Month: April 2023

Segment 1: A Good Serve Think about it. What would you answer? At a clinic, voices will usually call out one after another, “Fast.” “Hard.” “Lots of spin.” “Over the net.” (Always good.) “In the court.” (Also extremely important.) “Deep.” I’ll listen, inviting more and more answers until nobody’s got anything left to add. And […]

Top Pickleball Players: Why They Can Break The “Rules” & You Shouldn’t Without stopping, make a list of 100 people, situations, experiences and things you’re grateful for right now. Okay, you can pause if you really need to for a minute between items, but the point is to just keep letting the ideas flow and […]

Top Pickleball Players: Why They Can Break The “Rules” & You Shouldn’t Today we’re talking about why you’ll often see that what top pickleball players DO does not always match what I teach in my book, clinics and bootcamps. Prefer To Read I Gotcha Covered… If you watch many videos on Youtube or watch top-level […]

The Pickleball Serve: What’s The Most Effective One? The Pickleball Serve: What’s The Most Effective One? Obviously there are a lot of options out there: the hard serve, the spin serve, the short serve, or the deep serve… Most importantly before you worry about which serve – the bottom line is you have to get […]

When to Hit a Hard Ball Soft in Pickleball Welcome, Gurunation! In this quick tip video & post we’re going to talk about how to know when to return a hard ball hard or soft in pickleball… Want More Specifics About How to Hit a Hard Ball Soft? I have an entire video dedicated to […]

How to “Make” Your Opponents Hit the Ball Where You Want It… One of my favorite moments as a pickleball coach is when I help my students take what seems (to them) like a very complicated scenario with myriad possible outcomes and simplify it down to a few, highly predictable, results. In fact, one of […]

How to Find Your Point of Power I get a lot of questions from players who are looking to improve their game but are hardly getting enough court time to play much let practice. Then, I get more questions from players who are trying to play Smart Pickleball™, but are confused and frustrated when their […]

The Third Shot Drive vs. The Third Shot Drop One of my favorite parts of attending a top tournament like Nationals or the US Open is the chance to discover some of the cutting-edge trends in the game. Like Roger Bannister and the 4 minute mile, the trickle-down effect is amazing when top players prove […]

Something Is Terribly Wrong! Over the past few months I’ve been asked in person and via emails this question: “My game goes off the rails one day and I can’t seem to get it back. What’s happening? Please advise.” With the US Open coming up this month, it’s a perfect topic to discuss. Or did […]

Yikes! It’s the Yips! “Prem! I lost my serve! It just disappeared. I’m struggling to just get it in, let alone where I would I like to put the ball. Is it mental or physical?” My answer to this question is, “Yes. It’s both!” Losing your serve is awful. And yes, I’ve lost mine! Besides […]