6 Tennis Mistakes to Avoid in Pickleball | Improve Your Game

6 Tennis Mistakes to Avoid in Pickleball | Improve Your Game
Pickleball tips for tennis players
Tennis to PICKLEBALL: 6 Tennis Player MISTAKES
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Making the switch from Tennis to Pickleball? Here are the 6 common mistakes Tennis Players do when transitioning to Pickleball.

A tennis player already has a lot of basic racquet skills, so applying the tips I broke down in this video will help you build a concrete pickleball strategy. This includes the skills you need to leave behind the tennis court, have to bring from tennis to pickleball, and new pickleball skills that you might never have heard of.

Watch the video until the end to know the best tips to apply when transitioning from tennis to pickleball.

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Chapters:

00:00 INTRO
01:28 TENNIS VOLLEYS
02:40 BIG SWINGS
05:15 MANTA SLEEP MASK
05:58 SPIN
07:30 READY POSITION AND TAKEAWAY
09:51 TIP DOWN
11:21 ROLL VOLLEYS
12:37 SUMMARY

[johncincolapickleball]

What tennis habits are you still struggling with?

[stevenjanoff]

Love your vids John. 40 years tennis player here. I have learned the techniques you talk about here in 1 1/2 years of Pickleball but I still find the paddle head down the most difficult to be consistent with. BTW I think a great part two could be ‘footwork to take’ and ‘Footwork to leave’ video, especially with the split step still important and the crossover steps left behind.

Thanks so much for your videos.

[GabeBridges]

Thanks John! Recently came across your channel. I’m a 4.0 and trying to take my PB game to the next level. I currently play both tennis and PB so this video was especially helpful.

Your content is outstanding. Really easy to follow along. No annoying background music. No bs. Succinct and full of great tips. Just really well done overall.

Thank you

[Intelliclicksoftware]

John this is good stuff. I currently play both Tennis and Pickleball, sometimes even within the same day. I like the areas you focused on for adjustments. From my experience it took me about one full outdoor season to get comfortable with the adjustments. If you have any tips on how to reduce the pain I feel in my knees and lower back from Pickle that I don't get with Tennis, that would be a great follow-up video! Congrats on a great tutorial!

[charlesmuller]

Definitely the best video on tennis to pickleball transition! Thanks so much John! I also watched the ready position video with Zane yesterday and plan to bring paddle down more toward waist. The big takeaway tip from this video for me is focusing on dropping head of paddle down more. Can't wait to try on courts today!

[ramin]

Truly one of the best analysis on the transition

[johnhawkins]

Excellent video! Every mistake you covered described me in my transition from tennis to pickleball. Even though I had not played tennis in 25 years, my brain still retained tennis muscle memory. Very frustrating until I reminded myself to just have fun and enjoy the new relationships I was making.

[allisondalton]

Could you post a drill suggestion for shortening the volley swing? I have seen people stick a ball in their armpit and use a pool noodle, but these aren’t very effective. This has been my biggest transition struggle. I am late on my volleys from over swinging and then I over swing to catch up. Great video as always love your teaching techniques!

[kensheat]

Lifetime tennis player making the transition tip down hint is soo helpful

[bbayboyznyc]

Easily the best transition video I’ve seen yet. Saving it for future reference.

[judyfrench]

Slow motion at contact would be very helpful to see paddle angle and position on spins. Thanks.

[tedhon]

Really great video, John. This will be very helpful for my students transitioning from tennis to PB. It should be mandatory viewing for former tennis players. Can you follow up with a video discussing which tennis shots work/fail in PB?

[doc-bjbj]

Can you do to video about the paddle tip down particularly on the backhand dink?

[metonicycle]

I picked up two things. I can be lazy on my dinks and I should hit top spin volleys whether it's a punch or a roll. What about the dink approach?

[charlesmuller]

I have a question. I have a heavy topspin forehand using a western(pancake grip) when I'm at baseline and then I switch to a continental as I approach the kitchen line to allow neutral volleying on forehand/backhand. My question is: Are you constantly changing grip when you go from dinking to speedups to blocking, to forehand/backhand rolls or do you stay with continental? Others are welcome to comment on this!

[josegallegosdds]

This is the best video I’ve seen on transitioning from Tennis to Pickleball. Excellent tips.👍🏼

[philwhisnant]

Great insight on the transition. Need to discuss best way to learn the new is a ball machine! Every one of these requires learning new behavior. You've either got to have a great partner, like your buddy Navratil or Colin Johns... only a ball machine gives you that

[annmaes]

keeping your paddle lower at your waist at the net may work if your 6' tall, but not if you're 5'2". I've got to have that paddle chest height. Just MHO.

[afterthesmash]

I came from squash, and the tip down roll volley has not come naturally to me, even after two years. It doesn't help matters that I'm 6'4" and those balls are a _long_ ways down below me, which complicates reading the angles.

I continue to struggle whenever I have to step wide to the side to pick up a low volley at mid shin, either forehand or backhand, especially if the ball crosses my body at a sharp angle. These are often just mildly boosted pressure dinks, hit very low over the net on a descending trajectory. These are my one remaining gaping hole in my net front coverage.

Writing in late August, Ed Ju has a recent clip showing Staksrud beating the Johns brothers by consistently taking outside volley dinks from low off the ground, using a long step sideways with a deep knee bend, rather than shuffling over with both feet. This and the tip down volley roll in closer to my body are my largest remaining holes in my net play as I move into 4.0 territory.

[jnagator]

Thank you for this video. I was a high level tennis player 38 years ago but played here and there. I started playing Pickleball seriously since Jan this year. So far I have been trying to erase the tennis habits and slowly working. I am on my 3rd paddle as I switched to 100% Kevlar and love it with the J2k Pro. I have been playing so much better with the J2k from using 6.0 DBD and Joola Perseus. This video I think put it all together for me for most of my bad habits. The paddle tip down I think is the hardest one along with thinking to loop swing for more power. I have been noticing my wrist control is superior along with paddle position. I have been experimenting different techniques for best results like snapping my wrist on impact on my serves. So this is going to be a long journey to convert but it is slowly working..I feel like I am now a 3.5-4.0 player on most days. When I have focus -I feel like 4.5-5 player. Keep the great videos coming...thank you