How to improve playing performance with your tournament partner A few tips on how you can help you and your partner have a better on-court playing relationship We all would like to say that we can play our best with everyone, in any given situation. In reality, there are most likely only a handful of […]
Meet Me on the Court in Madrid! Experience The Pickleball Guru Academy Clinic as featured in my Amazon.com #1 Best Selling Book, Smart Pickleball: The Pickleball Guru’s Guide but the exciting city of Madrid. (Don’t worry, the clinic will still be in English!) 🙂 Pickleball in the morning, watching Flamenco Dancing in the evening and […]
How pickleball impacts my personal relationships: A response from Jacquee Recently we posted a question to some of our eNewsletter fans: How has your love of pickleball impacted your personal relationships? The answers we got were wonderful and we’ve decided to post some of them this month – with permission of course. Response posted by […]
Pickleball friends: Making it work on and off the court The Secret: It doesn’t always work… Submitted by Kelly Stauffer, member of the Lakeshore Pickleball Club in Grand Haven, Michigan I met Kim 11 years ago while we worked together in the same building for Grand Rapids Public Schools. She is a teacher and I […]
The Hidden Cost of Winning Remember the last time you felt the pride of winning a close match? Between evenly matched teams, there’s a certain degree of satisfaction that comes from pulling ahead to reach that winning score. But how did you feel last time you won a match 11-2 or 11-zip against a team […]
The Surprising Strategy to Make Sure You Cover Every Shot at the Net Many of you have read about or participated in Levels 1 & 2 of The Pickleball Guru Academy, that’s the 2-day clinic I offer across the country. Recently, I taught my first Level 3 clinic, which focuses on movement, positioning and playing […]
The 3 Most Common “Paddle Up” Mistakes (Featured on The Pickleball Channel) This week’s episode of Pickleball 411 Features (you guessed it!) Yours Truly Sharing the 3 Most Common Mistakes People Make When it Comes to Keeping Your Paddle Up… If you aren’t subscribed to Pickleball Channel, do it ASAP! Pickleball Channel produces tons of […]
7 “Hit to the Middle” Secrets Every Pickleball Player Should Know 7 “Hit to the Middle” Secrets Every Pickleball Player Should Know If you’ve been playing pickleball for any length of time you’ve probably been told by some player (probably more advanced than you) to “Hit to the Middle”. Maybe you’ve even congratulated your team […]
3 Secrets Top Pickleball Players Know for Figuring Out the Score & Which Side You’re Serving From 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 […]
