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Are you having trouble with balls going out? Here's why and what to do instead.
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My Top Strategies to Improve Your Pickleball Defense | Improve your Pickleball Game
Understanding pickleball court angles and how to cover them is a critical skill that all pickleball players can benefit from.
In this video we discuss the three angles in a pickleball point, rank the angles, and go over the optimal angle coverage in specific situations. This is part of learning how to play percentage pickleball.
If you want a printout of the angles, you can find that here:
https://in2pickle.com/blogs/ne....ws/3-rules-to-close-
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Thanks to Coyote Hearing Studio for the music used in this video. Music used with permission from YouTube Audio Library.
Attack the Short Ball with this Shot | Pickleball Shots with Deb Harrison
The great Deb Harrison shares with us a shot she is working to perfect: the topspin attack forehand with a finishing fifth shot. By continuing to evolve her game Deb is able to stay competitive and at the top of her game. There is a lot to learn from the best in the sport.
You can connect with Deb at www.picklepongdeb.com. Also subscribe to her channel @debharrison1678 great content on there.
Let us know what you are working on. Also if you have any issues that seem to haunt your game, let us know. Perhaps there is a video in your future.
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Are you Ready for the Next Pickleball Shot | The Definitive Ready Position Guide | WeArePickleball
Not many things create more angst in pickleball players than the ready position. Where am I supposed to hold the paddle? Did I lose that rally because my paddle was not ready?
In this video we show you the pickleball ready position, give you the options (all of them) - including an option that you probably have not heard before, and give you our recommendation for your best ready position.
0:00 Playing Your Best Pickleball
0:31 The Video Roadmap
0:52 What is the Ready Position
2:25 Options for the Ready Position - Your Feet
4:27 Options for the Ready Position - Your Body
5:46 Options for the Ready Position - Your Paddle
8:15 Optimal Paddle Height (Bonus Tip)
10:07 Our Recommendation for Your Ready Position
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/59IhIbzw9EGL3KnGWaRqS3?si=DpX3S-sgTry81VpG65yLZw&dl_branch=1
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Pickleball Tips - How to Put Pressure on your Opponent in Pickleball Game?
A quick tip about how to keep your opponents back and put pressure on them by keeping your positional advantage at the NVZ line when facing 3rd shots. Take time away by taking the ball in the air or off a short hop. Do not invite your opponents forward by stepping back from the line.
As they say in many old-time war sagas “Hold the line.”
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Pickleball mistakes. We all make them. If you can learn to reduce yours you will, by extension, become a better player. Reducing your errors will also lead you to play a more confident game.
In this video we cover three mistakes that are common:
1 - getting jammed on returns of serve
2 - playing back in your heels
3 - taking balls of the bounce
Check them out and let us know what you think.
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CJ's video about avoiding the popups with better position (This on might surprise you):
https://youtu.be/4PDK8Q71LXY
0:00 Three common mistakes pickleball players make - Introduction
0:31 Mistake No. 1 - getting jammed on returns of serve
2:16 Mistake No. 2 - playing back in your heels
4:04 The Three Pillars of Pickleball
4:24 Mistake No. 3 - taking balls of the bounce
7:47 Summary
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/59IhIbzw9EGL3KnGWaRqS3?si=DpX3S-sgTry81VpG65yLZw&dl_branch=1
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You know the pickleball net has a negative side to it - it is the one that we hit the ball into to end the rally. BUT ... the pickleball net also has a positive side. It is one you can use to protect yourself from attack.
In this pickleball video, we explain the positive net to you and show you how to use the net when you are:
1 - hitting you third shot drops
2 - dinking up at the Non-Volley Zone
3 - in trouble (any time you are in trouble)
Bonus Tip - you can use the net to protect you against bangers. Use the net to create an out angle on their shot - or force the banger to hit their ball into the net. Give it a try.
Use the net to set up your pickleball defense and you will start to play your best piclkleball.
0:00 Introduction to the Pickleball Net and Common Errors
1:00 The Positive (Good) Side of the Pickleball Net
1:43 Using the Pickleball Net as a Shield / Force field
2:33 Three Uses for the Pickleball Net
2:40 Using the Pickleball Net with your Third Shot Drop
2:52 Using the Pickleball Net for your dinks
3:11 Using the Pickleball Net when you are in trouble
3:40 Interplay of the Pickleball Net with the Non-Volley Zone
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Do You Know How to Score More Pickleball Points by Hitting Your Third Shot at the Right Spot?
What is the right spot? All things being equal, the right spot is to the returner.
The returner is normally not yet at the no volley zone (kitchen) and also is moving. The NVZ player is already at the NVZ and is also not moving.
In this video we show you why going at the returner/moving player is the optimal choice (again, all things being equal - want to know what I mean by this? I will surely write a blog about it in the next few days).
