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Watch the Night Train Method™ in Action

Step inside the court with Coach Thomas Yelloweyes and experience The Night Train Method™ firsthand. These training videos feature progressive drills, strategy breakdowns, and mindset coaching designed to help players accelerate their growth and dominate the game. Whether you’re learning the fundamentals or fine-tuning for tournament play, this is where performance becomes transformation.

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“What if it doesn’t work?” That’s the excuse I hear from a lot of players. But what if we asked a different question? “What if it works out?” You won’t know until you try. Stop letting the fear of failure keep you from finding out what you’re capable of. Take the shot. Put in the work. See what happens. What are you still making excuses about? Comment “SKOOL” to join my online coaching community and start getting your wins today. #PickleballCoach #PickleballMindset #PickleballTraining #PickleballCommunity #PersonalGrowth
What If It Works Out?
I tell my partner exactly where I'm dropping — before I even hit it. 👇 Sounds backwards, right? Why would you call your shot? Because predictable isn't the same as beatable. When my partner knows I'm resetting to the middle of the court, she's not guessing — she's already moving. That's court control. That's what keeps opponents from ever settling into a rhythm. I'm not chasing a perfect drop every single time. If I get 4 out of 5 in, that's a strategy that wins matches — not one bad rep that breaks it. The goal isn't to surprise your partner. It's to make sure the other side of the net is the one guessing. Comment "ASSESS" and I'll walk you through how we call shots before every point 👇
I tell my partner exactly where I'm dropping — before I even hit it. 👇
I spent 15 years in foster care. Here's who taught me how to coach. 👇 People ask me all the time — "Thomas, what made you the coach you are?" Like there's one clean answer. Truth is, it's layers. Growing up in foster care from age three shaped how I see people before I ever see their game. Tony Robbins was one of the first voices that got in my head as an adult. Mentors in the fitness industry. Ultimate frisbee. Business coaches along the way. But the first one — the one who actually moved something — was a guy named Bob Poole. He was the first person outside my own head who believed in who I was. Not what I could do. Who I was. That's the difference between a coach and someone who just teaches you a skill. And it's the thing I try to give every player I work with. Who was that person for you? Tell me below 👇
I spent 15 years in foster care. Here's who taught me how to coach. 👇
I drill way more than I play. That's not an accident. Here's what I notice watching players train: some start a session, their game rises, and then the second fatigue sets in, everything falls apart. Others never even rise — just flat, inconsistent, all over the place every few days. ❌ Another clinic won't fix that. ❌ Another lesson won't fix that. What fixes it is working on the stuff you don't want to work on — until it's boring, until it's automatic, until it holds up when you're tired. That's how you raise your floor. And when your floor is solid, your game stops swinging up and down. If you're a 4.0, you play like a 4.0 the whole session — not just for the first ten minutes. Consistency isn't talent. It's the work nobody films. Comment "ASSESS" and I'll show you where your floor actually is 👇
Why your game goes UP then crashes mid session and it's not fatigue
Foster care taught me how to lose—and keep going. One of the biggest lessons I took from foster care is that a lot of things in life aren’t going to work out the way you want them to. You have to get comfortable with losing. But more importantly, you have to learn how to persevere when things don’t go your way. That lesson has followed me into every part of my life, especially entrepreneurship. Failure isn’t the end. It’s part of the process. You lose. You learn. You keep moving. Share your story in the comments below. #FosterCareAlumni #entrepreneurmindset #Resilience #personalgrowth #pickleballcoach
Foster Care Taught Me How To Lose
Jesse's problem wasn't his swing. It was his feet. Wrong shot, wrong time, wrong spot — that's what "out of position" costs you on the court. One session in, Jesse already knows where he needs to be for every ball. Footwork fixed. Positioning fixed. Guessing, gone. That's the framework doing its job. Always feel a step behind out there? Book a free 15-min call and find out why — https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/booking/2sQhhj6PpwEuGJYdytz6
Jesse's problem wasn't his swing. It was his feet.
Sometimes the advice you need most is the advice you hate hearing. When Tony Robbins said that after 18, it’s no longer your parents’ fault, I wanted to punch him in the face. 😂 But eventually, I understood the lesson. I couldn’t change what happened to me. I could either keep focusing on the bad, or start choosing what I wanted to put into my life next. You can’t always choose what happened to you. But you can choose what you build from it. What did you NEED to hear to keep growing? Comment down below. #PickleballCoach #MindsetMatters #OvercomingAdversity #PersonalGrowth #LifeLessons
The Advice I Hated Hearing At First
My win this week? Getting back to the little things. After spending time focused on the bigger picture in practice, I went back to the fundamentals, and it made a difference. Now it’s your turn: what’s your win this week? Drop it in the comments! 👇 Want to share your wins, get coaching, and improve your game? Join our online community here: https://go.thomasyelloweyes.com/nighttrainmethod3 #Pickleball #PickleballCoach #PickleballCommunity #PickleballTraining #PickleballWins
I Went Back To The Basics And It Worked
I didn’t realize I was part of an “alumni” group. I was recently on a podcast with a woman who also grew up in the foster care system. As we shared our stories, she referred to us as “foster care alumni.” That phrase hit me differently. It made me realize how many people carry stories from foster care that rarely get talked about, and how powerful it can be to share them. If you’re a foster care alum, I’d love to hear your story. Share it in the comments. 👇You never know who might see your story and realize they’re not alone. #FosterCareAlumni #FosterCareStories #FosterCareAwareness #OvercomingAdversity #personalgrowth
Foster Care Alumni. Nobody Told Me That Was A Thing
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