Botox, Dial-Up & Pickleball Coaching | Chance w/ Harker Heights Athletic Club

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 🔹 The dink strategy that’ll make your opponents beg for mercy

Plus, Chance from Harker Heights Athletic Club joins us to talk growing a pickleball scene from scratch, MILP tryouts, and how encouraging vibes can still make you dangerous.

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Chapters

• 1:05 Sponsor Ad
• 1:53 Kitchen Talk - Hot takes, weird news, and what’s on our minds this week
• 12:50 Just The Tip - Pickleball Wisdom
• 13:52 Pickle Pals - Deep Dive with a Pickleball Court, Club or Influencer
• 27:32 Dink or Destroy- This-or-that debate: Love it or trash it?
• 33:47 News You Can Use
• 37:06 Wrap-Up & CTA - Final thoughts, shoutouts, and how to engage with us

Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00.462)
I do my own Botox. I give myself Botox, I buy it myself, I do it.

Big Dink Energy Botox coming out this fall. This is Big Dink Energy, the pickleball podcast that's half insight, half nonsense, and all entertainment. If you love pickleball, don't take yourself too seriously and think a little trash talk makes the game better, welcome home. This is the place where life and pickleball intersect. We celebrate the chaos, call out the nonsense, and put the fun back in dysfunction. You're either in or you're out. And if you're still listening,

You're in, so let's go. Big Dink Energy starts now. Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's Maybelline. No, it's the Big Dink Energy podcast. The official podcast of Pickleball in your ear holes right now. Right now. I aged everybody, listen to that.

You just aged yourself.

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Speaker 4 (00:57.098)
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That's not even the same company.

Still use an oxyblend.

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Speaker 4 (01:34.286)
Nice, I like that. So if I did this, tell me what this is in your life. Okay. You've got mail.

Speaker 4 (01:45.07)
That is from America Online. That's right. So a little bit of sad news. After decades of connecting Americans to its online service and the internet through telephone lines, those things still around, AOL recently announced it is finally shutting down its dial-up modem service on September 30th, 2025. Yes, I'm talking to you, grandma and grandpas out there that are still somehow

We all know what that one's from.

well, baby.

Speaker 2 (01:54.943)
Aww.

Speaker 4 (02:14.946)
Connecting by

I didn't even know it still existed.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I know several people with an AOL email address.

Right, but that's the email address. I'm talking about using dial-up still. I don't think you can either. I know is they're shutting it down. Shutting it down.

Speaker 1 (02:27.219)
I don't think you can.

Who's a sa-

It's sad because where am I gonna find a free compact disc laying around?

try to rewrite over later.

Yeah, back then those things were measured in kilobytes, kilobytes, tiny, tiny little bytes. And so what I thought what we would do for our audience and mainly for us, because that's what this podcast is all about. Right. I'm glad you guys are along for the ride, but it's our therapy session. I wanted to know, so if we said 1984 was the height of the internet, right, for AOL, websites were measured in kilobytes, like I said, video was essentially impossible.

Speaker 4 (03:10.35)
and the AOL service grew. Now initially in 19... they were in the 80s and then in the early 90s you could get onto AOL News and that was about it. And then it opened up to the web in 94 and probably that its heyday came to an end right around 2000, right around that time frame. So what were the things that meant something to you all for that era? It started bringing up...

Yeah, I guess one of the biggest things is like when it would take the phone and your mom would be like, get off the internet, I need to use the phone. Right? Like that would be a big one. Or your sibling and it's like, I need to use the phone, you know, whatever.

Yeah, yeah, I remember the rich kids in my school, they had two lines. Two lines. stop. Two lines.

You graduated in 89. graduated in 89. did you meet the adults in your apartment? Right. That's what I'm saying. you were a grown ass man. Okay. remember the lunch room. No, you don't. remember driving to your job as an adult.

That's year my husband was born.

Speaker 4 (04:11.019)
already

Speaker 4 (04:16.846)
No, I remember fighting for my country. I wrote a check up to and including my life if needed for the Americans listening to this right now. I serve my country in the United States Army.

So anyway, she was in junior high.

Over

Speaker 1 (04:40.426)
In 94, I was in 11.

Okay, so you were in junior high

In 94, I was in elementary school.