Good luck out there
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Where do you hit the short return of serve? | Advanced Pickleball Strategy | WeArePickleball
Understanding - and respecting - the "X" are important concepts as you seek to improve your pickleball game. In this video we address where to hit the shot when your BREAK the X to attack a short return of serve. This is advanced pickleball strategy folks. Apply it when you are ready.
You can get the Respect the X Strategy Breakdown here:
https://wearepickleball.com/promos/respect-the-x/
0:00 Introduction
0:28 Respect the X Strategy
1:00 Going to the Board to Frame Out the Rally
2:00 Laying out the options
2:45 The Answer
3:45 The Optimal Technique
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Chances are if you miss a backhand cross-court dink into the net your footwork is the culprit. What you do with your feet changes your paddle position and makes it harder to clear the pickleball net. If you're tired of jumping from one video to another searching looking for solutions to help you play your best pickleball stop wasting time and check out THE Pickleball System. https://wearepickleball.com/pi....ckleball-system-wait
In this pickleball video, I'll show you how to use the proper pickleball stance to hit a more consistent backhand dink and gain a strategic edge over your opponent.
0:00 Introduction
0:15 The pickleball error you are making - Why your backhand dink is hitting the net
0:35 How to fix the error by using an open stance with your backhand dink
1:16 Controlling the trajectory of your dinks - the Mechanical Pillar of Pickleball
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A pickleball paddle that is too heavy for you can lead to poor play (too slow to get it in position) and potential arm pain (more weight = more stress to your arm). While the weight of your paddle is important (scale weight), the weight of your paddle as it swings is actually more important (swing weight).
In this video we share with you how to calculate your paddle's balance. Just how head-heavy is your pickleball paddle?
You can access our Paddle Selection as well as our Paddle Optimization guides by visiting us here: https://betterpickleball.com/paddles/
0:00 Intro to Paddle Swing Weight
1:13 Head Heaviness Explanation
8:00 Tools you will need to calculate Swing weight
9:20 Calculating Balance Line and Centerline to calculate your paddle’s head heaviness
12:37 Comparison and analysis between two paddle swing weights
15:13 Conclusion: The Three Factors that determine Swing Weight
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Popping up your pickleball dinks? It is likely because of your paddle swing. Specifically, too much backswing in your pickleball shots.
Same happens with your pickleball volleys. You are missing them long or into the net - sometimes missing them outright. Too much swing in your shots.
In this video we demonstrate this common cause of errors in your dinks and volleys. We also show you how to fix the errors by adopting a pickleball swing that is the least you need to get the job done. And that is how you will reduce the errors in all your shots.
0:00 The top source of your pickleball errors
1:12 The backswing in your pickleball dink that is causing your popups
3:00 How compact can you make your pickleball paddle swing on your dink?
3:54 The best swing for a longer shot - like a pickleball serve
4:56 The best swing for your pickleball volley
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Pickleball Paddle: 3 Tips to Get your Pickleball Paddle ready for the Play.
Players worry about their paddle. Should I get a new pickleball paddle? Tom's paddle looks like a winner. And so on.
Timestamps - 3 Tips to Get your Pickleball Paddle ready for the Play
00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - Why you should use Paddle Tape and How to wrap Pickleball Paddle Grip
06:50 - Pickleball Lead Tape
13:55 - Pickleball Edge Tape
16:37 - Pickleball Conclusion
Once we get the pickleball paddle, we don't give it a second thought. But there are things you can do to improve your current pickleball paddle - the one sitting in your bag. In this video, we go over three things:
1 - how and why to apply an overgrip to your pickleball paddle - prolong the life of the grip that came with your pickleball paddle and keep your grip dry with these overgrips.
2 - how and why to apply lead tape to your pickleball paddle - you can achieve better balance, improve power, move the sweet spot, and reduce pickleball paddle twist with lead tape.
3 - how and why to apply edge guard tape to your paddle - prolong your paddle's life and keep the lead tape covered (if you applied lead tape).
Check out the video and get better results with your paddle.
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Swingweight is not a concept that is commonly spoken of in pickleball but is well-defined in other sports.
The DIYGolfer.com defines it as follows:
I can say it most simply, swing-weight is how the club “feels” in your hand.
In an article on Tennis Warehouse University, Crawford Lindsey defines it more technically as follows:
Swingweight is a measurement of a racquet's resistance to being rotated about an axis going through your hand. A low swing weight makes it easy for the player to swing the racquet (maneuverable). But it also makes it easy for the ball to move the racquet, resulting in loss of power.
The author then suggests an approach to understand the concept:
1. Swing your paddle normally (holding it from the grip)
2. Turn the paddle around (hold it from the top of the paddle) and swing it.
You should be able to tell the difference in the weight of the paddle each time.
Swingweight is derived from three factors:
1. The paddle's total weight; Obviously, the heavier the paddle, the harder it will be to swing (think of a 12 oz wood paddle vs. a 7.5 oz honeycomb paddle).
