Hope you enjoyed this video! To go a step further, challenge yourself & take ThatPickleball IQ Test to see how well you really know the game. VERY FEW get 10/10. I dare you to try: 😊 thatpickleballtest.typeform.com/to/YuHaz4N6
Recent pro tip I was taught was to simply learn to block the ball. Resist the temptation, for intermediate players like myself to punch the ball back. It’s helped a lot! Great video Kyle 😂
Kudos to That Pickleball Guy and co. for making a video that's extremely informative and helpful, and also funny and entertaining - with good production values.
Great video Kyle! Your constant positive energy, fast pacing, and the fact that you’re teaching recreational players and not just drilling with other pros make these the best coaching videos!
Lots of great videos out there, but yours are bar none, the best. Plus pretty darn funny. Thanks for your commitment to making us all better players. Merry Christmas!!!!
Hey, I hope it’s ok, but I’ve dropped your name to be the next OxiClean salesman. Look that up, you will get a good laugh. On a more serious note you are awesome man. Your ability to talk and demonstrate and not get pedantic and repetitive is just fantastic.
Fun video to watch. Innovative video techniques. If anyone else finds the commentary a little too fast to fully absorb the lesson, switch video to .75 speed in settings. Good stuff Kyle, thanks.
@@thatpickleballguy oh, I don’t like them I Love them❣️ truly has made such an improvement in my game since I started in July. You have an effective way of getting the lesson across to the listener. It’s a win for us in the beginner stage of our game. Thanks for all of us❣️
Good advice. It's not really that hard to send it back to a banger when you know exactly what he's going to send you - every time. The key lies your analogy to bullies. If you keep resetting they'll just keep banging on you...except the reset has invited them up to the NVL and now they're only 14 feet away. Then the banging turns into body bagging attempts. That's been my experience and it was getting old. Then I found this video The "take home" for me was to get yourself to the NVL ASAP while keeping the bangers pushed back to the baseline. That's been working for my partner and me over the last month. A banger is generally happy to be back at the baseline taking batting practice and it's also where he poses the least threat to us. We're getting a lot of gifts now from the bangers. Net balls, out balls, and shoulder high drives we can cut a hard angle on or dead-drop for winners. Thanks for the advice. I used to hate the bangers. Now I love the bangers.
Hey Kyle, I'm Will!! lol I've watched so many of your videos and didn't realize you hadn't introduced yourself... Anywho, this one is VERY helpful!! Keep up the great work, thank you for your content, and I wish continued success for the future!
I have table tennis background, what I do is hit back hard (counter bang) or chop for short spin. I think in pickleball it is called slice, but mine is a bit more close to TT chop compared to pickleball slice, somewhere in the middle. It looks like block, but I add a bit wrist move and slight more vertical direction arm move to apply spin, makes ball bounce short or even back spin. A little different from slice but very similar. I also used to stop against hard strokes, but I found that bangers learned it and expect my block to counter, so that is how I began to counter bang or slice/chop. I think my table tennis background helps me with counter bang reflex and chopping skill. I think slice and table tennis chop (a little more vertical pickleball slice) can work in pickle, just need practice, and good power at impact timing.
I love the idea of the back hand punch with the knuckle over handle grip when at the kitchen line. But I'm struggling when I have to switch to the forehand. Should I learn how to hit up close with that other grip? Or should I get better at changing my grip when moving to the forehand to the forehand?
"I'm threatening too" proceeds to stick his chest out in the next shot lmfao, kid killed me. Nah this kids actually a comedian "I gotta make sure my school doesn't see this". what a legend.
Hi, two questions...if your opponent hits everything hard and never drops. They just play pickleball like tennis...can you just stand in the transition zone, thus giving you more time to judge if the ball is going out and give you more time to move? Also, I have a hard time trying to get bangers to dink. I feel that my drop is good but they are still hitting it hard. Maybe my drop is bouncing to high or I'm not getting out the way of out balls. Any idea on how to solve this? Do I need to make the ball bounce lower and closer to the back side of the net to give less of an angle to hit it hard?
As a banger myself, these tips are interesting and helpful to non bangers. A good banger looks not only for space to bang the ball into, but their oppositions movement and stance. A combination of all or any of these things determines when I bang, though typically the harder and lower I hit the ball at you, the more often I’ll be forcing a mistake out of you. I’m around a 3.5 at my club and been playing for 4 months.
