JACK SOCK vs #1 PICKLEBALL Player Ben Johns HIGHLIGHTS 

I hope so.

If the popularity and money swing the other way, that could swing the other way as well. Give it twenty years.

Sock is an outlier. He didn’t just instantly switch, he was play high-level pickleball while still on the ATP Tour

@@nunyabidness3075 no, tennis is far more physical and mental than pickleball

@@teostrong6973 mentally? No. I’ve played both. I don’t know where that even comes from. Being older than a spring chicken, I can tell you that the future is unknown. Also, it’s a lot easier to go around a PB player. Singles may become a game for the fast, tall, and young. We won’t know until we see a few iterations of kids being raised to be PB players. And, we don’t even know yet what really makes a good PB player as far as build.

Maybe we will get you in 30 years. Check back with us.

funny, the sound and feel of the hit is the best part of the game to me

It just feels and sounds exactly the opposite of the way hitting a tennis ball does. I kind of agree with him but I’ve gotten over the arbitrary dislike of pickleball

Lmao. That is so clssic. Well said Who invented the lame ass ball ? And more importantly that lame ass name?

Haha. It shows. Look at Genie

I think it’s vice versa lol because I’m the one who play pickle ball first

​@@jasonwu3988 I wish this was more common! I feel like Pickleball is a better way to introduce people to racquet sports since it's easier to jump in and have fun, but if you want a real challenge (and a better workout) I'd definitely encourage advanced players to try their hand at tennis.

A few years ago yeah, now adays it takes a few years of practice to catch up, still easiest transition of any sport

Correction. Any person can master pickleball without much training. It's a family sport with no skill involved

You're smart.

I played tennis with him before he played pickle ball. he hit a forehand on both sides

he could probabky score one or two points

Top 500 would be a better bet

​​​@@RamsBereitBen Johns wouldn't be able to beat the last ranked guy in neither ATP nor ITF. It's a completely different sport. It's like comparing table tennis and tennis. Tennis is WAY more complex than pickleball

He was not a good tennis player nor an elite tennis player.

@@waholoopesorry74 LOL he was top 10 at one point how is that not elite

people that think jack sock was just a "good" tennis player don't know anything about tennis. jack sock was ranked #8 in the world. He won paris masters. He won multiple doubles 3 grand slams, wimbledon twice and us open and davis cup sf. He certainly was an elite player. Even just making the top 100 is incredibly difficult, there's estimated to be over 1000 players, most people involved in tennis consider top 100 and certainly top 50, top 20, and top 10 to be elite

@@waholoopesorry74 how would you define elite tennis player?

not to mention jack sock made sf of atp finals, a tournament reserved for TOP 8 players in the world, it can't get more elite in that

That would not go good. They would get killed. A lot like these tennis players trying to come in. Jack sock has played PB for 6 years.

Let them challenge the best player in their town first 😂

Ask jack sock how it is playing Djokovic.

And had almost no BH on tour. Huge forehand though. PB is good though more people can get into it with less skill or training. But I still prefer tennis any day.

let me answer you: horrible LMAO

We need that.

Except Jack isn’t a terrible person that throws hissy fits for quite literally no reason

@@colesmith7509 cry

Nah bro. Table tennis is crazy fast. Pickleball is slow. Pro tennis players won’t stand a chance against protable tennis players

wtf? Table tennis is really fast with a most spin of all racket sports.

It’s pretty fun to play.

@@PickleballHighlightHub grew up playing tennis, no comparison to me personally. Rather play the real thing lol but Jack is just amazing

probly. his tennis is way better to watch if only he put in the work off the court that it takes to stay in the top ten. He is a great talent tho.

Nah it’s Patriquin

As someone that watched him play tennis a few times I can honestly say, he never came close to his full potential. I never understood how he approached his matches but there was definitely a lackadaisical element in the last match he played at Indian Wells last year. He needed some good coaching.

Probably Quang Duong giving he is 18 years old

Ai. Thank you though.

Then why don't they?

I mean, because tennis autonomically tennis is more of a fun sport, you have more control, more power, more space, more movement, more freedom, more variety. It’s hard to give that up

Eventually Ex-tennis players will dominate pickleball and change the game more like tennis.@@RichardABradley-ze9qn

They will and eventually Ex-tennis players will dominate pickleball and change the sport more like tennis.@@RichardABradley-ze9qn

@@RichardABradley-ze9qnLOL…because the good tennis players are playing tennis, where in one tournament they can make more prize money than a pickle baller could make in more than a decade.

Couldn't agree more

I guess because tennis courts keep being turned into pickleball courts.

@@bluekirbyrocks that much makes sense. That too drives me nuts. But it still doesn't justify how much it's hated.

Tennis players want to compete with Pickleball players and make us the enemy. It's the same story all the time. Go to a tennis court and see how little they are used.

