Hi Pickleball Friends, My passion for pickleball led me to develop an instructional website. https://www.pickleballshotsandstrategies.com/ It is my heart’s desire to see players at all levels learn the mechanics of how to hit the specific shots and understand the strategies to play an efficient game. For the price that top pros charge for a one hour lesson, this… Continue reading Instructional Website
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Doubles Strategies-Go Up or Stay Back?
The game of Pickleball has different strategies and you will be a better player if you understand these concepts. It really gets down to a few questions. Do you only play with players in your skill set? Do you play with a variety of age and skill levels? Do you try to put the ball… Continue reading Doubles Strategies-Go Up or Stay Back?
Skinny Singles
Skinny Singles is a drill to emulate actual pickleball play with only two players. It is used by all who play any level of competition. You play this “game” by using only half of the court. Each point starts out with the serve going into the appropriate box and the return of serve is hit… Continue reading Skinny Singles
How to Develop Your Game With Drills
Here are 4 aspects for the art of drills: 1. Drills are not meant to put the ball away but rather rally the ball. The speed and placement should be incorporated according to the skill level of your drill partners. 2. Work on a specific shot with the technique or mechanics. The partner should feed… Continue reading How to Develop Your Game With Drills
Cambria’s Pickleball Pro
I was interviewed by Pickleball Central, company that promotes pickleball and sells equipment. Here is part of the interview and Cambria courts are mentioned. Link to Interview By Gregg Whitfield
Visit the USAPA Site To Join For Lots Of Great Benefits
The USAPA site is the place to go to learn more about pickleball, get the latest news, and join for lots of great benefits. Here’s the link to get started. USAPA Website By James Kranzthor
Sharing my Facebook post about Pickleball
I would just like to get some feedback from players from all over. I am over 65 and a 5.0 player. I had an extensive tennis background which gave me an advantage when I took up pickleball exclusively. I have played PB in 10 states with with a wide range of skills. In these situations,… Continue reading Sharing my Facebook post about Pickleball
Pickleball Strategies
What a concept of Strategies, plural, verses Strategy, singular. The better players have different strategies which involve working with your strengths and weaknesses. Why teach a 2.5 to 3.0 player to ALWAYS go up to the NVZ line when the opponent is a 4.0 player with a hard drive? Why tell 70+ year olds to… Continue reading Pickleball Strategies
Recreational Play
Recreational play should be different than competitive tournaments. When there is a mixed level of players, it is certainly more social to slow the pace down to weaker opponents to give them a fair chance of returning your shots. To hit every shot hard and to the weaker player just ends the point quickly. The… Continue reading Recreational Play
Share the ball to all players
My words of wisdom when playing recreational games: To the better players, reset the point and work on placement verses hitting winners. Really good players can extend the point to have longer rallies. Hit the ball to challenge your opponents without hitting it so hard that it doesn’t give your opponent a chance on returning the ball.… Continue reading Share the ball to all players