The Perfect Strategy To WIN Your First Ever Pickleball Tournament

This video will go in-depth on the exact strategy you should use in order to do well in your first Pickleball Tournament.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Strategy 1: Don't Attack First
1:06 Strategy 2: 3rd Shot Drive vs Drop
3:52 Strategy 3: Dink Middle
5:28 Strategy 4: Shading (Proper Court Coverage)
6:18 Strategy 5: Which Player Covers Middle

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[christrombley]

Ever since I changed my game to just get the ball in (from Tanner’s advice) rather than playing for winners, I’ve improved dramatically. Play not to lose!

[johnnyguy]

Can’t tell you how much my pickleball IQ has gone up because of your videos. I’m still ironing out my mechanics, but the game makes SO much more sense to me now. It has made the game far more enjoyable for me. I hope sponsors flood your channel- you deserve it! Congrats on 4th in a pro tournament. Been a pleasure to watch your rise

[innermostbeing]

Tanner your advice is practical. The first one applies to me, a game of error. I muck it by playing aggressively leading to self errors.

[kevinchan]

Tanner - this is gold. Props to you. Really awesome strategy and I'd like to say 'yeah, that makes sense because I do that all the time' but I'd be lying because the material you present in this vid and many others is so insightful - it's really awesome stuff. Thank you thank you thank you. Keep 'em coming!

[Mike-n-Kali]

Tanner! This weekend July 27th and 28th will actually be my first amateur tournament here in Jacksonville, Florida. Perfect opportunity to watch this video!

Doing 3.5 mens doubles with my partner who is a lefty and I am a righty, stacking of course. mixed doubles with my wife and singles on Sunday.

Can’t wait to use a lot of the tips I have learned from your amazing and easy to follow videos. You the man!

[barrygraham]

Really helpful advice, Tanner. I’m going to try this at my next tournament.

[barney]

Thanks Tanner for a concise, yet comprehensive at the same time PB strategy video full of practical, PB wisdom that's easy to understand and follow just like all your videos, including the shorts. In this case, this might be the best, easy-to-follow strategic blueprint video that can take anyone below a 5.0+ up a level that I've ever seen!

[leonacosper-ipdf]

Great job, Tanner! Love the content and easy tempo of your voice. Not my first tournament in August, but good tips I can take with me.

[jamesf]

Very good concepts for players starting to compete. Hope to use this in play this week.

[Spaceman_Spiffo]

Great timing Tanner, got my first tournament in about a month time. Top information!

[jeffhickman]

I have watched my share of "how to" pickleball videos, but this one clicked the most for me. I am three weeks away from my first tournament and will use the lessons here. Mahalo Tanner! BTW I think you misspelled EDGE.

[gracenmotion]

Love your tuts Tanner. Helps to know this to be more effective. Thanks

[juancmunozr]

Hey Tanner another awesome video, thank you for sharing. For sure very helpful in my beginner struggling journey to pickleball !

[pumpfu]

Great tips, love the 10 drinks before a speed up. Typically the other team makes a bad speed up for you to take advantage of. My wife and I at the 4.0 level got third in our first tournament, could have placed better using these strategies. Would love to come to Florida for some lessons if your schedule could facilitate it. We are from western Canada. Keep up the great content. You break the game down in specific fundamentals better than any other content creater.

[peggysmock]

Wow!!! Great advice again!!! Thank you!!

[tommykaira]

Tanner you're the nice professional pickleballer guy on YouTube!

[madrum]

This videos is a prescription for winning. I’m gonna build this into my drilling routine.

[DannyBPlays]

Not sure if you take vid ideas, but something lately that's been annoying me that I'd love a tutorial on is when someone has a really unconventional(or less common) style of playing, it gives intermediate players all sorts of trouble since they aren't typical to the normal flow of the game. A few examples are: players who only ever do high lob serves, players who almost every play will do a 3rd shot lob(and land them pretty near the back), and my biggest annoyance: speeding up no matter what. I want so much to be able to punish them but they continue to get away with it because so many intermediate players have trouble with them. If you ever do this vid, I'd love if you went over other types of bad habit play styles that intermediates get away with and how to effectively counter them

[doc-bjbj]

I hear you about pickleball being a game of minimizing errors. But….my strengths are my forehand drive and serve, same as when I played tennis. Basically, the power game. I have been working on improving my soft game but when I play high competition, it’s always my power game that winnings me points and games. Understanding that everyone has different strengths and you should play to your strengths and practice improving your weaknesses, what do you think about playing to your strengths? Even at the pro level, teams know they aren’t going to out dink the Johns brothers, so they go for more.

[DannyBPlays]

all good stuff, I just wish you didn't do it as a premiere, I'd rather just watch the video as soon as you have it uploaded. In fact, this was released on a mid-Saturday, when most tournaments happen. The best possible timing would've been a Thursday evening for any Fri-Sun tournaments