Great tips for countering aggressive play! And if you're looking to outsmart those bangers, consider adding an Oliver-Sport paddle to your arsenal. Precision meets power for the win!
I know this sounds stupid, but I've been looking for the Asics you wear because they are like court color camouflage and it doesn't give them a target to aim at. What model are they and are they out on the market? Thanks Kyle. Great Teaching vids.
Those are gel resolutions 8. They would be hard to find since gel resolutions are on 9 now and likely updating soon next year. An alternative to camouflaging your feet is getting low and balanced to protect against balls coming at them lol
This is a great video, but what we (as beginners) need to understand is that until you have a good/solid foundation on paddle/control, you will not be successful, and likely why you/they are banging away anyway. You can beat a banger with good fundamentals and a banger will always be able to best a player lacking those fundamentals more times than not. I have already started to dislike playing, and it's mostly because there's no dinking here in Florida at all the local rec courts...but what I need to come to the realization is, that I'm not as good as I need to be to be able to beat the bangers at their own game. That may come with time, or not...but the issue is less to do w/ the bangers and more to do with my lack of skillset.
great tips! quick question.... which bevel do you use on the backhand block volley to hit downwards? (you showed in the video but it went by super fast)
I'm a 'banger' coming from tennis and I approve this video 😊.. But when they figured me, I become a 'dinking' dude, then a banger and dinks mixed together confusing my enemies... lol
I would think sharks get awfully tired of seafood. BTW, I really liked this video, it made a lot of sense and you covered quite a bit of PB strategy which only helps to reinforce what I've learned.
Here's the problem.....EVERY SINGLE paddle/racquet sport in history evolves to faster, harder shots. To play at the competitive level you have to be ready for this game to evolve. Sports HISTORY is against you; ping pong, badminton, tennis, racquetball etc. Unless the Pickleball Association keeps adding rules to nerf this kind of play. Sure there will be times where to try and slow the game down but the way of dink ball is going the way of the dinosaurs. You see it even now at the pro level. Great tips for now, but as this sport grows so will the athleticisms threshold increase in order for players to stay competitive.
Why so many commercials before a video? Nuts. I know you want to make money, but come on. I'm 4 minutes in no and still now pickleball....waiting............
@@thatpickleballguy Actual great pickleball video. Learned some cool tips, that I applied right away. I was really learning my opponents quickly yesterday.
Hi there! Good feedback. Ill he cautious of that in future videos. In the meantime with these videos, theres a feature on youtube to slow the video down to .75 speed which may be helpful :)
Always great videos, EXCEPT - what's with the in-video advertisement? Please don't do that again. I was sharing your videos with friends but I won't anymore if they include in-video ads. Boooo.
You make a lot of good points but YOU TALK TO FAST!!!! It’s really hard to comprehend what you’re saying! Instead of the kidding around, slow what you have to say down so I can follow it… PLEASE
Hope you enjoyed this video! To go a step further, challenge yourself & take ThatPickleball IQ Test to see how well you really know the game.
VERY FEW get 10/10. I dare you to try: 😊
thatpickleballtest.typeform.com/to/YuHaz4N6
only got 7 out 10
Recent pro tip I was taught was to simply learn to block the ball. Resist the temptation, for intermediate players like myself to punch the ball back. It’s helped a lot! Great video Kyle 😂
Great tip! Thanks for watching!
Kudos to That Pickleball Guy and co. for making a video that's extremely informative and helpful, and also funny and entertaining - with good production values.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Great video Kyle! Your constant positive energy, fast pacing, and the fact that you’re teaching recreational players and not just drilling with other pros make these the best coaching videos!
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
I Love Bangers! and they Hate me.
The face they make when I drop it or pass them on and angle is priceless!
Love it!
Kyle-you always have great advice. One of the best instructors out there.
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
Lots of great videos out there, but yours are bar none, the best. Plus pretty darn funny. Thanks for your commitment to making us all better players. Merry Christmas!!!!
Wow! Thank you so much :) glad they help :)
This honestly is the very best video I have seen about playing bangers.. can't wait to try this. Thanks!!
glad its helpful!!