Okay, because I was in high school and you

A soldier. soldier. American soldier!

Speaker 2 (04:54.7)
We have all different experiences.

That's why I thought it would be fun. I know our listeners do too.

Yeah, so that's what I remember. I remember being, you know, high school age, 15, 16 or whatever. And that was nostalgic. And I also think the fact that we all ran around with like pagers, yet we had no emergency. there's no emergency for a 15 year old. Like why are we having pagers? So that and I never played any of those.

PlayStation, Nintendo.

Anybody remember GoldenEye 007?

Speaker 2 (05:24.054)
No, I had like the arts and letters book that you would have to go to to pick out like a graphic and then go type the number in shop pro type thing. It was like a big book of graphics and my God, it was like the coolest thing and the net zero free internet CDs that like we have.

Adopt Matrix printer

Okay

Speaker 4 (05:45.231)
yeah they're almost as prevalent

I'll see you. Get them like every day in the mail.

Right around 99, The Matrix, I know that's an important movie for you and your conspiracy theor-

Now one of these days we're gonna get on here and I'm going to open up the world of my brain of conspiracies.

That will be a very long podcast.

Speaker 2 (06:08.578)
News listeners, all five that listen.

How about TRL?

total re- total re- live. like, Spring Break, MTV Spring Break.

request.

Speaker 1 (06:22.511)
my gosh, like the real world.

South Park, 1997. the... Hm, part of that.

in Budhead.

Well, and then in true AOL fashion, there's the movie, You've Got Mail. Yes, I believe it was Meg. Tom Hanks? Yeah, Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. I guess. Unfacts. Stapleton.

yeah, with Meg Ryan? Thanks. No, I think it's...

Speaker 4 (06:39.106)
Look

Hey, fact. Never seen that movie. Me neither. Not a fan of either of those high fives. I don't like those type of movies. um,

We'll see.

BYE

it's a very cute mo- Rom-com? You don't like rom-com?

Speaker 4 (06:55.074)
Some of them, like Four Christmases. are copies.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, but that's why I all that hallmark stuff like you do

Love rom-com

Did you all know anybody with frosted tips?

Everyone Every single boy. Yeah, every single boy had frosted tips and then they all wanted to be in sync

Speaker 2 (07:07.482)
Everybody at the skating rink.

Speaker 4 (07:14.764)
Then they had yes, because Backstreet Boys in St. Britney Spears.

I mean like you'd- Yeah, that's more like 99.

Good Cup.

The boys with the frosted tips then were wearing Genco jeans.

Yes. And when you would like wait by the phone because there was like no caller ID and you're like, I hope it's my boyfriend. And like if they would stay on the phone, there was like no call waiting or anything at that time. I don't think I just remember having a phone in your room was like the cool thing. If you had your own dedicated line, like I had my own phone number, like that was. Yes, yes, yes. Mall madness, baby.

Speaker 4 (07:46.524)
Did you have the phone that you could see through?

Speaker 1 (07:51.918)
Come on, Madness.

How long was the cord?

I had to be, could, I had a walking closet. My dad built me a walk-in closet because I was really into clothes at the time. Not so much anymore. And I could walk all the way, walk in my closet and walk around with the phone. That's awesome. Yeah. And then I got a cordless one. yeah. That antenna was so long.

How did you have to- Okay, everybody, how did you pull the antenna out of your phone? With your teeth?

I watched a TV show the other day and it was based back in like the early 2000s and this lady had one of the cordless phones in the antenna and she's like outside way deep in her backyard still talking on her phone. And I was like, no, that did not work that way. I'm yelling at the TV because this is so inaccurate. And my husband's like, what is wrong with you? was like, one, who had a house phone in that time?

Speaker 2 (08:37.294)
Ain't no way you didn't even change rooms.

Speaker 1 (08:47.564)
Everybody had cell phones by then and he had to correct me on that. No, not at that time.

No, I don't think so. I didn't even have a cell phone until I was like 23.

I'm telling him, I'm like, the cordless phone did not reach that far. You had to next to the base.

And then if you did and you were trying to find it, if you left it somewhere and it was like hiding in your, know, comforter or something, would be beep.

And we still have it nowadays on cell phones, you have to my phone. Yeah, but. Because you still had that little thing on the base you pushed and it would ring the phone.

