Wrong. Sorry. Less power doesn't equate to more accuracy. See those overheads that keep coming back? They shouldn't come back. The point should be over on the first overhead.
@PickleSmithPickleball, thank you for the feedback. I agree that my comment “Less Power = More Accuracy” is not always true. My intent was to point out two things: 1. Placement is more important than power. Not saying power is not important, but rather placement is even more important. 2. Don’t mishit your overheads trying to got for 100% power. i have seen it happen to myself and other where trying to just destroy an overhead, we mishit and lose the point. As for whether the point should have finished on the first overhead, it does depend on the overhead skills of the attacking player and defensive skills of the other team and how well the overhead got executes etc. That said, I was trying to make a similar point, that earlier overheads, which were successfully defended, would have had a better chance of finishing the point if they were placed better. The third overhead was less power but better placed and won the rally.
@@ThePaddlewan The placement, IMO, was poor, at least in this video. The ball bounces far to shallow in the court, resulting in it bouncing up to your opponents and allowing them to hit the ball easily. This is the reason those balls come back. Had the placement been deeper, then the ball is much lower and much more difficult for the opponents to return. Neither of the players exhibit good form for the overheads. Neither of them use the non-paddle are to help understand where the ball is and this is likely a large part of why the placement is so poor. Power is not the problem. The problem is poor mechanics probably due to a lack of understanding and/or a lack of practice. I discuss all this in my series on how to hit overheads well. ua-cam.com/play/PLBu168-affdPHfH_NUQY6j_hFU6A9uVgV.html
Wrong. Sorry. Less power doesn't equate to more accuracy. See those overheads that keep coming back? They shouldn't come back. The point should be over on the first overhead.
@PickleSmithPickleball, thank you for the feedback. I agree that my comment “Less Power = More Accuracy” is not always true. My intent was to point out two things:
1. Placement is more important than power. Not saying power is not important, but rather placement is even more important.
2. Don’t mishit your overheads trying to got for 100% power. i have seen it happen to myself and other where trying to just destroy an overhead, we mishit and lose the point.
As for whether the point should have finished on the first overhead, it does depend on the overhead skills of the attacking player and defensive skills of the other team and how well the overhead got executes etc. That said, I was trying to make a similar point, that earlier overheads, which were successfully defended, would have had a better chance of finishing the point if they were placed better. The third overhead was less power but better placed and won the rally.
@@ThePaddlewan The placement, IMO, was poor, at least in this video. The ball bounces far to shallow in the court, resulting in it bouncing up to your opponents and allowing them to hit the ball easily. This is the reason those balls come back. Had the placement been deeper, then the ball is much lower and much more difficult for the opponents to return. Neither of the players exhibit good form for the overheads. Neither of them use the non-paddle are to help understand where the ball is and this is likely a large part of why the placement is so poor. Power is not the problem. The problem is poor mechanics probably due to a lack of understanding and/or a lack of practice. I discuss all this in my series on how to hit overheads well. ua-cam.com/play/PLBu168-affdPHfH_NUQY6j_hFU6A9uVgV.html