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Top 5 Shortcuts for Hosting a Kick-Butt Clinic

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Whether you’re someone who dreams about taking a clinic from a professional pickleball instructor, but has never had the opportunity OR you’re a self-professed pickleball junkie who has taken advantage of any and every learning opportunity that’s hit your way, if you show up to a clinic, you’d probably like it to be a positive experience.  I know that that’s what I would want, and it’s what I’d try to deliver for my students, as well as the people who who help me organize a local clinic.

But I also know that no longer are my clinics “the only game in town.” The reality is that as the sport grows, there are more and more people hosting clinics with less and less experience.  Now, I certainly understand and appreciate that there’s a strong learning curve, and I also realize that I have a head start on many new pickleball instructors going down that path. [Read more…] about Top 5 Shortcuts for Hosting a Kick-Butt Clinic

Do THIS When Your Opponents Won’t Hit You the Ball

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bored-paddleAs much as we all love this crazy sport, occasionally the interpersonal dynamics can make you wish you’d stayed home and not bothered to come to the courts. This topic came up with my recent Bootcamp Breakthrough participants and I wanted to give you some practical solutions to this common problem.

Your Opponents Won’t Hit the Ball to You

I can’t say how many times I have a group of people practically begging to get on the court with me, and then, as soon as the game starts, they hit every single ball to my partner.  [Read more…] about Do THIS When Your Opponents Won’t Hit You the Ball

The Great “Too Windy to Play” Hoax (And How It’s Costing You Points if Not Games & Matches)

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If you’re one of those pickleballers who plays indoors and never has any intention of ever playing outdoors OR playing in any major tournament, then this article is NOT for you.

But if you play outside regularly, dream of a midwinter vacation down south, or intend to compete in any of the bigger tournaments, you MUST get comfortable playing in the wind.

Many players stay home when the wind blows.  Or if they don’t stay home, they at least go home early because they believe that you can’t play as well in the wind.

And they aren’t the only ones.

I would hazard to say that the majority of players think they can’t play as well in the wind. [Read more…] about The Great “Too Windy to Play” Hoax (And How It’s Costing You Points if Not Games & Matches)

3 Secrets Top Pickleball Players Know for Figuring Out the Score & Which Side You’re Serving From

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Ever heard your partner or opponent say, “The score must be even because you were over there before and now you’re over here…”?

You’re not the only one who’s heard such a proclamation and just moves obediently in the direction they’re pointing while wondering, “WHICH number is even? What does that even mean? And how they heck does that tell you anything anyway?”

If you’ve found yourself in that confusing situation, then this article is for you.

Woman Shrugging Her Shoulders - IsolatedThis article is NOT about the basic rules of pickleball scoring (click here for those). Instead, [Read more…] about 3 Secrets Top Pickleball Players Know for Figuring Out the Score & Which Side You’re Serving From