Pickleball - 5 Powerful Pickleball Tips to Win More Games | Pickleball Tips & Strategies

Pickleball - 5 Powerful Pickleball Tips to Win More Games | Pickleball Tips & Strategies To Improve Your Game

Timestamps of this video - 5 Powerful Pickleball Tips to Win More Games
00:00 - Introduction to the top 5 pickleball tips
00:22 - Pickleball Tip No. 1: Follow the Picklebball
03:42 - Pickleball Tip No. 2: Use a Compact Pickleball Paddle Swing
06:28 - Compact Swing on Dinking
07:38 - Pickleball Tip No. 3: Anticipate The Picklebball
12:24 - Pickleball Tip No. 4: Point of Contact with your Paddle
16:50 - Bonus Tip: Grip Pressure Picklebball Serve & Return

5 of our top pickleball tips to improve your play. Whether you are intermediate, advanced, or new to the pickleball game, these tips will help you improve your skills as a pickleball player.

I want to go over some tips to help you improve as a pickleball player. Some tips are simple and some are a bit complicated but these tips will help you improve your pickleball play, your pickleball results and improve you as a big ballplayer
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Pickleball Tip No. 1: Follow the Pickleball
Two things that I want to focus on. One, I want to make sure that when I hit a shot particularly on the 3rd shot, or if my partner is hitting the 3rd shot, I want to make sure that I'm closing on the ball. What I don't want to do it, is come in straight when the ball is over to one side or come into one side. I want to make sure that I'm turning my shoulders to the ball, depending on where the ball is at. What happens a lot of times when we're playing up with a no volley zone as we stand square to the net and we don't turn our body to where the ball is coming from or where the ball is. And so, what happens is the ball can basically get behind us or create a difficult angle for us. Check out the practical view from the Pickleball Tip video, you will learn properly.

Pickleball Tip No. 2: Use a Compact Swing
Compact swing means you are avoiding errors from backswing and you also avoid errors from just having your paddle flailing about. You want to play pickleball aggressively but with some amount of control. Basically, if I have a nice short backswing on most of my strokes and I want to have a follow that makes sense. I don't want to have a follow-through that goes all the way around my body. Please watch the Pickleball Tip video with the practical view, it will help you to understand this tip perfectly.

Pickleball Tip No. 3: Anticipate the Ball
It basically involves anticipating where the ball is going to be before it gets to you. And even before it crosses the net. So, you have more time to move around the pickleball court and get into a position to hit your next shot. You need to look at a few different things. One thing you need to look at the type of stroke that your opponent is hitting.
Your opponent is dinking or not and the current condition of the wind. These are important elements.

Pickleball Tip No. 4: Point of Contact
Every shot has an optimal point of contact. And if we were able to put every shot into a computer program it would tell us to hit the ball when the pickleball is right here or when the pickleball is right here depending on the type of shot and depending on the trajectory speed of the ball. It's very difficult as humans to always hit it on the actual optimal point of contact but we want to try and get as close to that point as possible. Please watch the Pickleball Tip video with the practical view, it will help you to understand this tip perfectly.
Bonus Tip: Grip Pressure Serve & Return
The Grip pressure, how you hold the pickleball paddle, how hard you hold it, or how lightly you hold it. When we talk about grip pressure, we talk about grip pressure being one to ten. Ten is death grip, no one holds at a ten. It would be painful to do so. Watch the video for this bonus pickleball tip to understand perfectly.

Thanks to Jill and Laurie for their help with the video - these things take a minute to film out there.

Thanks as well to Kolter Homes for allowing us to film this video at their new pickleball facility at PGA Village Verano.

Good luck out there!
Tony
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Thanks to Coyote Hearing Studio for the music used in this video. Music used with permission from YouTube Audio Library.
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[thormatt]

Great video Tony. I occasionally involuntarily twist my wrist when I serve. This results in my serve going out either right or left. Is there something I can consciously think about or even say out loud to myself when I serve that will prevent this?

[terrystevens]

Tony this was such a great video. Love how you explain everything and follow up with demonstration. I learned so much from you. You are an excellent teacher. Please keep videos coming!!

[ChadBreece]

This video was super helpful! Greetings from Pickleball friends in Australia ...

[jerrycarlin]

Grip pressure adjustment for better serves and returns. Supper helpful.
Tks for the insight.
Only playing six months. Series super super for newbies.

[lonkrantz]

Really good tips and sound technique and strategy! Well done!

[michaelboano]

Really like his comments about being early or late on stroke because it allows us to make corrections during a game by instantly understanding our mistakes

[randallkadish]

Love this series. I am learning so much from Tony. Thank you!

[badmiyagi]

Similar concepts we used when coaching tennis. Shorter backswings when hitting ball delayed/late contact for down the line passing shots. Longer backswing and follow through when going cross court.
Shoulder turns for direction orientation. Racket and paddle face orientation with follow through in direction of finish/targeting opponents half of the court. Deep or shallow alters length of stroke etc.
PB always uses a shirt, if any backswing and overall a condensed or compact stroke, both backswing and follow through. Yes, it gives the opponent less time to react when you use an abbreviated clean swing.
That being said, PB is a front and back court game (multi dimensional) power and soft touch game.
It’s therefore also a mental game/sport.
Nice video guys!👍

[deborahramos]

Thank you so much, I love the "makes no sense" aspect, it REALLY helps my method of learning!!

[angelomazzuca]

Awesome nobody has talked about these important tips like this. It will surely give Sue and I a new focus to improve our game. Thanks Tony and Jill we always look forward to watching your videos!

[wesrxnumber]

I practiced following the ball today. I played my best today and was more consistent. I was able to block back drives down the line, poach on high balls down the middle and reset the dink. I was shocked how well I played today. I need to shortened my swing at the kitchen line as a seemingly easy ball was netted. Thank you Tony. I need to watch this video of yours the night before my morning game.

[JohnKostohryz]

A great video. A lot of info in a relatively short time.

[johntresize]

Excellent video instruction Tony. These simple tips will certainly help my game. Thanks.

[annmaes]

Wow! This vid is jammed pack with great i fo! The grip pressure tip was really helpful! Many thanks! 💕🙏🏻🍨

[Ke]

Thank for the great video! Good tips !

[TheWeasel]

Great video Tony keep up the excellent work 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[bryanyee]

@In2Pickle So, the impression I am getting from watching your video is that the optimal point of contact/hitting of the ball is when it is slightly out in front of somebody but at a distance where the arm is extended lower at a 45 degree angle downward without reaching? Is that about right?

[edburgler]

Great video. Your technique makes a lot of sense. Keep the videos coming.

[Tededison]

I’m a table tennis guy so I grip my paddle like yours V grip. Any advice for me?