@@PickleballHighlightHub I've seen it both ways. Ive been to courts where all the tennis courts are full but the pickleball courts (which replaced tennis courts) are empty. Ive also seen it the other way around. It use to be a real issue for my friends and I. We always struggled to find open tennis courts (sometimes driving 30+ minutes to get to some we knew would be open) but the pickle ball courts were rarely all in use. One of the places we use to go originally had 6 tennis courts. One day they converted 2 of those courts into 3 or 4 pickleball courts. The place went from already crowded on the tennis front to sometimes unusable for tennis due to wait times. So the sentiment can be real. All I'm trying to say is there is a valid argument to why folks are upset about losing tennis courts. If you really want to make a difference and bridge the divide between pickleball and tennis players, you can't strawman an argument with the assumption of your opponents just lying or making things up. While they may not say it in the best way, that doesn't mean they don't have a point or a reason to be upset. Instead of throwing their concerns to the side, I'd recommend trying to show why losing 2 out of 10 tennis courts to gain 4 pickle ball courts can be a good thing for everyone. If pickleball is actually popular in the area, that means instead of 4 out of 10 tennis courts being used for pickleball, it's instead essentially 2 out of 10. Bow this logic only checks out if pickleball is that popular in the given area but it helps try and bridge the gap.

I'm a tennis player too, but I don't play anymore, I play Padel instead. And we have the same comments on Padel videos, saying it's easier than tennis so it's inferior (while Padel is way more tecnical than tennis...) They are just sad to loose some players years after years. In spain, France and some norther european country, Padel is now more popular than tennis. In spain it's the second sport right after soccer, which is insane considering tennis legends they have (Nadal, Alcaraz...), so yeah, recreative tennis is dying and they need a culprit to shame.

Watch tennis? Why

@@PickleballHighlightHubbecause pickle ball is for non athletic people that can’t move… nothing against pickle ball, tennis is much harder though 🤷🏽

He has a 3 year deal. We need him too. he is a showman.

@@PickleballHighlightHub No, you do not. What you need is to play tennis and not this. Tennis wants your forehand back, Jack Sock. You can be top 10 again.

"No" he doesn't have a 3 year deal? No, we don't need him? When you say you can be top 10 again do you think Jack is actually reading this?

@@PickleballHighlightHub Probably not, but he might. I just love his forehand. It is so unique.

Please keep posting comments. It's helps in the algorithm.Sorry you play Tennis.

​@@PickleballHighlightHub Damn you really didn't hold back huh? Respect tbh.

@@bluekirbyrocks That was holding back.

Timbers = shivered@@PickleballHighlightHub

@@PickleballHighlightHub Come on go full in the worst that can happen is a temp ban.

I’m just glad you called it a sport.

What would your strategy be?

@@PickleballHighlightHubI don’t think s/he is saying there’s a better strategy, only that there’s not much variety

@@EmperorsNewWardrobe Still wondering what theirs would be. I think you are right though.

Call me. I will help.

Il y en mais ça prend pas du tout. Compliqué d'arriver en même temps que le Padel qui est quand même nettement plus sympa et intéressant (je fais les deux)

@@PickleballHighlightHub 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

His progression is amazing. Give him a year.

I believe so because the ball bounced in the kitchen.

To the 30 million pickleball players. Reputation for not playing tennis? Who cares.

Must be.

haha.

I agree. They help with views and algorithm. Tennis needs a villain.

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I’m guessing an overweight middle aged man who has no skill in anything? Am I right?

This sport is as straight as a spaghetti noodle... until you heat me up, twist me around, and serve me with some spicy sauce. We might reconsider.

Thanks for watching and commenting. Helps the algorithm.

Did you watch the video? Sock is great!

and I think he is getting better each time.

The same reason why tennis has moved to the 2 handed backhand... It's more stable and easier to hit drives. Also the 2nd hand tends to enforce proper technique for the drives.

@@DarrenCorreaDCLOL…then why don’t they use a two-hander in ping pong? The two-hander is popular in pb because most players are simply copying tennis players and/or are ex-tennis youth players who never developed a one-handler. Tennis needs a two-handed because the racket is long and hard to leverage with one hand…a pb paddle is a large ping pong paddle, not a small tennis racket…

@@guslevy3506a table tennis ball is much lighter and the pace of the game is faster. You don’t see tennis strokes in table tennis for a reason, forehand or backhand

@@guslevy3506 you dont need two hands to put a drive behind a ping pong ball. also, the longer you go thinking everyone is just trying to copy tennis, or that someone just "hasnt developed a two-hander", and the more that you try and prove to everyone that tennis is better, the more frustrated you're gonna end up haha

Most PB pro players probably have a tennis background. The two handed BH in tennis is actually a FH on the non dominant side. So the dominant arm is used for stability and support. If you were trained with a 2 hander in tennis, that's a totally different shot. And you might not be comfortable hitting the PB with a one handed BH, even though the ball is much lighter and racket much shorter. It's a matter of muscle memory. You just feel you have much more control with the mechanics that you have trained with.