Speaker 2 (09:15.074)
Yeah. You lookin' all over.

before when my dad couldn't find it and that would beep in my room that's when I was like no I'm in trouble

For some of you all out there, here's what I know. You're already screaming into your radio. This is also the last era or time the Cowboys won a Super Bowl. Tiger Woods was coming on the scene and showing what golf was all about.

Where's that?

Speaker 2 (09:39.342)
that's right. I was in school for that.

O.J. Simpson trial.

Yep, yep, I was in Cuba for that one. was in Cuba. I remember OJ being on the TV.

And you know, there's a whole Bill Clinton scandal.

What? That happened. there? was there. Speaking of cigars.

Speaker 4 (09:51.79)
there's a nice

Speaker 2 (09:56.046)
such good time. It was so good.

Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, steroiding it up and dropping bombs in the ballpark.

Just amazing. Good times. Oh, and- I remember Lisa Frank, but I never had this I would-

Lisa Frank.

So into everything Lisa Frank.

Speaker 2 (10:13.294)
And did have me a trapper key.

Trapper keeper

No, no, that's Lisa But yes, hey, so yeah, it's like the folders and stuff with like the guys and all the I need to rewatch that now with my new enlightenment I love me some some x-files quantum leap quantum leap

the same time.

Speaker 4 (10:29.215)
files.

Speaker 4 (10:33.716)
gosh, with your third eye.

Speaker 1 (10:38.708)
did y'all ever-

Ziggy, I need to get out of here. Yeah.

I know. don't think I've ever seen that. What? Tomagotchis. y'all ever have a

Wow, Bakula.

I cheese?

Speaker 2 (10:50.08)
I didn't have one either. were an adult, so you should know.

They're coming back. Like people have them now. I want one so bad, so I'm gonna go get me one. That just brings back like...

My daughter had one. She got on Tmoo.

I had one. friend. Yes. animals to take care of. my parents reminded me of that. You have real animals to take care of. Nope, I don't need other things to do. Pogs. Pogs. never did them, but they were so popular. Me either. was just like, are we just throwing cardboard after cardboard? didn't get it. But it was huge. I remember that. my gosh. Good times. Good one.

And you're high. in Seinfeld.

Speaker 4 (11:06.158)
Yeah.

I'm gonna get you a Tamagotchi.

Speaker 1 (11:15.534)
Speaker 1 (11:19.638)
I never understood it.

Speaker 1 (11:26.828)
Yeah, everybody had him and traded him, all that stuff.

Yeah, we had Eminem coming in at 99 and then after that was Y2K.

I remember that night, like when it went into 2000, it was so fun.

yeah, yeah

Everybody was like, world is ending.

Speaker 1 (11:44.652)
The world is gonna end and nothing's gonna work.

We officer by then and we had an extra shift and we had to stay away again. was a whole thing.

The moment it turned midnight I was in my garage and I turned off the circuit breaker just to like kind of freak everybody out But nobody believed it because all of the houses around us their lights are still on I tried to freak

Nice. The wah-wah for you AOL. You've got mail. Thanks for bringing us. Let us know. Drop into the comment section. Let us know what you remember from the era of AOL. Napster. Lime wire. still have a virus and it's not on my computer.

me. Thanks for

Speaker 1 (12:09.806)
Yeah. End of an era.

Speaker 1 (12:19.759)
I get so many notes.

Speaker 2 (12:24.811)
It's in the crotch.

Fan mail, fan mail, fan mail. I think they got it. I think they knew. think they did. Fan mail, Anne or Annie. I don't know how you go, Annie or Anne. You just let us know. Messaged us saying, I love the energy and in general, your content is delightful. Well, generally speaking, Anne, thanks so much for that. Way to shout us out. Can you do better than her? Let us know. Drop into the comment section.

You fart!

Peace!

Speaker 2 (12:36.91)
Are you okay?

Speaker 2 (12:52.558)
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Speaker 1 (13:22.958)
So your tip is to dink with purpose, not panic. Don't just tap the ball over the net because you're supposed to dink. Instead, aim for your opponent's feet and make them move. Dinks aren't polite, they're strategic.

Just

Speaker 4 (13:44.103)
It's time for Pickle Pal!

