@@mikecondon93 Haha! You haven't watched many matches have you? Just WHERE do you think these open space are? I'm 5'6" and 67 years old and I can cover my half of the court and a little more. "Jamming up" the opponent is often the best shot at higher levels. Most things look easy when you don't know any of the subtleties.
@@mikecondon93 Correct. The zone in front of the net, usually a different color, is 7 ft deep and is called the No Volley Zone, technically, although everyone calls it the "kitchen". In that zone, you are not allowed to hit a volley shot. And it's very strict: you can't be touching any part of it with anything (like if your paddle scrapes the ground inside the Kitchen hitting a volley, it's a fault). You can't hit a volley and then let your momentum carry you into the NVZ, or push off the NVZ to go back to get a lob unless you "re-establish" before hitting the ball. The game was designed by a family who bought a home with a Badminton court in the yard, and they invented a game to play on it. I kinda think the original NVZ rule was put into place for safety reasons, so Dad wouldn't be bashing Mom in the head going for a smash at the net. But whatever the reason for the rule, it is, imo, the single most important rule in the game, and gives it the strategic nature that it has.
There is absolutely zero reason for any of these women to be moaning like tennis players when they hit the ball. Especially on the dinks and whatnot, like, you have to be kidding.
Naw they are probably exerting themselves enough. You hit that ball with power just like in tennis. If someone were doing that with table tennis I might say the same thing but pickle ball still needs full body movement
@@jaredsimmons5583 they made us play this joke of a sport in gym class. Might be good for old people but schools shouldn't be doing such shitty sports.
@@MikeRussell517 even tho it can go around the net it's still insanely difficult to do so, that way you get rewarded with a point if you can pull it off :) lol
I lob regularly over the heads of older players who cannot jump or get back to play it if it goes over their head. It works. But against players who can jump or who are agile, you get punished most of the time for lobs.
So much can go wrong on a lob when you're aiming for that perfect sweet spot of "too high to hit but not out," plus wind can have a huge affect and the hang time gives the opponents maximum amount of time to prepare to return. A failed drop attempt is much less fatal than a failed lob attempt.
7:58. The choice to switch the camera angle at the absolute worst possible time kills me. Why not just let us watch we the ball bounces instead of changing out view 90 degrees and losing track of the ball?
