Your game and instructional videos and podcasts are getting better and becoming high quality. A pleasure to watch you explore your best practices pro play with different players. I also appreciate your humility when things don’t go so well and it helps to hear how your strategy and other players mesh or hit bumps in the road. You are the player to watch! Regards.
Just want to say thanks for thinking of the folks who don’t have a racquet sport background. It seems like everyone I play with used to play either tennis, squash, or badminton. I wish there were more tips like these for those of us not coming to pickleball from another racquet sport. Would love a video about getting power on the drives as well.
I am an IPTPA and have watched your video for players who don't have any tennis background. It is not that simple to throw the ball as if hitting an overhead and I am speaking about women who don't know how to throw a ball. Remember dads and fathers saying to their daughters, "You throw like a girl" so might be good to understand why women can't throw a ball like a man. It might be how our shoulders are built. I have not done a study on it, but had to learn myself on how to throw a football in third grade. My dad was a high school football coach. One thing I have done that has helped the girls I teach, is too place a hat backward on the girls heads and maybe slanted depending upon the overhead being hit. Have them take their paddle back behind their head and take off the hat with the paddle. "Knock your Hat off!" Then "Reach to the Sky" - whatever helps the player to hit an overhead. It is my opinion that most girls without tennis experience or throwing experience will hit a sidearm overhead or face forward without footwork. You're on the right track!
I’m not gonna lie I was an ignatowich hater at first because of that constant bunny hop 😂 but after watching a couple of games you hardly notice it anymore. Great video and i cant wait to try out these tips!
Your game and instructional videos and podcasts are getting better and becoming high quality. A pleasure to watch you explore your best practices pro play with different players. I also appreciate your humility when things don’t go so well and it helps to hear how your strategy and other players mesh or hit bumps in the road. You are the player to watch! Regards.
Just want to say thanks for thinking of the folks who don’t have a racquet sport background. It seems like everyone I play with used to play either tennis, squash, or badminton. I wish there were more tips like these for those of us not coming to pickleball from another racquet sport. Would love a video about getting power on the drives as well.
I am an IPTPA and have watched your video for players who don't have any tennis background. It is not that simple to throw the ball as if hitting an overhead and I am speaking about women who don't know how to throw a ball. Remember dads and fathers saying to their daughters, "You throw like a girl" so might be good to understand why women can't throw a ball like a man. It might be how our shoulders are built. I have not done a study on it, but had to learn myself on how to throw a football in third grade. My dad was a high school football coach.
One thing I have done that has helped the girls I teach, is too place a hat backward on the girls heads and maybe slanted depending upon the overhead being hit. Have them take their paddle back behind their head and take off the hat with the paddle. "Knock your Hat off!" Then "Reach to the Sky" - whatever helps the player to hit an overhead. It is my opinion that most girls without tennis experience or throwing experience will hit a sidearm overhead or face forward without footwork. You're on the right track!
I hear that Dylan Frazier has one of the worst overheads and he's a pro.
No pointing the ball with the left hand?
Good question. You can if you want, but you don’t have to. It’s more necessary in tennis where the ball is in the air for longer
Super helpful thank you.
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How do you avoid hitting it into the net on overhead slams?
James....just in time for tom. Overhead practice. I thank you and ny overhead thanks you in advance. This type of breakdown is book material.
Focusung on The Wrist Snap alone added mph. Sticking w that until it's 20+/25 on target. Gold Nugget.
I’m not gonna lie I was an ignatowich hater at first because of that constant bunny hop 😂 but after watching a couple of games you hardly notice it anymore. Great video and i cant wait to try out these tips!
great stuff! but edit out the "fun fact, someone fell"😄