Speaker 4 (13:50.146)
Listen, most people play pickleball for fun, not chance. Chance turned it into a calling. Yeah, probably fun too though. As a pickleball trainer and program director at Harker Heights Athletic Club, Chance has grown the sport from the ground up, one drill, one match, and one strategy session at a time. I know, I got my first lesson from this guy. and when he's not coaching, he's suiting up for the Texas Ranchers in the MILP, Duper 20 Division, right? Yes, sir. Competing with serious talent and showing up like a pro. If you want to know what it takes to train,

coach and compete at a high level all while building a local scene, Chance is your guy. Chance, thanks so much for being on the Big Dink Energy podcast.

Thanks, fam. Wow, what an intro. That's awesome. Yeah.

Yeah, I had to dig deep on all that. I told everybody in the intro, you gave me my first pickleball lesson when I think I still had a Walmart paddle, fully made of wood and just as heavy as you would think it is and wrapped with the best electrical tape. And fast forward to $250 paddles later, I'm still playing just as poorly. So it's definitely not a paddle or equipment issue.

Yeah, absolutely.

Speaker 4 (15:00.866)
That's right. So let me, let's get your story though. How'd you get into this awesome sport?

My uncle actually got me into it. I grew up playing tennis all through middle school, high school. I was really good at it. And then COVID happened and no one was playing tennis anymore. like I said, my uncle got me into it, took me to this place called Chicken and Pickle, fell in love like immediately. Almost bought a paddle right then and there, but I didn't let my impulsive side get the best of me. So played a couple more times and playing ever since for about four or five years now, ever since COVID.

That's awesome. That's a great story. My niece and nephew were at the tournament the other day, so maybe they'll have a story similar to that my uncle got me into. Realistically, think we say they have a drug problem. They get drug everywhere and they got drugged the pickleball. So what's your coaching style? I think I know, but are you more technical, intense, strategic, encouraging, or just kind of a mix?

Yeah, it's hard to say really, kind of looking back on it. A lot of players always say that, you know, I'm really patient, I'm very encouraging. I just, I don't know, I just like to see the good out of, you know, everyone who plays. Like that's what I get so amped up about is like when other players, you know, they're having smiles on their faces because they learned something new and things like that. So I really just, I just want them to feel good and feel happy and, you know, just very encouraging.

Yeah, I noticed that right away, you cause I had a little trepidation, you know, when I, when my wife is like, we're going to go to a pickle ball lesson. I'm like, hard can it be? It's a, it's a, you know, it's a wiffle ball and a paddle. That's just slightly bigger than a ping pong table paddle. But then, you know, you were so encouraging, so welcoming and you know, that could make all the difference for somebody, right? Right. You know, either someone's going to show up and they're, they could love it based on who their coach is, or they could end up hating it. And I don't ever want to try it again.

Speaker 4 (16:47.148)
be so embarrassed or something like that. So yeah, I think you do have a good style that you use. you know, and that was kind of a hump for me too, because I'm like, what do I need a lesson for, right? So, and I'm sure other people are feeling the same way. What's the biggest shift you kind of see in players when they start training with intention versus those people who just going to be rec players their whole life?

Yeah, absolutely. mean, that's what makes pickleball so awesome, right? It's, forget where I got this from or heard it from, but it's an easy sport to learn, but a hard sport to master, right? So you'll start seeing those players that, you know, they want to take it to the next level there, you know. Not that they still can't have fun with it, especially if you're a competitive person, because maybe that's where you get your fun and enjoyment out of it. But yeah, I mean, you can play with,

Seven year olds, 60 year olds playing on the same court, you know, as soon as you want to take that, that, that next level, think, you you can, can, you could take it however you want to do it.

Yeah, yeah, you can definitely take yourself too serious out there, you know, and you the nice thing is those people typically stand out the people who are just overly in it and But the by and large the majority of people showing up to pickleball are just people you actually want to hang out with even outside of the right Yes, even outside of the court. You're in Harker Heights, Texas. That's one of the courts we play out a lot and What is kind of the mission with the pickleball program there in Harker Heights?

