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Four Letters to Improve Your Pickleball Game! At clinics, I start off with “How to win the point on the first three shots!” During the first session of bootcamp, which is live play, I get an idea of participants’ style of play, including what’s going on during those first three shots. After a couple of […]

How to Keep Playing Pickleball for Years to Come! Prevention is better than cure. Erasmus Yes! I want you to keep playing pickleball for many more years to come! And I know you can do it! I’ve personally seen players in their 80s and 90s still on the courts, passionately playing the sport we love […]

Make Your Very Own Practice Pickleball Net! I know everyone is itching to get back on the courts and play pickleball! (Even though I’ve been enjoying my extra time with the kiddos, I’ve been missing time with my local pickleball buddies, too!) We’ll get through this! And when we do, pickleball will be there for […]

Getting Shallow on Your Dinks! Courts are opening back up throughout the nation, so if you’re going out to get in some games, please be safe! And when you get out on the courts, what I would like you to try goes against conventional wisdom that you’ve no doubt heard many times. No, I’m not […]

How to Poach on the Pickleball Court! “Poacher!” This may have been directed at you by your opponents, or even your partner, after you made a successful poach! Poaching is certainly a big part of the game. Your opponents move to get into position and get set from a shot from your partner, but then […]

What the Middle of the Pickleball Court Really Means When I was living in France, I was fortunate to become friends with Bjorn Borg, one of the greatest tennis players of all time. There’s’ no denying his greatness, but his style of play was, well, kind of boring. I asked him about his style of […]

New Pickleball Rules! The USAPA was certainly busy during 2020 with a revised rulebook for 2021! You can check out the new rulebook here! Alternatively, you can check out the Alternate 2021 rulebook here (this one attempts to simplify all the rules for you!). Don’t want to plow through the entire rulebook and want everything […]

Pics from Vero Beach 2021 Pickleball Bootcamp!

Pickleball Footwork! Good footwork is critical to advancing your pickleball game! You’ve got to know when to move forward, when to stop, and when to move to side to side! I even made a short video which shows the type of footwork you need on the court! Begin Moving Up I hang back for the […]

The Pickleball Reset Some people hate to play against bangers! And that’s understandable – it can be very difficult, especially if you try to outbang your friendly neighborhood banger! A while back, I sent out a few tips on playing against bangers. But there’s more… A couple of weeks ago, I sent out a bootcamp […]