Welcome to the PrimeTime Pickleball RU-vid channel.
5.0 pickleball player and IPTPA certified pickleball coach Nicole Havlicek co-founded this RU-vid channel along with the website PrimeTimePickleball.com to bring you the best and most up to date pickleball information that will help you take your game to the next level.
At PrimeTime Pickleball, our hope and our mission is to do our part to help grow the game of pickleball globally using video training to break down every aspect of pickleball and deliver it to you in an accessible and easy to understand way so that you can take that information to the court and play the best pickleball of your life.
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It doesn’t seem to terribly helpful to me yet.I know he said a suite of ‘coaching’ pieces are coming later. And to have coaches (like you) be able to provide actionable items would be tops. Practical question, how do you get the camera angle right on the stick since it is high in the air? I have a hard enough time with a simple fence rail clamp.😀 And he is one smart guy. Thanks for the interview.
@@primetimepickleball Thanks. Does the line call app for pickleball follow USAPA rules 6.C.6. Players shall not call a ball “out” unless they can clearly see a space between the line and the ball as it hits the ground. It is not the same as tennis.
First let me say this, I have Swingvision, I like Swingvision, I would recommend Swingvision. That being said, let me temper the expectations from some of the claims here: Swingvision is mostly useful for recording your games, having them auto uploaded to the cloud with jumpcuts, and auto purged from your phone. It’s worth the price of admission just for that. But all this other stuff doesn’t work so well. The AI is really bad at telling who is who. If you filter just by your shots, you’re going to see shots from lots of other people too. If you filter just by backhands, you’re going to see a lot of forehands. It’s also clearly made by tennis players who have no knowledge of pickleball. There’s no reference to dinks, drops, or anything like that. Everything is in tennis terms, even in the pickleball mode. It’s a good app, it’s worth it just as a recording and video hosting solution. But if you’re getting it for accurate stat tracking or anything like that, you’re going to be disappointed.
Right. Currently no android app but they are actively working on it. It’s a limitation on the hardware side. Apple just has better chips right now. They’re working closely with Google to get the app up and running on Android ASAP. 🤖
Timestamps 00:01 Intro 00:25 Master fundamental Skills (serve deep, drop, aggressive sinking game, defensive dinking, speed up game, strategy) 02:19 Perpetual willingness to learn and get out of comfort zones 04:54 Take Video of Yourself 05:54 Drill and use progressions (Variability of difficulty: Speed, distance from the net, spin, height of the ball. Components to work on: Speed of swing, length of swing, contact point, swing path, changes of direction) 10:10 Focus on one skill at a time 14:26 Work with hierarchy of importance - First four shots 16:20 Work with hierarchy of importance - Agressive Dinking, blocks from NVZ, resets, counter attacks, attacks, hand speed and reflexes, overheads and lobs. 17:36 Focus on 3 objectives for your drilling session 18:45 Learn to enjoy the process of 20:44 Movement and footwork 24:43 Gamify every step
Never having played tennis, i have no developed groundstrokes to rely on. Watching your videos and explanations are so helpful in teaching me what proper form should look like.
REALLY like how you present things!! I would like to watch one of your demonstrators in a tournament. (light blue shorts, white shirt). Is she on the pro circuit? Thanks for all these videos. Very concise and applicable!!
One shot that is never talked about or is considered off limits is a lob from the baseline. I don't know why this. When you and your partner are stuck at the baseline in a defensive position with your opponents established at the kitchen line I will occasionally lob the ball with topspin high over their heads, where they are forced to scramble back while we then rush to the line. We will typically win this point as they are then forced to try a baseline drop or drive off balance after they reach the lob.
Hi Nicole, my mixed doubles partner has one and he was kind enough to bring it today for our drills. it was awesome and definitely provided us with a great practice secession. I was curious on getting something for myself and started looking at different machines for me when I couldn't find someone to drill with. I seem to be leaning towards the Tutor Mini with the oscillator. I was curious on your thoughts about the two of them comparatively.
Most machines fire the ball pretty well. The challenge comes with getting it on and off court. Anyone I’ve seen with a tutor also needs a cart with wheels in which to transport the machine, balls, pick up tube and anything else. That’s why I prefer slingerbag. It shines in the overlooked yet very important area of transport. Also it comes with remote. Often that’s an extra.
Great video analysis. I feel like one thing missing is the need to impart top spin. If the ball is hit this hard, unless it is just clearing the net by an inch or two, it must have top spin to stay in the court. It seems she uses a bit of the windshield wiper motion as she snaps through the shot. Is that how you see it?
Wow, great vid! I've watched 4 pickleball beginner vids now, trying to learn how to play the game, and this one was BY FAR the easiest to understand! Your explanations are really clear and simple, and the animations help a lot. Many thanks! PS: I still have no idea about who the returner/server is at various times, haha. It's very confusing coming from a tennis background!
Verbal explanation and active video together is terrific as is stop screen and slow motion. So many videos just talk and show so little "examples" let alone break it down with stop screen and slow motion. Appreciate it.
Is she hitting a flat drive or topspin drive? I’ve been taught to make a “c” with my back swing going back head high and then making a “c” on the follow through to create topspin. Her drive seems more flat but can’t tell from the camera angle.
She’s hitting mostly flat but usually there’s a small amount of natural topspin on such drives. The C is present on both flat drives and topspin. The difference for topspin is you drop the paddle head more under the ball and come up more vertically through contact.
Thank you for this detailed breakdown of the forehand swing mechanics. I couldn't help but notice all the weight that has been added to her paddle, with the lead around the perimeter of the paddle it's weight is probably close to 10 ounces and greatly increasing the swingweight.
Great video! Easy to follow the key steps with the slow motion during your explanation. Would really appreciate the same breakdown of a 2 handed backhand.