Hey, I hope it’s ok, but I’ve dropped your name to be the next OxiClean salesman. Look that up, you will get a good laugh. On a more serious note you are awesome man. Your ability to talk and demonstrate and not get pedantic and repetitive is just fantastic.
Glad you enjoyed the content! Thanks for watching
Fun video to watch. Innovative video techniques. If anyone else finds the commentary a little too fast to fully absorb the lesson, switch video to .75 speed in settings. Good stuff Kyle, thanks.
Thank you!!
Such an energetic, entertaining video! Thank you for your helpful tips as always, Kyle! :D
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video. Wish I’d seen this before my last clinic where 4 bangers thought they were in a Gold Medal match instead of a clinic! 🙄
Thanks for watching!
Awesome video, I am from Singapore and would like to thank Kyle for the very entertaining video which was really educational! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Kyle got Body Bagged by the LUXX ! Man tough to have that out on the internet.....maybe it has ample power....!!!
Thanks for watching!
just poking fun :) You are awesome Kyle!@@thatpickleballguy
I’m a former tennis player/new PB player….and I’ve learned SO much from you ! Plus, your videos make me laugh!!! Thanks so much!
That's awesome! Thanks for the kind words.
Great advice! Always good infos and tips from you Kyle!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just love your tutorial videos, they have helped me tremendously !!
Thank you Kyle😁
Glad you like them!
@@thatpickleballguy oh, I don’t like them I Love them❣️ truly has made such an improvement in my game since I started in July. You have an effective way of getting the lesson across to the listener. It’s a win for us in the beginner stage of our game.
Thanks for all of us❣️
Good advice. It's not really that hard to send it back to a banger when you know exactly what he's going to send you - every time. The key lies your analogy to bullies. If you keep resetting they'll just keep banging on you...except the reset has invited them up to the NVL and now they're only 14 feet away. Then the banging turns into body bagging attempts. That's been my experience and it was getting old. Then I found this video
The "take home" for me was to get yourself to the NVL ASAP while keeping the bangers pushed back to the baseline. That's been working for my partner and me over the last month. A banger is generally happy to be back at the baseline taking batting practice and it's also where he poses the least threat to us. We're getting a lot of gifts now from the bangers. Net balls, out balls, and shoulder high drives we can cut a hard angle on or dead-drop for winners.
Thanks for the advice.
I used to hate the bangers. Now I love the bangers.
Awesome! Glad you found the video helpful!
Ha! lol…the bloopers😆
Wonderful and simplified example of beating banger. Thank you Kyle
Glad you liked it!
Hey Kyle, I'm Will!! lol I've watched so many of your videos and didn't realize you hadn't introduced yourself... Anywho, this one is VERY helpful!! Keep up the great work, thank you for your content, and I wish continued success for the future!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Great info and super funny. Easy to watch again!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great insight into bangers and how to best them. Drill baby drill.
Glad it's helpful!
The comedy in this is a bonus 🤣
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Kyle. Upped you graphics game I see. The flaming nipple was great! Damn those Gladiators!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
You dropped so many jewels in this one. Thx.
Glad it was helpful!
Good info! (per your request sharks do have a strong sense of smell 🤣)
Glad it was helpful!
and thanks!! Needed that. haha
Great Video! Very helpful.
great video and goated editing as always
Appreciate it!
There's a lot to unpack, but great content and lots of laughs, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Being a pickleball banger is so much fun!! Just learn to topspin consistently with power and crush your friends. If you can't beat them, join them!!
Honestly i like this take
I have table tennis background, what I do is hit back hard (counter bang) or chop for short spin. I think in pickleball it is called slice, but mine is a bit more close to TT chop compared to pickleball slice, somewhere in the middle. It looks like block, but I add a bit wrist move and slight more vertical direction arm move to apply spin, makes ball bounce short or even back spin. A little different from slice but very similar. I also used to stop against hard strokes, but I found that bangers learned it and expect my block to counter, so that is how I began to counter bang or slice/chop. I think my table tennis background helps me with counter bang reflex and chopping skill. I think slice and table tennis chop (a little more vertical pickleball slice) can work in pickle, just need practice, and good power at impact timing.
Thanks for the input!
Love the info and you’re also hilarious!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!
