8-week live group coaching · Founders cohort
Keep Playing Pickleball
Eight weeks with Dr. Tom Lankering to find where your body is losing capacity, and build a personal plan so your movement, energy, recovery, reaction, fuel, and confidence support the game you love, together.
$697 Founders Price · Limited to 10 players · Direct enrollment, no application
Founders price
$697
Group size
10 players
Length
8 weeks, live
Start date
Announced soon
Founders price
Direct, no application
Founders price
$697
Group size
10 players
Group size
10 players
Length
8 weeks, live
Start date
Announced soon
Founders price
Direct, no application
From seeing the pattern to changing it
The free challenge shows you the pattern. Keep Playing Pickleball is where you build the plan.
If you’ve been through “How To Keep Playing Pickleball,” you’ve already met the Compensation Cascade and taken your first Keep Playing Score. Keep Playing Pickleball is where each of the six systems gets the time it actually needs.
The free challenge
One hour. Six systems, five minutes each. Enough to see the pattern and get your baseline Score.
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Keep Playing Pickleball, the 8-week program
One full week per system. Real assessment, weekly coaching, tested actions, and a personal plan you leave with.
From seeing the pattern to changing it
Tips have not been the missing piece.
A connected plan has.
Your shoulder, back, energy, balance, reactions, and recovery may look like separate problems. But they can become connected when your body starts spending more of its capacity compensating instead of performing. That’s the Compensation Cascade: one limitation creates another adjustment, and the adjustments start costing you movement, energy, confidence, and recovery.
How many games can I handle before my body changes the way I play?
Why does one sore area keep turning into another?
Why do I feel capable one day and depleted the next?
Am I becoming less confident because I’m protecting my body?
Instead of asking “what isolated tip should I try next,” Keep Playing Pickleball helps you ask: where am I losing capacity, what is my body compensating for, and what sequence will help my systems work together again?
What you’ll work toward
Pickleball Performance Sync
When movement, stability, energy, reactions, recovery, and confidence support one another, you spend more of your capacity playing the game instead of protecting yourself from it. This isn’t about pretending you’re 25. It’s about helping the body you have now support the player you want to be.
A clearer picture of what is limiting your play right now
A clearer picture of what is limiting your play right now
A practical strategy for energy, fueling, and recovery
Better awareness of what affects your reactions, balance, and focus
A progressive plan for building the capacity your game demands
A repeatable way to catch small problems before they become bigger ones
Results vary from person to person. Keep Playing Pickleball provides education, assessment, coaching, and a structured process, not a promised medical or performance outcome.
Your 8 weeks
The Keep Playing Pickleball roadmap
Each week starts with a problem you already feel, teaches the mechanism behind it, and ends with one action or assessment you actually use. Tap a week to see what’s inside.
1MovementWhy Your Body Keeps Moving the Problem Around
The problem: “My shoulder gets better, then my back starts. Then my knee acts up.”
What you learn: How several symptoms can be part of one connected Compensation Cascade, and the difference between the loudest symptom and where the pattern may have begun.
You do: Complete your baseline Keep Playing Score and a one-page Playing Pattern Inventory.
2RecoveryFind Where You Are Losing Capacity
The problem: “I can still play, but everything takes more out of me than it used to.”
What you learn: Your performance budget. Capacity is spent on play, daily life, recovery, stress, and compensation, and working harder isn’t always the first answer.
You do: Build a seven-day Capacity Map and circle your most expensive pattern.
3TrustStop Moving Like Something Might Break
The problem: “I hesitate on shots I used to go after, and I catch myself protecting something.”
What you learn: How guarding and fear change stride, reach, rotation, and decision-making, and how to tell an appropriate boundary from a fear-based habit.
You do: Complete a movement-confidence check and choose one specific confidence target.
4FuelStop Running Out of Game
The problem: “I have another game in me mentally, but my body is done.”
What you learn: How pacing, hydration, food timing, and conditioning affect late-session energy, and why an energy crash is information, not a character flaw.
You do: Run a Court Energy Experiment, tracking energy before, during, and after play.