Yeah, I mean you said a little bit earlier before with the whole we want to spread that that bug that you know, everyone gets the first time, know playing we you know, we have two intro clinics going on every week So we just want to you know, again just spread that that join it spread that that addiction right that that we have Yeah, but at the same time we want a place to come where if you want to get better like we're also that that place as well Right. So just always you know spreading the joy but also wanting to get better where that place that you come to as well with our

Speaker 3 (18:43.054)
We're just starting up our mini academies, our lessons. have my foundation series here at the club, so we really have it all here.

Yeah, and I got to meet Big Daddy Dave as he likes to go by. just you can tell he, the owner, he has just a love for the courts, for the athletic club, and for pickleball itself. So, you know, it makes it a lot easier, I bet, to work for somebody. So what kind of players do you typically work with? You what is the kind of player that you're trying to build, I guess?

like that. 100 % yeah.

Speaker 3 (19:14.466)
Yes. I mean, yeah, we would like to reach them all, really. I mean, we really just started with the beginner group, you know, just teaching the game. But now we're taking it more. We're going now, we're starting up new programming here. There's a lot more intermediate players who, you know, want to get into that advanced play. we're coming up with new ideas and strategies to kind of help that player as well. Because I think a majority of players are kind of like that, you know, that 3-0, 3-5 level.

So that's kind of like what we're turning our heads to, but still catering, you we still want to build that beginner, that newer player, because that's really where it starts from.

Yeah, you got to definitely have the base of the people who are going to be coming up into that three and three five and up into the fours. Let's shift gears just a little bit and talk about the ranchers, the Texas ranchers, the Duper 20 team. Was that a goal or was that something just kind of came to you? How did that happen?

So funny, yeah. So really I was just looking up tournaments, you know, on PickleballTournaments.com and I was just seeing when my next tournament was going to be, what I could play and what can fit in my schedule. And that's when I stumbled upon the Ranchers Tryouts and I said, what is this? And I look it up and read the description and it just happened, you know, it happened to be on a Sunday, which Sundays are usually my days off. So I was like, you know, let me go try this out, you know.

At first, know, it was just kind of like a, just an experience kind of thing. Like what are they looking for? What are they, you know, how do they run it? How do they, you know, I was just kind of really seeing, you know, there's a different than tournament, different than a clinic, different than a, you know, all the other kind of pickleball events, you know, that have gone on. So really just, I just took it as like a, let me go check it out kind of thing. And, and the next day after tryouts, I got an email back and saying that I made the team and telling me, yeah, telling me all the.

Speaker 3 (21:05.204)
all the cool things that they have planned and all the benefits and all the exposure. so that's just kind of a awesome, perfect storm almost that happened.

Yeah, so, you know, that and that's going to be like a way different level of play, right? When you're when you talk about that kind of stuff for the even the, you know, people say it's the minor leagues, but I mean, this is the feeder for the

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. And I don't mean to cut you off, but yeah, so they have divisions and everything. You know, they have the Duper 16, 18, 20, 22. So I think I tried out, yeah, I tried out for the 20 division, the 20 and the 18, they had it going on the same day. But I tried out for the 20 and yeah, so I'm on the Duper 20, which everyone on average is like a 5.0 level.

So with that, know, do you feel the pressure competing as both a player and a coach? Because I had not seen you play, but then you, you know, you were just warming up with some people the other day and then you, then you played some matches. was like, well, you can definitely tell the difference in, know, the people that were there at the rec play or the open play. And then based on, you know, what I was seeing from you, there's definitely a dividing line in the skill level. So do you have that, do you that pressure from player and coach?

I mean, not necessarily. think if anything, it just really boosted my confidence knowing that I can not only be a really good teacher, but also a really good player. And yeah, again, it just gave me more confidence that I can, just as long as I set my mind to it, that I could be as good as, you how I want to be. Yeah, I

Speaker 4 (22:30.91)
I bet you being a coach and going into tryouts like that, there's got to be a bonus there because you're so good at working with a lot of different people. So when you're out there and you're trying to showcase yourself and stand out, you still have to have the sportsmanship and everything that goes into that. So I bet you there's a real win there for you being a coach going into something like that.

