I do my best practicing while falling asleep or waking up. I visualize a "new shot" or different response. And at some point, it just starts popping up in my shot selection menu when I play. It has been improving my two handed counter. Helping me correct some bad technique on forehand counters. Helping me correct too much backswing. And helping with getting lag and a loose whippy arm on serve, and better rotation. Split stepping can be improved that way. And the slide counter. When people talk about muscle memory, it is really training your brain. And you can actually do that very well through visualization.
They actually did a study on this with basketball Free throws. Free throws for 1/2 hour a day vs visualization of free throws 1/2 hour a day. Visualization control group improved more not by much but they improved more.
This podcast will be on top of my list for rewatching. For those of us who get "snowed in", visualization and doing shadow swings are great way to practice.
Awesome definitely some things I can add to my drills. Also good to know that when I'm able to attend a drill camp to lie and say I love dinking so I don't have to do 100 dinks 😂
I used to dink cross court like I was in a rush and had a lot of errors. I couldn't figure out why. Jill saw me do this once where I missed into the net. She told me that I just need to stay down with the ball longer and that I have plenty of time to complete my dinks. I really worked on this concept and incorporated it into all my dinks and now in a matter of months I have very consistent dinks that are very difficult for my opponents to handle. This is the importance of slowing down for dinks.
So, I'm wondering, ever think about having a guest who is a 3.5 or 4.0 who can engage in the conversation? Most listeners aren't pro players. What about an episode entirely devoted to recreational play? Yes, you touch on applicably play, but an entire session? I'm relatively new to pickleball and older but I have lofty goals and limited time, because of age, to progress.
I do my best practicing while falling asleep or waking up. I visualize a "new shot" or different response. And at some point, it just starts popping up in my shot selection menu when I play. It has been improving my two handed counter. Helping me correct some bad technique on forehand counters. Helping me correct too much backswing. And helping with getting lag and a loose whippy arm on serve, and better rotation. Split stepping can be improved that way. And the slide counter. When people talk about muscle memory, it is really training your brain. And you can actually do that very well through visualization.
They actually did a study on this with basketball Free throws. Free throws for 1/2 hour a day vs visualization of free throws 1/2 hour a day. Visualization control group improved more not by much but they improved more.
This podcast will be on top of my list for rewatching. For those of us who get "snowed in", visualization and doing shadow swings are great way to practice.
It would help to see video clips of the drills, please
Awesome podcast! Thank you both!!
I see a drilling guide in our future. Volcanoes!
Thank you!
Awesome definitely some things I can add to my drills. Also good to know that when I'm able to attend a drill camp to lie and say I love dinking so I don't have to do 100 dinks 😂
I used to dink cross court like I was in a rush and had a lot of errors. I couldn't figure out why. Jill saw me do this once where I missed into the net. She told me that I just need to stay down with the ball longer and that I have plenty of time to complete my dinks. I really worked on this concept and incorporated it into all my dinks and now in a matter of months I have very consistent dinks that are very difficult for my opponents to handle. This is the importance of slowing down for dinks.
Maybe locate the mic differently so it not in front of the camera?
So, I'm wondering, ever think about having a guest who is a 3.5 or 4.0 who can engage in the conversation? Most listeners aren't pro players. What about an episode entirely devoted to recreational play? Yes, you touch on applicably play, but an entire session? I'm relatively new to pickleball and older but I have lofty goals and limited time, because of age, to progress.