Very clear and helpful. I especially like the second drill where you add the pressure of potential speedups to the scenario, which of course is exactly what happens in a game.
Great video. I am a physician. You have waaay too much physio tape and need to take a long break to heal up from your overuse injury of your right shoulder. Good luck
I love pickle ball; got to admit my darts and bowling game has taken a hit and my consistency not the same. Incredible information from such a great pickle ball athlete.
Excellent and very helpful! Clear & concise.. I notice that you make good use of your left (non-dominant) hand to quickly shift from forehand dink to two-hand BH dink. Is that deliberate or accidental? I think the non-dominant hand is an important part of your paddle "GPS".
Just subscribed - so informative ! I start out in the athletic pose (knees a bit bent, paddle in front). An observer pointed out that my posture changes to being straight up & negatively affecting my game ! ANY tips on how to maintain a good stance througout the game OR is there a side-view video showing how our stance affects our game ?
A good principle and explained nicely. Just a couple of questions on the practice exercise. Is the goal only to protect that one spot or a line parallel to the kitchen line. Also should all balls landing further than the spot be taken in the air.
Your videos are fantastic and informative. Any opinion on racquet weights? I hate hitting the ball with the edge of my paddle and wondering if your experience leads you to believe that weights would reduce the percentage of bad hits in that zone.
I see them back off often, and then they play it off the bounce when the ball hits right about where the castle would have been. I don't really see the advantage of taking it out of the air. What is the real advantage?
Great video...I do this but still get confused. I need to know WHEN to back off the line with only one foot and then recover. I see all the Pro's doing this.....any secrets on how to judge this??? THANKS!
What’s happening with your right shoulder? I just started having pain with my mine yesterday. How is it taped? What kind of tape? Thanks for the drill too. Gonna try it
I have a history of multiple shoulder dislocations due to hyper mobility and extreme laxity in my shoulder joint. Taping is a preventative measure I take to save me from a potential dislocation and a trip to the ER 😬😅
@@tanthony3895 tape alone isn’t the answer. I do regular physical therapy, strengthening the surrounding muscles and tape! All of these have helped me PERSONALLY SO MUCH! Maybe doesn’t work for everyone, but it’s really worked for me! So I’m just sharing my experience- it could help someone else out there 🤍
@@AllthingspickleballI am a physical therapist and your response was very respectful and good information. Some people don’t realize how taping is helpful and has the ability to constrain extreme movements and positions for those with hyper mobility
Not to be a pessimist, but not sure exactly where the air vs bounce 'strategy' aspect comes into play. If the strategy aspect is to stay at the kitchen, I'd argue that advanced players use the bounce for other decisions such as topspin dinks, fakes, speed ups and even the same roll shots just by sliding a leg back. Your lesson overall was great though!
Thanks so much for the feedback Garrett! There are SO many different ways to look at it too- I don’t think “one way” works for every single player. I find that for me, I can actually speed more balls up out of the air and already be in a better position for the counter rather than taking a step back and being further away (giving my opponents more real estate to work with to hit at my feet) from the kitchen line. But again, everyone is different- something I always say to anyone I teach or coach: “eat the meat, spit out the bones” 😊
@@Allthingspickleball I agree with your lesson objective, helping others to progress with their game. If I'm playing someone who backs up when I push them back, I know I'll win the rally
@@Allthingspickleball ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T0S2FqwmB9Q.html this footwork is probably better than just standing square and hitting lift dinks or low volleys, right?
I would say the point is that typically people who are letting the ball bounce, then are not in the best position to strike the ball. By taking the ball in the air in a natural motion, the percentages say that’s the better shot. By allowing it to bounce, then getting into position to hit it (which may or may not happen), you’ve lost an opportunity and the percentages play against your favor in hitting a quality shot.
as a guy I find myself sometimes using two hands for dinking, but don't extend my index finger onto the paddle. I assume this is a personal preference. Thanks for the video !
Some of the shots you took out of the air while protecting the castle were no higher than your ankle height. What's the advantage of taking the ball out of the air in front at that low height? If you took half step back you could hit the ball at a higher contact point. yes?
The advantage from my perspective is I take away reaction time from my opponent AND I don’t give up my position from the kitchen line. Nothing wrong with taking a step back and letting it bounce once in awhile- but I personally prefer to not make that a habit or my first choice option. Just me tho 😅
@@Allthingspickleball On Tyson's channel, he's quite explicit that it's better to take a step back to earn a higher contact point off the bounce over taking a very low contact point on the volley. But this presumes a strong foundation in taking an efficient half-step back from the NVL, followed by taking an efficient half-step back to the NVL. It also presumes that you have the ball strike ability to do something useful with the ball after you've let it bounce that compensates for slowing your reply down. I personally won't be taking many steps away from the NVL until after I've mastered accurately targeting both hips and the dominant shoulder. Also, at present I'm striking my top spin straight over the top of the ball, with no side-arm component. This probably isn't the best spin mechanics for striking the ball having stepped back from the NVL with only one leg. On the downside of extremely low contact points on volleys in the kitchen is that you don't have much margin to hit the ball either too softly or too hard. Unless your paddle has an extremely uniform sweet spot, you are also subject to contact point errors with your paddle if you misread the ball that lead to the wrong ball velocity. This is why when dinking you try to target locations where the opponent _can_ take a low volley, but really doesn't want to.
MIght learn something if I wasnt so distracted by the tatoo. I dont get young uns. At 50,,she`ll start thinking maybe I shoudnt have done it,,,at 60 she`ll wish she hadnt.
Please stop posting, leave this kind of content for real touring pros. I know you think you’re helping, but you’re not. Because once they get to a higher level instructor, we have to re-teach everything that you’ve taught. Please refrain and let the pros earn the living that they deserve.
Interesting- so you coach people to let the ball hit their feet instead of taking the ball out of the air? Does that work at the lower level? I play 5.0 so I don’t really know what low level play looks like these day…
Hi Robin, I’m not sure why you seem to go out of your way to intentionally and repeatedly comment something negative on most of my videos but I truly hope when you see this you’re having a wonderful day. Life’s too short to focus on the negatives. Wishing you the very best
