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This week the Pickleheads talk about the most UNDERRATED shot in pickleball! If you can master this shot, you’ll be leaps and bounds ahead of your competitors. Stick around to learn the who, what, where when and why of this often times under appreciated shot! What’s that? You haven’t SUBSCRIBED yet? Is it because it’s too expensive? Oh wait, it’s free! SUBSCRIBE now and watch your pickleball skills soar!

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00:00 Intro
4:00 The 4th shot
5:44 Where to place your 4th
11:22 How to train the 4th
13:25 How to deal with good 3rds
16:04 BIG 4th shot mistake
20:40 How to drill the 4th
25:53 4th shot recap

The USAPA partnered with Old Bridge Township to host a pickleball demo at the township municipal center. The courts will be available and open to the public from sun-up to 10pm on a first come/first serve basis. Please contact the Department of Parks, Recreation and Social Services at (732) 721-5600 ext. 4999 for
additional information about pickleball.

This week we explain the WHY behind certain shots and strategies! Spencer teaches why we play in a particular way in Pickleball, as well as when certain shots and strategies should occur. All of this in an effort to improve YOUR game! Austin teases a brand new paddle which will come out this month! Should you buy it? To top it all off, the Pickleheads read hater’s comments from social media, some of which are hilarious! What’s that? You haven’t SUBSCRIBED to our pod yet? Do yourself a favor and SUBSCRIBE now! Thank you for your support.

Follow us on Instagram and all social media: @pickleheadpod

Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Understand the WHY of Pickleball
14:40 Austin shares UNRELEASED paddle
17:11 Picklehead’s funny social media comments
26:58 The reason we do this podcast

This week we explain the WHY behind certain shots and strategies! Spencer teaches why we play in a particular way in Pickleball, as well as when certain shots and strategies should occur. All of this in an effort to improve YOUR game! Austin teases a brand new paddle which will come out this month! Should you buy it? To top it all off, the Pickleheads read hater’s comments from social media, some of which are hilarious! What’s that? You haven’t SUBSCRIBED to our pod yet? Do yourself a favor and SUBSCRIBE now! Thank you for your support.

Follow us on Instagram and all social media: @pickleheadpod

Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Understand the WHY of Pickleball
14:40 Austin shares UNRELEASED paddle
17:11 Picklehead’s funny social media comments
26:58 The reason we do this podcast

This week the Pickleheads talk about the most UNDERRATED shot in pickleball! If you can master this shot, you’ll be leaps and bounds ahead of your competitors. Stick around to learn the who, what, where when and why of this often times under appreciated shot! What’s that? You haven’t SUBSCRIBED yet? Is it because it’s too expensive? Oh wait, it’s free! SUBSCRIBE now and watch your pickleball skills soar!

Also follow us on Instagram and all social media @pickleheadpod

00:00 Intro
4:00 The 4th shot
5:44 Where to place your 4th
11:22 How to train the 4th
13:25 How to deal with good 3rds
16:04 BIG 4th shot mistake
20:40 How to drill the 4th
25:53 4th shot recap

Just a little demo for our class by 4 of the coaches.

In this video pickleball pro Sarah Ansboury discusses her work as the Director and Clinician of Education for the PPR, Professional Pickleball Registry. She explains that the PPR is the official education provider for the USA Pickleball Association. People come to the PPR for training on how to coach pickleball. The coaching program started in June 2018 and is growing quickly with over 1,400 members and adding new programs such as junior development, wheel chair pickleball, tournaments, high intensity pickleball and much more!

For more information on the PPR visit https://www.pprpickleball.org/

Time to check in with pickleball GOAT Ben Johns. Ben took to Twitter to address the paddle delamination issue. He goes deeper into how to test for delamination and why power is a problem. We touch on all the controversies facing the pro game including white paddles, match schedules, and rule changes. After the physics lesson, Ben explains some of the history surrounding pickleball’s OG’s. You can’t miss this episode with pickleball’s top dog.

Ben's written explanation on delamination testing: https://www.thedinkpickleball.....com/ben-johns-paddle

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Show Notes:
3:02 The tweet that started the delamination fire
7:20 How the deflection test really works
12:11 Somewhere between a wooden paddle and tennis racquet
19:19 US Open rule change
24:14 An ultrasonic test could be the solution for delamination
31:04 The pickleball OG’s
37:01 What does a top player look like 10 years from now?
41:12 Riley Newman’s unique style may be helping and hurting
45:00 Ben will not be playing pickleball in 2033
50:07 The right-side player will be left-handed in the future
56:30 James Ignatowich’s quick ascension
1:00:30 Ben’s close alignment with the PPA Tour and MLP feelings
1:07:14 Who The 5’s should have picked last in the draft
1:12:00 White paddle sh*t
1:17:45 Pro players wait to speak out - Seeking more transparency
1:25:54 Let’s schedule and promote big matches