This was awesome! Thank you! Really speaks to my game!!

@BetterPickleball

4 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Great gem! Limit stroke variability by using shoulder (not elbow or wrist) as primary driver. Thanks for sharing!

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you’ve found it helpful Daisy

Great information. Thanks for sharing the video. I have been using the Diadem Icon 7.7 oz it has helped with the tennis elbow.

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

Bernadette, sounds like you love the icon as much as I do

Good video. Was watching Ben Johns and Tyson McGuffin play. Their swings were from the shoulder hitting the ball out in front without large swings. They do impart spin on the ball at times. Tyson often slices his return of serve. They also anticipate and are in position prior to meeting the ball. Bens ability to put the ball where he wants it is amazing.

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

Great observations Alfred. Tyson was a tennis pro before Turing his attention to PB so he his strokes are pretty well tuned including the slice. As for spins in general they aren’t necessary for most levels of play and often cause inconsistencies.

@kathrynbrooks5870

4 ай бұрын

I love to watch the pros play too! Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters are my faves! 💕

Thank you for sharing this video!

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Sharon

👌very helpful, thank you!

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful Ann

Love the podcast too, I am not 50…but I learn so much from you

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Great Video. Thank you

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found this helpful Karen

Great video. Thanks. What about your footwork and getting your body into position so that you can use your shoulder to advantage?

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

Hi David, you’re correct. There are two pieces to the mechanical pillar, the stroke and the footwork.

Very helpful. Thank you!! 🏓💛

@BetterPickleball

Жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

Love this video! Nice to see you in our Tampa Bay Area, CJ.

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

I wish we’d had a chance to meet. I’ll be back in late March/early April

@alexfoxx3376

2 жыл бұрын

@@BetterPickleball-I’m looking forward to meeting you in April, CJ. I signed up for a camp.

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexfoxx3376 I saw that. Looking forward to meeting you too!

@alexfoxx3376

2 жыл бұрын

Woo-Hoo! Let’s go!

I didn't see very much about how this applies to backhands. Tony did demo a few backhands, but they required lots of body rotation.

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Butch, the paddle motion is the same on the forehand or the backhand side. AS you move away from the NVZ line the body generally gets more involved. Here's another video that might help. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZ-XxpWpcaXFg7A.html

I think you could improve this instruction. It's too prescriptive. Pickleball and tennis is open skill. There's movement with the feet, shoulders, hips. It's very dynamic. Just like the contact point you discuss, it's very dependent on the amount of wrist extension you have.

@BetterPickleball

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your thoughtful feedback. One of the biggest sources of error in shots is the wrist and too much use oof the wrist. From our point of view if you simply use your natural wrist position (nothing more) players will eliminate a lot of errors.

@Angler180DC

11 ай бұрын

@BetterPickleball that's not true though and that's my point. A natural wrist position for a lot of ppl is slight flexion. So we want our players to hit "in front" those two things don't go together. There needs to be slight extension in the wrist and for many, that's not natural. They have to learn what that is.

Thank you for sharing this video!

@BetterPickleball

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Sharon