As a 3.0 player, not only do my opponents never know where my serves will go or how hard they'll be... neither do I! I guess I'm naturally doing it right!🤪

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

Lol! Well, that might work for now but let’s try to dial in some control so that at least YOU know. It’s still always best that they DON’T know. Lol.

@admranger

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I too am predictably unpredictable.

Thanks! Nicole; I enjoy hearing your voice. The tone, description and flow helps me follow what you are facilitating. You’re my picklleball go to. If you no one told you today. Make it a great day.

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your sweet message Anna. Glad the videos are helpful to you.

The SECOND you post that you're offering a week-long intensive I'm signing up. Love your content.

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Taylor! I'm glad you love the content and am happy to hear of your interest. :)

great video. love the strategic approach. thanks!

I love your tip about serving directly to the person. I’ve had so many people who are thrown off by that one while they can easily return forehand and backhand shots. It’s especially useful if they are the type to hug the baseline as you serve.

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

YES! Great observation. The body serve is money :)

Excellent video! I'm a lefty and feel super comfortable with a backhand drop sidespin serve that is super lethal. Add wind factor and it will bend 4 feet across a court. I also use a drop top spin forehand serve, but sometimes get the yips with it and go back to my comfortable sidespin drop backhand.

Excellent video !!!

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Hello there from semi-frozen Toronto! I started to play Pickleball in January and am now a fairly solid 3.0 level guy. These videos are really helpful, thanks! 🇨🇦🏓🇨🇦

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, so happy to help! I’m from the GTA. 👋 🇨🇦 🍁

@daveshepherd1865

Жыл бұрын

@@primetimepickleball I'm out Etobicoke way. I joined the EPA and started to play Pball as a conditioning sport to bring my (hockey) goalie legs back from Pandemic laziness and now I'm hooked! 🇨🇦🏓🇨🇦

I like mixing up serves especially if you can use the wind to enhance the spin applied to the ball.

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Yes, use the wind when it’s there. It’s such an opportunity if you know how.

I only try 'tricky, fancy serves' only when I'm ahead by at least 3-4pts. Standard serves must be constantly 100% in firstly, then 75% deeper. Keep it simple for a start.

Do you have a video for the side spin and the underspin servers? A close-up/slow-motion view of how the paddle moves would be ideal. I'm working on those serves, but it still needs a lot of work.

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

What you can do is go frame by frame on youtube. You'll do that with the "," and "." keys. The comma for back and the period for forward. If you're having trouble. Google KZread hotkeys. I don't believe we yet have anything closer up than what is shown here in this video.

@ttb1513

5 ай бұрын

@@primetimepickleballYes, the shortcuts are useful, but they are not available on phones or tablets without a keyboard. (But you can change the playback speed to 0.5 or 0.25).

On your sidespin serves, all except one had some amount of low to high motion when you contacted the ball so they would have been legal as volley serves too. I loved the tip for using the drop serve to chop down with backspin - that's cool.

@primetimepickleball

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, if you really swing at a sidespin shot… you’re flirting in a bad way with it being not low to high. If you hit a slower side spin with more loft then you can do it.

wow, this video was super timely. so many new things to try. do you have any tips for trying to hit the serve with power but not gripping the handle too tightly? do you suppose that means I am going for too much power?

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

You're probably arming it too much. Turn you body and let the loose swing create the power.

@galaxy_mosaic3587

Жыл бұрын

@@primetimepickleball thank you

Thanks Nicole. Too many rec players just serve with no plan or purpose! You have shown them the light. 😊

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

Haha! I strive to do just that. Thanks! 💡

Hi Nicole, watching you hit I believe you have been borrowing my playbook :). I use all of these except number 6 the slice forehand off the drop. I will have to give it a try. I have been the recipient of a serve used indoors that has so much backspin the ball literally stops moving forward on the bounce (usually it doesn't come up) and it seems to fool me every time. Is this your number 6 serve or something else? The other thing I noticed was how big your backswing is and how hard/deep these serves are landing ... I am guessing as much control as you appear to have your opponents will be struggling to hit good returns. I will be hitting the practice court when it warms up.

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jim, Yes, the slice that skids and barely bounces is the the one I mean. My "seemingly" big back swing is actually due to a strong shoulder turn. I use my body rotation to hit it. Thanks for the kind words and thoughtful comment! Yes, hit that practice court. :)

Can you do serve video with the c motion vs taking paddle straight back? I am experimenting with each to see which is more consistent and allows me deeper serve.Does starting c motion high effect consistency vs taking paddle straight back and through ? I use the c motion from your video on my third shot drives and it’s very powerful, is that pretty much same c motion for serve?

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

I'd definitely work the C motion and use that on forehands and serves as much as possible.

These serves are nasty!

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah!!

I tried this serve, but a player mentioned my serve was illegal. My arm was moving more sideways and needed to move upwards. Please make a video explaing legal serve rules for 2023-2024

@charlesmuller120

6 ай бұрын

One suggestion is to just learn to hit a drop serve exclusively. That way no one can question it. I had the same thing happen where someone questioned my volley serve and it got it to my head. With a drop serve, as long as you just drop it and let it bounce, you can do whatever you want! The only time it might be more difficult is on super windy days!

Not the sidespin drop serve, sports fans. The sidespin serve. The sidespin lob serve. Why drop? Thank you. Thanks very much. I’m here ‘til tuesday

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

True, you can put sidespin without a drop. Point taken. I was referring to a heavy bend sidespin which would walk too fine a line on being legal in my view. Sorry if that wasn’t clear enough.

A friend told me PPA has outlawed the lob serve; can't find anything on this. Is it true?

@jimkazmarek5302

Жыл бұрын

NO

@joenenninger971

Жыл бұрын

@@jimkazmarek5302 thanks, you look sure (caps) 😃

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

Agree with Jim! Have not heard that.

@joenenninger971

Жыл бұрын

As an aside...I won $100 from same friend betting on rules for drop serves...maybe I should put some money on this one too 💸💸💸💸

@ttb1513

5 ай бұрын

@@joenenninger971Any time you can bet when you know the answer has good odds.

Is your serve legal ? The pedal needs to stay below the wrist.

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

I think it is

@ttb1513

5 ай бұрын

@@primetimepickleballI have seen rule A.4.7.b as: The highest point of the paddle head cannot be above the highest part of the wrist.

I'm noticing the side edge of the paddle is above your wrist when hitting the ball..isn't that an illegal serve? The entire paddle must be below the wrist, right?

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

It's the contact point that cannot be above.

Serve no.6 - the underspin drop serve looks illegal as you are striking the ball on your downstroke (even though your follow through ends up high).

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

You’re allowed to swing downward on a drop serve.

@peenchay

Жыл бұрын

I suggest that serves 6 and 7 would be legal as volley serves. “The server’s arm must be moving in an upward arc at the time the ball is struck with the paddle”. When ball struck, your arm is going upward.