 15 against Isaac and newly sponsored player Ariana Ajani, then asks Ariana how she went from a 4.5 to a 5.2 in about a year.

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Stop Trying to Fix 50 Things at Once

ByChief September 28, 2026October 5, 2026

Summary Kyle (ThatPickleballGuy): stop trying to fix 50 things at once. Pick one thing you…

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Pickleball Improvement Is Built Brick by Brick

ByChief September 14, 2026October 5, 2026

Progress comes from stacking useful reps long before results feel obvious. Improvement is usually built…

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