You make it look so easy Jordan. I enjoy watching your videos. Just started playing pickle ball one and a half months ago and I’m determined to get better and better.

@primetimepickleball

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for the comment!

Thanks, another great video from you both. This subject has been answered different ways before, leaning more to the idea that the higher the level of play the more your game becomes more peripheral. The bonus about watching the ball hit the paddle eliminates the other distractions going on at the time. This allows you to concentrate and let your muscle memory do the work and hit the right shot at the right time to the right place. It shows what all that practice does and also shows what you need to practice more.

@primetimepickleball

4 жыл бұрын

yes!! 👍🏻

I almost always learn something new when watching your videos. Please keep them coming!

@primetimepickleball

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard!

Thank you very much. This is what I did decades ago when I played racquetball. After hours of practice, the ball never got past me when I played up front. I now do this drill again at the YMCA racquetball courts for pickleball. It really is a game changer when playing the NVZ line. Thank you again.

@primetimepickleball

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!!

I can only dream of hitting that ball the way you did. But I will keep practicing. Thanks. Enjoy your instructions.

I've literally been doing wall drills for the last week or two at an outdoor handball court near my house. I put tape across the wall at a 36 inch height for the net, then more tape on the ground 7 feet back from the wall to create the kitchen, and then more tape 22 feet back to create the distance of the base line. Then I created 1 narrow box with tape a little above the net on the far left corner, a 2nd box in the middle, and a 3rd one on the far right corner. This has given me so many options to work on from wall drills like you demonstrated here, to serving from the base line and trying to hit the boxes on the far right corner and far left corner, to dinking into the small boxes, as well as practicing a third shot drop from the base line by hitting it just slightly above the tape that serves as the net. I have even drilled as it's getting dark where it's more difficult to see the ball until it's almost right on you thereby improving my reaction time to hitting the ball. And since the wall never misses a return (lol) I can vary both the speed and angle of where I hit the ball on the wall thereby creating more difficulty for myself. I've really been enjoying it. It's been my sanity saver during these challenging social distancing times.

@primetimepickleball

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Love the dedication !

In the "next" video, Jordan's wife comes out into the garage and hits him over the head for making so much noise while she's in the house. LOL!!!

@primetimepickleball

3 жыл бұрын

😂

good points as usual! since i live in an apartment, i use a yellow smushball for my wall practice. looking forward to the next video. paddle up.

Just what I needed to see. Many thanks!

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Vernon!

Very nice idea thanks !

@primetimepickleball

3 жыл бұрын

👍🏻😊😊

Seems like this would be a good precursor video to the look away shot.

@primetimepickleball

4 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

Interesting topic. Kind of like, does a baseball hitter really see the ball contact the bat? I practice at home, against the wall with a foam practice ball. On the ball I've written bold letters, which I try to read before I hit the ball. My feeling is I don't have too look at the net (in this cast a box on the wall) to know where it is. It's kind of like shooting skeet. You don't have to look at the shotgun to know where it is pointing.

@primetimepickleball

4 жыл бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻

Good idea. Thanks

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joan! Glad you liked it.

Looking at his paddle. Is the sweet spot in the middle of paddle, or near the top, as indicated on his paddle?

@primetimepickleball

4 жыл бұрын

I believe it is towards the top middle, right where the bullseye on the paddle is. I have a longer handle and the paddle is a bit longer than normal ones, so the sweet spot is up a little bit.

Notice Jordan's paddle. Looks like the Engage Encore. A great paddle.

@primetimepickleball

4 жыл бұрын

Encore MX 6.0 !

Thank you. I follow the ball in as much as possible, but the times when my peripheral vision is good make for great hits - if only I could repeat this. It's almost an out-of-body thing - my vision is clear and I put it right where I want it. But I can't repeat that experience consistently (a bit of ADHD might be at play too). One thing I can't figure out - I have a Selkirk paddle with a face that the paint chips off of - and the chips are on the upper left quadrant of my paddle, so that's obviously where I'm striking it most - not in the middle. My wife, the great tennis player, has her chips right in the middle of the paddle. I'm mystified.

@primetimepickleball

2 жыл бұрын

Things are too quick to see at the net, train it on the wall and it will get better and better. As far as the paint chipping. Video yourself and slow motion your contact points to see what's going on. That might prove to be enlightening.

I wonder if you put up a piece of plywood if you would get better response off the wall.

@primetimepickleball

4 жыл бұрын

Probably! If only I had a cement wall!

Thank Jordan ! I'll bet your neighbors 💘 love you ! 😆

@primetimepickleball

3 жыл бұрын

They actually do! We have great neighbors ! Lol

*PRO TIP* Make sure you practice this drill when no one else is home.

@primetimepickleball

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

Nice water heater!

@primetimepickleball

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Lol

@sicklecell9999

3 жыл бұрын

laughed OUT LOUD...

FYI: pe·riph·er·al vi·sion side vision; what is seen on the side by the eye when looking straight ahead. But the ball is contacted in front of you -- it never gets to the side. Inconceivable. You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means

@primetimepickleball

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@primetimepickleball

3 жыл бұрын

If you are looking straight ahead, the ball will be dropping below you and/or to the side of your direct vision during contact. It is the same with juggling 3 balls.

this probably won’t annoy my wife out in the garage thanks. 😂

@primetimepickleball

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect! 👍

Does this mark or damage your Sheetrock?

@primetimepickleball

Жыл бұрын

It could mark it.

@llamp7558

Жыл бұрын

@@primetimepickleball Thanks! I thought it might. Hope to see you at Pickleball Kingdom soon! A long time fan here! Keep up the good work!

Sir hope you have old paddle.

@primetimepickleball

10 ай бұрын

Tons

Better get some plywood over that drywall or you will soon have holes. Ask me how I know. U’ll get better bounce too

@primetimepickleball

3 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

If I was this dudes neighbor...

@primetimepickleball

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

Just make sure that you do this when the wife is not home or you will be told to stop.

@primetimepickleball

2 жыл бұрын

true

Are you watching the ball to hit the paddle?

@primetimepickleball

2 ай бұрын

No, you have to rely on your peripheral vision.

I'm distracted with all your garage treasures. Perhaps it's time to clean out my garage and find space to practice.

@primetimepickleball

2 жыл бұрын

lol yes, garage works can go a long way.

I like your videos but you talk alot and should devote more time for example play?

I don’t even know how to play this stupid old person game.

@primetimepickleball

4 жыл бұрын

Gotta try it out!

@dalevoigt8612

4 жыл бұрын

its got some nuances that take incorporated strategy to play well.

@acepistons5578

4 жыл бұрын

Dale Voigt no it’s stupid

@loricody4956

4 жыл бұрын

Ace Pistons How do you know it’s stupid, if you have never played?

@girlart9

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t knock it if you haven’t tried it. Some of us old people could run your butt ragged on the court, ya little whippersnapper!