2. the paddle’s head balance (how much of the paddle’s weight is shifted towards the top as opposed to the bottom). Think of paddle balance like this: your paddle measures 16 inches long, making the middle of the paddle 8 inches from either top or bottom. If your paddle was evenly balanced, you could lay the middle line of your paddle(the 8 in. mark) on the edge of another paddle you were holding, and it would balance in place. A head heavy paddle will balance at a point that is closer to the head than the bottom. And a headlight paddle (which we have not yet come across) will balance closer to the bottom than the head. Below we discuss how you can calculate your own paddle’s head balance; and
3. total paddle length. The longer the paddle, the higher the swing weight. Think of trying to whip around a 30-inch paddle even if it is evenly balanced.
A real-world example. The ProKennex Kinetic Pro Speed has a head balance score of +11. This translates to the actual balance point being 1 3/8” closer to the head than the even balance point. This means that more of the paddle’s total weight is concentrated close to the top than the paddle's bottom. The weight concentration increases the swing weight of the paddle.
This is not a good or bad result. It is just a result. It allows us to compare paddles with each other.
Take another paddle that is 15 3/8” long (same as the Pro Kennex) and has the same gross weight (8.1 oz). But this paddle has a head balance score of 14. We would expect this second paddle's swing weight to be higher (heavier feeling) than the Pro Kennex. If the score of the second paddle was 7, we would expect it to feel much lighter.
The paddle characteristic we are really interested in is swing weight. Head balance is one factor that determines a paddle’s swing weight.
On one last note, you can use lead tape to move your paddle's actual balance point, either closer to the top (heavier) or grip (lighter). Curiously, you can lower the swing weight of your paddle by making the overall paddle weight heavier.
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The dead dink gets a bum rap on the pickleball courts as well as in pickleball videos and newsletters. It is unfortunate because what is referred to as the dead dink has a definite place in pickleball - particularly in the manner we demonstrate in this this video.
Thanks to Tyson for helping us demonstrate the uses of this pickleball dink.
Let's rise above the noise.
0:00 Introduction to the Dead Dink in Pickleball - What's the Problem?
0:36 Demonstration of the Dead Pickleball Dink
1:02 The Pros using the pickleball dink
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Pickleball Tips to Close Out your Game - From up 9-6-1 to a loss at 9-11 | The Game that Slipped Away
What do you do when you're up in a pickleball game?
See if this story has ever happened to you. You're serving at 9-6-1. A couple of minutes later, you're up at the net tapping paddles. Your opponents are saying, “great game.” You're looking at your partner going, “I don't know what happened.”
In this video, I want to give you some tips for what you can do when you're the team serving at 9-6-1. And then, in the end, we're going to talk about some tips that you can do when you're the team that's down 6-9 to get back into it and maybe come out on top.
Let’s start with the team that has 9. You want to focus on two things. One, you want to have some sort of a plan. And we're talking here about not just regular rec play. We're talking about the more competitive play when you're playing one of those games. You can have a brief conversation with your partner and say, “hey, nine, six, one, let's do this” You're going to basically implement a plan with your partner to make sure that the point is productive.
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And that's a fundamental concept. When you're playing pickleball, when you're serving at a score like 9-6, you have to make sure that you're productive. You may not win the rally, but you want to make sure that you're productive. In VIPickleball, that's a concept that we really spent a lot of time focusing on, produced when you're the survey team.
So if you're on the team at 9-6-1, you're putting the ball in play, and you're making them hit some sort of ball to beat you. The other thing you want to do is make sure that if you're the team in control if you get sided out, make sure that there is no return to serve miss four shots if you're in this position.
Make sure that you're really focusing on maintaining that advantage and not allowing that 6 to creep up the 7 or 8 because that's when things get tricky.
What you do when you're on the team with 6?
A couple of different things. Obviously want to be productive, too. But what you want to focus on when you're on the team with 6.
You want to really understand that the team with 9 is starting to get tight. Their arms are getting tight. Their legs are getting tight. Everything is getting tight. You want to make sure that you make the team with 9 hit the ball. Ensure that the 9 team touches that ball because you want to ensure that you can be tight.
If the 9 team makes an error, you get it to seven. And then even 8, maybe 9. The 9 teams will be so tight; you just keep hitting the ball and let them basically give you the game.
Remember, next time you're playing pickleball out there, if you're the team that's up 9-6, you've got to close it out. You've got to make sure that you're productive when you have an opportunity to serve. And if you're up and you're serving, just make sure you take a moment to think about what your next strategy will be, trying to avoid letting the 6 teams creep back in. Because what'll happen is invariably the nerves will kick in, your arms will get tight, adrenaline starts pumping, all that kind of stuff.
So you want to make sure that if you're the team ahead, you keep on focusing on what you have to do to close it out. If you're the team that's behind, work one point at a time, recognize that if you score a point and then the next point that your opponents are going to get tight, use that to your advantage and see if you can tie it up and maybe win the pickleball game.
Good luck out there.
Tony
In2Pickle Player Development
Tony@In2Pickle.com
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