Some people laugh at the name Pickleball. Others laugh at the sport itself. In other words, not everyone loves Pickleball. Detractors, who likely have never played the game, consider it the same as ping pong but with oversize paddles. Granted, Pickleball started with ping pong paddles but the game quickly evolved to one requiring considerable...
A question often asked is how to keep the ball low in Pickleball. While this sounds like an easy thing to do in practice, it is very challenging especially when you are at the kitchen line and a ball is hit at your feet or you have to take the ball on a short hop...
When I first started playing Pickleball, my serves were illegal. I knew about hitting underhand and contacting the ball below the waist. I was able to execute this part of the serve. However, some of my habits from racquetball made it difficult for me to keep the paddle head below my wrist. It took a...
When I first started playing Pickleball, I watched videos of advanced players to understand what I needed to do to improve my game. I spent quite a bit of time comparing videos of 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 and pro players to understand how the game differed at each skill level. Like most sports, there are many...
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