Yeah, absolutely. And honestly, you know, when players ask me like, how do you get so much better in your game? Cause I don't, I don't really play too much high level games, you know, around here, we have a couple four or four five players when I can, you know, I'll go out to Austin where the, know, the higher level players are typically at. Again, that's rarely like, I'll probably go out like maybe once a month on that. So, you know, when players ask me, you like, how do you, you know, how do you reach that five level and not really having that level around here? And truly I credit to coaching.

You know, not only just teaching the way I play the way I think you should be able to play, but just that repetition and that experience and playing the way I coach, and again, just build that confidence and like, I am doing good because the way I am teaching and I have to be on with the way I'm coaching someone.

Yeah, truly just accredited to coaching on how I became so much better.

Yeah, for sure. So what's something amateur players or rec players think matters but really doesn't?

Speaker 3 (23:58.648)
yeah, that's a great question. I would say, I think power. People think you have to hit the crap out of the ball, which might be intimidating, right? But I don't think you need that much power or even spin, like side spin. The only really spin you need is topspin, just kind of keeping it simple. But I think power is the big one.

Yeah, you see a lot of people that just love to drive, right? Drive, drive, drive, drive, drive. slowing it down may actually get you better results. Yeah. Yeah. So let's do a little dink or destroy. This is a this or that kind of segment. I'm going to give you two choices. You got to pick one. You can't go middle of the road or say both. So here we go. Technical drills or point play.

Ooh, technical drills.

All right. Duper tracking or self-rating? Yeah, now that they changed it up a little bit, kind of going with the golf model a little bit. absolutely. Loud hype partners or quiet consistency?

stupor tracking.

Speaker 3 (24:55.582)
loud high. you can't pick one that gets mad at you either. I guess there's like a balance to that, right? But yeah.

Yeah, He can't be crashing out while I'm crashing out.

Yeah, exactly. But definitely a loud hike. just, me personally, that just like gets me going, yeah.

Yeah, me too. Coaching clinics or competing MILP?

Man, that's a good one. I think just because it's newer, think just competing in the MILP.

Speaker 4 (25:22.346)
Yeah, yeah. And I think that sharpens you for the coaching too. Yeah. How about a flawless serve or unreturnable drive?

Mm. Flawless serve because you don't really see that anymore. Yeah.

Yeah, I think everybody's way back and they're just ready. Yeah. So if someone's trying to move, say, from like me from a 1.5 to a 2, what's the best advice?

Other than, other than crashing out? Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I don't want to break my paddle. It's already been done.

Speaker 3 (25:48.728)
Yeah, I think number one, just having fun with it, playing and playing with other players that are like-minded as you, because I think it's just easier to grow that way. You know, if you're playing with players who aren't having fun or anything like that, mean, you know, it's kind of hard to get better. honestly, just playing with other players that, you know, just love to play like you would.

I find that so important. I don't take myself too seriously. I go out there to have fun. I don't have the knees that are necessary to advance. Yeah, it's all about the fun. And then you're the reps in. So you're faster hands.

I'd say if was, you know, if it's one thing, I'm gonna name drop here Stephanie Hoffman. Like for her, it was just like the serve. Like I told her, was like, when you're playing out here, don't worry about anything else. But you know, we're working on the serve, just focus on that. You know, whether it be in regular rec game, playoff game or a league game, tournament game, you know, whatever it may be. Pick one thing and just, you know, that.

Yeah, that's right. That's right. She dialed it in at the Labor Day makeup tournament. Got that serve nailed down. I don't know if she missed a serve the whole tournament. That was awesome. It was awesome. Well, okay. So what's all the socials? How do people get a hold of you and Harker Heights Athletic Club?

Yeah, I love to hear it.

Speaker 3 (26:56.248)
Yeah, absolutely. So my personal socials are the underscore ponds on Instagram. You can also find me on Facebook there on that. And then here at Heights Athletic Club, same thing, Heights Athletic Club on Instagram and on Facebook here in Harker Heights, Texas.

All right, all of you that are in the area and even if you're not come to the area, go to Harker Heights Athletic Club, find Chance, you'll get some good lessons, you'll have a lot of takeaways and you'll be better for it. Chance, thanks so much for being on the Big Dink Energy podcast.

Yeah, absolutely. Thanks for having me.

Speaker 4 (27:32.684)
For you, the audience, participate, we're gonna say something, then we're gonna either dink it, thumbs up, send it over the net, or destroy it, thumbs down, don't like it, not for us. What you got, paddle princess?