Little cold out there Frank 😂
I love the idea of the back hand punch with the knuckle over handle grip when at the kitchen line. But I'm struggling when I have to switch to the forehand. Should I learn how to hit up close with that other grip? Or should I get better at changing my grip when moving to the forehand to the forehand?
Great video, and entertaining as well.
Amazing content, very helpful. Liked and now subscribed.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for subscribing!
Love it as usual Kyle, but this video was especially helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
@@thatpickleballguy You da man!
Do you even Lift Bro?! 💪 😂 Sorry Kyle, had to say it after shirtless you in the cold tub! 🥶 Great Video as always!
Haha thanks for watching!
Kyle not only do you teach you really make me laugh 😅. You say what a lot of coaches think!!!
Glad you enjoyed the content. Thanks!
Good stuff!! Now just to remember to do it!!!!
Thanks for watching!
Love ur crazy personality
Thanks!
That was great, thanks so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome!!
Love your videos!!
Glad you like them!
Hilarious and Helpful! Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it!
thanks for showing the grip change needed so not to hit into the net.
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful!
"I'm threatening too" proceeds to stick his chest out in the next shot lmfao, kid killed me.
Nah this kids actually a comedian "I gotta make sure my school doesn't see this". what a legend.
Haha glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Kyle!!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
So good Kyle!
Thanks for watching!
Great video, thanks
Glad you liked it!
I needed this soooo much! Thanks for the explanation of what to do and why. I'm getting killed by bangers.
Absolutely!
Great video. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Excellent approach. Or 'don't give him strike height balls'? Give to back hand? Give to other partner ( if weaker if two)?
and, yes. Sharks have an excellent sense of smell. Another excellent video. It seems like you are having too much fun. If that's possible.
I can have more fun :)
Hey Kyle, what overgrip do you use? I love the yellow!
This is Yonex.
great transition in this vid
Thanks for watching!
I love the idea of backing up on a hard serve, but some places people play don’t have that latitude
Hi, two questions...if your opponent hits everything hard and never drops. They just play pickleball like tennis...can you just stand in the transition zone, thus giving you more time to judge if the ball is going out and give you more time to move?
Also, I have a hard time trying to get bangers to dink. I feel that my drop is good but they are still hitting it hard. Maybe my drop is bouncing to high or I'm not getting out the way of out balls. Any idea on how to solve this? Do I need to make the ball bounce lower and closer to the back side of the net to give less of an angle to hit it hard?
Watching this exposes me as a banger myself, guilty as charged!
Well now you know how people will try to beat you and can adjust to it!
what selkirk paddle you are using? thanks
Here’s the paddle I use. It’s the “power air”
www.selkirk.com/products/vanguard-air-s2?variant=40179483344998
Happy belated 30th birthday!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!!
Whew! I’m exhausted.
Thanks for watching!
this dude a star. 1M subs by March '25 gauranteed...
Thank you!
I believe I overheard some better players call me a banger......now I know what they meant and learned how to change up my game a bit. Thanks.
Glad to help!
This video is going to change my life.
Lets go!!
Can we have a video on how to be a high level banger instead of how to beat a banger. lol! Id rather be a banger than a dinker!
Ive considered this
I like that idea
As a banger myself, these tips are interesting and helpful to non bangers. A good banger looks not only for space to bang the ball into, but their oppositions movement and stance. A combination of all or any of these things determines when I bang, though typically the harder and lower I hit the ball at you, the more often I’ll be forcing a mistake out of you. I’m around a 3.5 at my club and been playing for 4 months.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Great tips for countering aggressive play! And if you're looking to outsmart those bangers, consider adding an Oliver-Sport paddle to your arsenal. Precision meets power for the win!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You’re hilarious!
Thanks!!
What would the grip pressure be if you have a firm wrist? I assume those are two different things?
Your grip would be tight as your wrist gets firm as your grip tightens up
Block, punch, place. DON'T quote me Kyle.
Thanks for the input!
That’s me the banger lol
I know this sounds stupid, but I've been looking for the Asics you wear because they are like court color camouflage and it doesn't give them a target to aim at. What model are they and are they out on the market? Thanks Kyle. Great Teaching vids.
