​Hey Reader,​

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀

May your dinks be soft, your resets be low, and your opponents' attacks go right into the net. 😉

Now… a quick confession.

There's something a lot of recreational pickleball players are secretly hoping for out there on the court. And it has nothing to do with skill, strategy, or practice.

It's luck.

Maybe they'll miss it. Maybe it goes out. Maybe I'll get a lucky bounce off the tape.

And look, lucky bounces are great. I'll take 'em.

But here's the thing nobody tells you: most of the points you're losing aren't bad luck. They're impatience.

Helle Sparre, the instructor behind Dynamite Doubles, says patience is the single most important virtue most players don't have. And it's costing them constantly.

Here's what it looks like in real life:

You're in a dinking exchange. Back and forth, back and forth. Five, six, eight dinks in. You're feeling antsy. Nothing flashy is happening. So you try to force something: a speed-up, a hard shot, an attack that feels right even though the setup isn't there.

And then you lose the point.

Not because you're unskilled. Because you pulled the trigger too soon.

The players who beat you, even the ones who shouldn't, are often just more patient than you are. They're not better athletes. They're not hitting better shots. They're simply waiting longer for the right moment, and letting you make the mistake.

There's a second benefit to patience that most players completely overlook: the longer the rally goes, the more information you collect. You start seeing patterns: which side they target, how they move, when they get uncomfortable. That information becomes your edge.

So this St. Patrick's Day, instead of hoping for a lucky bounce, try this:

Stay in the rally one shot longer than feels comfortable. Then one more after that.

You'll be surprised how often the other team hands you the point without you having to force a thing.

This is just one of the concepts inside Dynamite Doubles, a course built to help doubles players stop guessing and start playing with real strategy and intention.

Here's to playing smart... and maybe finding a little gold at the end of the rainbow too. 🌈

If you want the full system, Dynamite Doubles is here 👈

See you out there,

Trey

P.S. Patience isn't passive. It's a weapon. The players who master it stop losing matches they should win. That's one of the first things Helle drills home in the course.

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