So this is something that we were talking about on the back porch the other day. And I started doing some research on it. It's actually kind of a big controversial topic. It is a big deal. DIY aesthetics. So personally, I do my own Botox. I give myself Botox. I buy it myself. I do it. It's not the Botox brand. So tell them. It's.

Would you say it's kind of a big deal? See what I did there.

Speaker 2 (28:08.814)
Brand it is now.

a Korean brand. here's the thing. Botox or Disport, any of those neuromodulators are going to be anywhere from $10 to $15 a unit. And to do your whole face, that's a lot of money. I can buy a hundred unit vial for $40 and save myself $1500 by doing it myself.

Are we we dinking and destroying Botox in general or Botox done? All those words you just used. have no idea what any of those. It did. The TikTok shop. Get my Botox. I made it at home.

DIY.

Speaker 4 (28:47.66)
That's not a professional.

I've done a lot of research.

Speaker 4 (28:56.662)
energy Botox coming out this fall. Get your Uggs, get your pumpkin spice, and get your big dink energy Botox.

I think, well, I'm heavy-handed. I would not trust myself. Like, I can't curl my own hair in the mirror. Like, I'm like, is it that way or this way? Like, I can't figure it out. I can't braid my own hair. Like, I can't figure it out when I'm looking in the mirror. How am I gonna inject my face? There ain't no way. I mean, I know it looks like I've had Botox. Not really. I probably need it. I got some crow...

Calorie woman.

Speaker 4 (29:32.59)
Why don't you go over to Paddle Princess's house? Let's do a Botox party.

Okay, I know her well enough to know I'm not letting her inject anything into me.

Aww, so mean.

Like if you want to inject your own face with partialism.

Here's what we'll do. Let's just have her do one side. Have her.

Speaker 2 (29:50.606)
Have or do you? You're older than me.

See how that works?

I don't need it. I don't look at them.

I'm just saying I commend you for the research you've done and I think it's awesome that you do it. And I haven't yet been like, oh damn. So in fact, I was like, have you got it done recently? And you're like, yeah, I did it myself. And I was like, damn. Like you came in all like, I don't know, droopy.

Holy crap!

Speaker 1 (30:15.278)
Well, the last time that I had it professionally done, it lasted maybe three months. And Botox used to last people about six months. So there's a whole lot of rumors going around on why it's only lasting three months. So I started doing it myself. And the last time I did it on myself was May. And it hasn't worn off. It's still great. Like, I don't have my 11 lines like I always do.

shit, I got 22s.

My truck's sitting on 22s.

But it's not like I also do like my own micro needling so I get my own exosomes and things like that and I might I know but I'm not I've just done a lot of research and I do it myself and I save myself thousands of dollars

You're you're a straight-up aesthetician

Speaker 2 (30:59.086)
I also saved myself that But hey, I think it's a dink I think if you want to research and you want to do it and you got you do you I think it's awesome. So

By not doing it.

Speaker 1 (31:09.784)
There's so many people out there who are so against it. Like it's very...

None of your damn business what I do to my face Like if you want to come in if you came in all jacked I would be like that you shouldn't have done that That was a bad idea Right, so I mean, yeah if you don't want to be stroke faced and that's on you

Screw it up

Speaker 4 (31:27.565)
you had a stroke.

Buh-bye!

Speaker 4 (31:32.438)
Yeah, if I gotta use the acronym FACE to figure out something went wrong with your book.

Speaker 4 (31:40.29)
But that's kind of the boutique-y with your measuring that you put on your arm, right? So people would come up in the comments or be all over people who didn't.

yeah, my continuous glucose monitor. Yes. Because I'm a huge nerd with glucose and like all of that. So I love biomechanics and how Biohacking. Biohacking, I love it. So people would always be like, are you diabetic? And I say no. And they're like, well, you really shouldn't have that. And I'm like, it's none of your- You're it. Yeah, it's none of your damn business. it yourself. I love you. Anyways, dinkity dink. I think it's great and I think you look great.

Measuring the body stuff.

Speaker 4 (32:08.494)
You're taking that away from people who know

Speaker 1 (32:17.058)
Thank you.