5ReactionGet Your Reactions Working With You Again
The problem: “My brain sees the shot, but my body hesitates, rushes, or reacts late.”
What you learn: How tension and narrowed attention interfere with timing, and why calm is an active skill, not passivity.
You do: Use a selected Pickleball Flow Mastery session and one on-court regulation cue for the week.
6EnergyBuild a Body That Can Handle the Game You Want to Play
The problem: “I want to play three mornings a week, but my body is prepared for less than that.”
What you learn: The difference between general fitness and capacity matched to your actual playing demand, and how to progress from your current baseline.
You do: Build a personal Demand-to-Capacity Plan matched to the schedule you want.
7RecoveryStop Paying for Today’s Game Tomorrow
The problem: “I can get through the games, but I pay for them that night or for the next two days.”
What you learn: How post-play downshift, fueling, sleep, and total weekly demand affect readiness, and how to use next-day readiness as feedback, not punishment.
You do: Build and test a personal Post-Play Recovery Protocol.
8IntegrationYour Keep-Playing Plan
The problem: “I know several useful things now, but I need a plan I can actually follow when life and my body change.”
What you learn: How your six areas interact for you specifically, the difference between drift and failure, and which early warning signs matter.
You do: Repeat your Keep Playing Score and compare it with your baseline.
What you get, and why it matters
Live coaching, not just
another course to watch
Your starting Keep Playing Score
So you stop guessing what to work on first, and finish by comparing your Week 8 Score against it.
8 live weekly group coaching sessions
Ask me directly how the week’s lesson connects to what you’re noticing in your own game and recovery.
One simple action every week
So the ideas turn into something you can use in real games and real recovery days, not just more to know.
Selected Pickleball Flow Mastery sessions, with BrainTap®
Guided audio co-produced with Dr. Patrick Porter, inventor of BrainTap®,
woven through the weeks that support calm, focus, and confidence.
Your personal Keep-Playing Plan
Your priorities, non-negotiable supports, early warning signs, and first response, so progress doesn’t end when the group does
Baseline and finish line
The Keep Playing Score, twice
You’ll rate six statements about your game from 1 to 5 in Week 1, and again in Week 8. Your lowest number shows where the problem is loudest right now, and comparing your two Scores shows what actually moved.
- Movement
- Energy
- Recovery
- Reaction
- Fuel
- Trust
It’s an educational tool, not a diagnosis. Your lowest number shows where it’s loudest, not where the pattern began.
The Keep Playing Score
Rate each 1 to 5 · 1 = rarely true · 5 = consistently true
| Movement | I move without protecting something. | |
| Energy | I finish the pickleball I want. | |
| Recovery | I’m ready when I want to play again. | |
| Reaction | I stay sharp as games continue. | |
| Fuel | What I eat supports my game. | |
| Trust | I trust my body to go after the ball. | |
| Total | / 30 |
Baseline and finish line
The Keep Playing Score, twice
You’ll rate six statements about your game from 1 to 5 in Week 1, and again in Week 8. Your lowest number shows where the problem is loudest right now, and comparing your two Scores shows what actually moved.
It’s an educational tool, not a diagnosis. Your lowest number shows where it’s loudest, not where the pattern began.
Included in Keep Playing Pickleball
Pickleball Flow Mastery, with BrainTap®
Six guided-audio sessions I co-produced with Dr. Patrick Porter, inventor of BrainTap®. They combine guided visualization, relaxation, and brain fitness strategies to help you build confidence, sharpen focus, and play with more ease, both on the court and off it.
Selected sessions are woven through the eight weeks, in the weeks where they support the work.
1. Foundation for Flow
Presence, posture, and
positioning
2. Rhythm to Rally
Calm, timing, and trust in your serve and return
3. The Art of Patience
Soft hands and active awareness at the kitchen line
4. Moving with Confidence
Adapting to pressure without hesitation
5. Playing with Purpose
Calm power, energy
management
6. The Champion’s Flow
Bringing it all together into one state
Is Keep Playing Pickleball right for you?
Built for players who want to keep playing
Keep Playing Pickleball
may be a strong fit if you…
Are an active pickleball player, generally 50 or older.