Those are gel resolutions 8. They would be hard to find since gel resolutions are on 9 now and likely updating soon next year. An alternative to camouflaging your feet is getting low and balanced to protect against balls coming at them lol
Thanks for watching! Those are gel resolutions 8!
copy, hahaha@@bicyclethief
now i know the carnivore guy's occupation.. but with a shirt
This is a great video, but what we (as beginners) need to understand is that until you have a good/solid foundation on paddle/control, you will not be successful, and likely why you/they are banging away anyway. You can beat a banger with good fundamentals and a banger will always be able to best a player lacking those fundamentals more times than not. I have already started to dislike playing, and it's mostly because there's no dinking here in Florida at all the local rec courts...but what I need to come to the realization is, that I'm not as good as I need to be to be able to beat the bangers at their own game. That may come with time, or not...but the issue is less to do w/ the bangers and more to do with my lack of skillset.
Keep working at it, you'll get there!
They don’t bang that high. What would you do?
Squad down lower. Block it back.
great tips! quick question.... which bevel do you use on the backhand block volley to hit downwards? (you showed in the video but it went by super fast)
can you clarify your question/
Is that the Tyler Coston ????
Indeed it is!
GOAT of Bball coaches !
All I could hear is RATM's "Know Your Enemy"
Yes sharks can smell blood in the water up to a 1/4 mile away from what I read online.
humorous, entertaining, informative and memorable. Another really good vid lesson. Has doing these helped you improve your game?
Glad you like them!
You talk real fast Carl! 😅
Sorry about that!
Looks a lot like Arizona mills
yep!
Are you the guy who got powned by the luxx?
That's me.
I'm a 'banger' coming from tennis and I approve this video 😊.. But when they figured me, I become a 'dinking' dude, then a banger and dinks mixed together confusing my enemies... lol
Same
I would think sharks get awfully tired of seafood. BTW, I really liked this video, it made a lot of sense and you covered quite a bit of PB strategy which only helps to reinforce what I've learned.
Glad it was helpful!
Don't know if you mentioned this but a lot of bangers are poor backhand hitters. Low short dinks to their backhands and get ready to duck.
yep!
FYI Sharks can smell and track a single drop of blood a mile away.
Facts!
Here's the problem.....EVERY SINGLE paddle/racquet sport in history evolves to faster, harder shots. To play at the competitive level you have to be ready for this game to evolve. Sports HISTORY is against you; ping pong, badminton, tennis, racquetball etc. Unless the Pickleball Association keeps adding rules to nerf this kind of play. Sure there will be times where to try and slow the game down but the way of dink ball is going the way of the dinosaurs. You see it even now at the pro level. Great tips for now, but as this sport grows so will the athleticisms threshold increase in order for players to stay competitive.
Why so many commercials before a video? Nuts. I know you want to make money, but come on. I'm 4 minutes in no and still now pickleball....waiting............
Sorry about that. I don't pick how many play before the video! Hope you enjoyed the video!
@@thatpickleballguy Actual great pickleball video. Learned some cool tips, that I applied right away. I was really learning my opponents quickly yesterday.
I object to the use of CGI in the PIKKL barn scene. We both know what actually happened
Sorry you didn't enjoy it!
Love the information, I just wish you wouldn't talk so fast. Very hard to absorb all the information when it is coming at you so darn fast!
Hi there! Good feedback. Ill he cautious of that in future videos. In the meantime with these videos, theres a feature on youtube to slow the video down to .75 speed which may be helpful :)
@@thatpickleballguy @thatdrunkpickleballguy
Not worth banging the ball. Cant get top spin and ball only travels top speed 40 miles an hour. Let banger bang and cash in unforced errors
Valid point!
I take showers with cold water
Nice!!
Lost me at 3 min mark trying to sell me stuff
Shoot, i knew i shoulda waited to put the ad in there until 3:01
@@thatpickleballguy zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Jame Prigioni is your doppleganger.
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Always great videos, EXCEPT - what's with the in-video advertisement? Please don't do that again. I was sharing your videos with friends but I won't anymore if they include in-video ads. Boooo.
Thanks for watching! Have to promote the sponsor, sorry for the inconvenience!
Nice video but you are crazy...lol
Haha thanks for wacthing!
You make a lot of good points but YOU TALK TO FAST!!!! It’s really hard to comprehend what you’re saying! Instead of the kidding around, slow what you have to say down so I can follow it… PLEASE
Sorry! Just so excited to talk about pickleball but noted!
You can slow down the playback in settings 😊