Yeah, I'm a dink on it. You did all the research, you speak all the Linggity. The lab coat was a little much for me, if it came with it, I guess...

Ha ha ha!

Speaker 1 (32:28.096)
Come with my lab coat,

Maybe they'll have a Barbie one. Uh-huh. they could, it comes with its lab coat and a little jar and a little needle. It's like, is Botox Barbie and she-

actually is a procedure called Barbie Botox. It's in your traps. So you inject your traps and then it will like make your neck and your shoulders slimmer.

Gonna take a shit time to do mine. That's a lot. It's like, wheel it in folks. Beep beep, get it all in here, we're gonna do our traps.

That's a lot.

Speaker 1 (32:53.048)
So bye.

Speaker 1 (32:59.598)
People put like 50 units per trap. So if you're doing $10 a unit, that's a thousand bucks. Yeah.

Spending! do one trap. Well that...

They walk around all lopsided.

Well, problem with that is then you can't be indifferent to stuff. can't be, mmm.

I don't know. don't know. can't show your shoulders. Just people are like, you can't tell if you're smiling or frowning. The same thing with, guess you're trapped. Just be like, I'm trying to say I don't know. Are you? Anyways, I think we're all dead. What y'all think? You gonna inject your face?

Speaker 4 (33:25.28)
I'm indifferent to this.

There you go.

I'm a dink

Yeah, let us know. wanna hear what y'all have to say about this.

Get in

Speaker 2 (33:37.304)
dart in the neck.

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News you can use.

Where's the beef? It's right here.

You

Speaker 1 (33:52.11)
We never know what's gonna come out of your mouth

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Love them Dinkin' Dash people. So the news you can use a New Zealand a New Zealand? Goodness gracious. I need Botox in my lips. A New Zealand mother of two Gabrielle Wall has broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest 100 meter barefoot running across Lego bricks. Yeah, well

That's a thing

I know a little bit about Guinness World Records. I know a couple world record holders and they told me the behind the scenes. I'm not going to let that out here on this podcast, but the challenging track was created using 661 pounds of loose Legos in Christ Church. Christ Church. Well, what? In Christ Church. bet you. Sounds like that's what she is saying when she's running across these Legos. Church. Gabrielle completed the sprint in an impressive 24.75 seconds on January of this year to prepare for the painful challenge.

Speaker 2 (35:02.06)
Sounds like it's like.

Speaker 4 (35:13.134)
She trained barefoot for two months, even attending a wedding without shoes on to build calluses. No, thank you, Gabrielle. Go back home and get some Crocs on. Gabrielle took on the challenge as a bucket list. Okay. You're not. That's your bucket list. is weird. Well, she is from New Zealand, where the get goes from. Following a health scare in 2022 and described the experience as unforgettable. Despite a stumble along the run, she maintained her balance and finished strong.

Her feet has gone viral on social media. See what I did there? Her feet has gone viral on social media, attracting millions of views and comments celebrating her endurance and DeDe.

I think whatever, you know, it's weird, but okay. Why I even step on one Lego and not be yeah exactly so I don't know how

I saw the video, I'm like, what is happening here? And then it brought back shades or thoughts of Michael Scott from the office not going across the hot coals.

Don't people have better things to do? That's just...

Speaker 4 (36:12.248)
She is a world record holder paddle princess.

I mean, someone that I respect, I have to like reverse engineer it. So I'm like, at what point was she like, okay, I'm gonna do this. I need to train. Susie has a wedding? Nah, I'm not wearing shoes. how did this unfold?

Yeah, because this is she's why well then you have to go and you have to tell people why you don't shoes on at the wedding and I'm sure

What is the- Why?

Speaker 2 (36:35.662)
You know how those people are. I'm sorry I don't have shoes on. Sarah, nobody asked. Nobody even cares. Nobody's even like. Well, let me tell you. feel like if you want to think up anything, then the Guinness Book of World Records will give you a record.

Look at Gabby. Nobody asked.

Speaker 4 (36:50.222)
Congratulations to you, New Zealand. have the Lord of the Rings trilogy out there, and now you have Gabby running across Legos.

NZ in the house. Is it NZ? What? That's real weird.

Yeah, now to NZ. I thought you'd like it.

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