Want to keep playing regularly and confidently for years to come.
Notice pain, stiffness, fatigue, balance, reactions, or recovery affecting your play.
Are tired of disconnected tips and want a clearer, integrated plan.
Are willing to assess your habits, take weekly action, and give honest feedback.
Keep Playing Pickleball
is not the right fit if you…
Need emergency care, diagnosis, or treatment for an acute medical condition.
Want a promise that all pain will disappear or a specific result is guaranteed.
Are unwilling to participate, practice, or give candid feedback.
Want only advanced pickleball tactics, stroke mechanics, or tournament strategy/
Keep Playing Pickleball is educational and coaching-based. It is not a substitute for diagnosis, treatment, or individualized medical advice. If you have a new injury, severe symptoms, or concerns about exercise, consult an appropriate licensed healthcare professional before participating.
Founders enrollment
Join the first Keep Playing Pickleball cohort
The first cohort is intentionally small, so I can coach the group closely and learn from your experience. Founders get early access and this Founders Price because your participation and honest feedback help me refine Keep Playing Pickleball.
$697
Founders Price · one payment · the complete 8-week live experience
Limited to 10 players
Start date to be announced to everyone who enrolls
Direct enrollment. No application or acceptance step.
Founders agree to
Take part in the live weekly sessions, or catch up when they miss one
Complete the baseline and closing Keep Playing Score
Try the weekly actions and share honest, candid feedback
Take part in a short recorded end-of-program feedback conversation
No one is required to give a positive testimonial. Honest feedback is the commitment. Any public use of your story, name, or recording requires separate permission.
Your coach
Hi, I’m Dr. Tom Lankering
I’m a brain-based chiropractor in the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado, and I’ve spent more than four decades watching how bodies adapt, compensate, and recover. As a pickleball player myself, I built Keep Playing Pickleball to bring that experience through a clear front door: helping active players support the game they love.
This isn’t a pile of random health tips with pickleball added to the title. It’s a guided process for connecting the factors that influence how you move, play, and recover, delivered live, one week at a time.
In practice since 1984
Colorado Presidential Chiropractor of the Year, 2005, and past President of the Colorado Chiropractic Association
Co-author of Wake Up the Happy Brain with Drs. Bruce Lipton and Joe Dispenza
Host of Healthy Lifestyles on Aspen TV for 25 years
Questions about Keep Playing Pickleball
Is this physical therapy, chiropractic treatment, or medical care?
No. Keep Playing Pickleball is an educational group coaching program. It doesn’t diagnose or treat injuries or medical conditions, and doesn’t replace care from your physician or another licensed professional.
What if I currently have pain or an injury?
Keep Playing Pickleball isn’t designed for urgent or acute conditions. If you have a new injury, severe symptoms, a recent surgery, or concerns about exercise, consult a licensed healthcare professional before enrolling.
Do I have to be an advanced pickleball player?
No. Keep Playing Pickleball is based on your ability to keep playing, recovering, and building capacity, not your rating.
What happens during the weekly sessions?
Each live session combines focused teaching, a practical assessment or action, and group coaching, so you leave knowing your next useful step.
Do I have to complete the free challenge first?
No. “How To Keep Playing Pickleball” is a helpful starting point, but you can join Keep Playing Pickleball directly.
Do I have to provide a testimonial?
You agree to give honest feedback and take part in a recorded end-of-program conversation. You’re never required to say anything positive or claim a result you didn’t experience.
Can you guarantee my pain, energy, or performance will improve?
No. Every player begins in a different place, and results depend on many factors. Keep Playing Pickleball promises a structured process, education, assessment, and coaching, not a guaranteed outcome.
Why is the Founders Price lower than future cohorts?
This first group is helping me refine Keep Playing Pickleball through active participation and candid feedback. Future cohorts are expected to be priced higher as the program develops.
You can keep collecting tips, or you can build a plan.
The game is telling you what matters, maybe your shoulder, back, energy, reactions, balance, or recovery. It doesn’t mean you have to give up the game you love. It means it’s time to stop guessing.
$697 Founders Price · 10 players only · keepplayingpickleball.com