Do you have a target when you’re about to hit a pickleball shot? If you do, is there enough margin around your target? And are you feeding the information about your intended target to your processing unit (brain)? If you answered “yes” to all of the above, then good job and have fun the next […]
This article is part of a series where we debunk three big myths that pervade our game. I’ve heard some form of these since I started playing way back in 2015. They hampered me as a player. They hamper other players too. I know because helping players get past these tired and wrong myths is […]
Before I became a pickleball coach, I was a pickleball player. As part of my “training” at the local courts, fellow players imparted their “wisdom” onto me. Three bits of advice I received shortly after I began playing were particularly disruptive to my play. Let’s avoid further damage to your play by debunking these myths […]
There’s no shot more controversial in pickleball than the lob. For some, it’s part of the game, and all is well. For others, the lob is taboo and ruins the game. The differences in opinion become more pronounced when you consider the type of lob. A lob from the kitchen line is a much more […]
Navigating through the transition zone to the kitchen line is one of the great pickleball challenges. It is not always a straight path. More often, it is a zigzag journey that requires multiple drop shots and resets before you successfully reach the kitchen line. The third-shot drop gets most of the attention, but in many […]
Pro pickleball player Paula Rives has one of the best topspin roll shots in the game today. In this video, Paula walks Coach Tony Roig through how to hit it — from the kitchen line, cross court, and finally from the baseline as a full third-shot drop roll. Here’s what you will learn in this […]
