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Nice video but our definitions of “in front of you” differ. At least 50% of your returns in the dinking segment were far to you right or left where you had to reach to varying degrees where you has much less control and the ball was not in front of you. Of course we must move our feet to have some chance at the return and yes I would like to move such that I return the ball when it is actually in front of me, but as your examples demonstrate that is actually not always possible. FYI I do enjoy your videos!
Have you thought about recommending physical therapy? That’s how I’ve managed several over-use injuries…. And also, boy, in every one of these videos someone takes a hard fall! That would be my #1 biggest worry if I wanted to take up this sport….
The most accurate ranking system Important note! just because you are x.0 doesn't mean that you are x.0 in every match you play, these rankings are my guess of what the players are from the clips that were shown. For more details see last paragraph block on comment. 1.0 2.0 - just plain bad 3.0 - good training dummy 4.0 - can hit the ball without biting your tongue - first group 5.0 - short intermediate, or tall mediocre 6.0 - my vision of an actually good pickleball player things I use to measure rank of players 1.0 2.0 - has no hand eye coordination, probably misses at least 25% of all shots, can only do simple taps, all other shots have 50% chance of failure that scales according to the forced used, "what backhand?" 3.0 - has mild hand eye coordination, misses 15% of all shots with chance of failure scaling to 30% for medium shots and 80% for hard shots (ground strokes), has a 20% chance to miss an overhead, scales to 50% with medium force, and 80% with hard force, third shot drop is horrendous, but is usually politely dinked, dinks between 2-4 feet above the net, serve is not a lob, is either baffled by the thought of spin, or can't stop spinning the ball, decreasing all shot accuracy to -4%, backhand is horrendous, has 50-50 chance of working. 4.0 - has accurate hand eye coordination misses 8% of soft shots with chance of failure scaling to 13% for medium shots and 20% for hard shots, 10% chance to recover from slam shot, 5% chance to miss an overhead, scales to 14% for medium force, and 20% for hard force, 45% chance to miss full force overhead smash, third shot drop is alright, but if the 4.0 knows any better, they will drive most of the time, dinks 1-3 feet above the net, regular shots and serve has some sembalence of spin, if evolved from spinny 3.0, will have 5.0 spin, but failure rate for shots increases by +7% for little spin, 15% for medium spin, and 30% for hard spin, backhand is comparable to 3.0 forehand, and can only preform up to small back spin, medium side spin, or small top spin. 5.0 - coming soon (basically 4.0 but actually consistent and knows court positioning and strategy well) 6.0 - coming soon (godlike, failure rate of 2% in all shots, has never been seen, not even in pro pickleball, probably exists somewhere off the grid)
The review is appreciated, no doubt. Both paddles are great. I use a DBD and l love it. But, I do agree with some of the comments above in regards to comparing a 14mm to a 16mm. Regardless of the brand, the will play differently. Good honest review though.
I guess politics cometh to pickleball. I have theories on why this nonsense prevails. It’s all about taking power and strength out of the game. Blasting a well placed serve takes , skill practice, ability. But the counter is a block back. It’s way more difficult to return a deep serve with no power versus a topspin blast that sits up. I guess a screwball will totally get them all twisted up! 😂
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Are the Senior event's +50 or +55? Asking as am planning to visit USA by the end of the year & would like to play/participate if the opportunity arises. Am +60
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Exciting news: I'll also be traveling to play with the pros and create videos with them. Your contribution, no matter the size, will make a huge difference. gofund.me/3e785470 Thank you.
