1:18:10 Serve, Return of Serve, 3rd Shot Drop - Play out the point. (The cell phone was at the top of a 12 foot fence and was not positioned to pick up the near side of the court.)
March 21: A beautiful sunny/warm afternoon. No wind.
0:00 Straight Ahead Dink Rally: Forehand/Backhand while chatting. Volley if possible.33:49 Rally In No Mans Land41:16 Cross Court Dink Rally: Backhands51:02 Cross Court Dink Rally: Forehands1:02:54 Serve, Return of Serve, 3rd Shot Drop - Play out the point
The Transition Zone in pickleblall can be an intimidating place to find yourself on the pickleball court 😳 Susannah Barr explains why this is the "land of opportunity" and how to attack and reset balls in this area of the court!
Drilling at home on a backboard. A typical session is 20 minutes. I like to warm up on the backboard before a two hour drill session on a court.
NOTE: This is a test video. Playing around with YouTube Jazz/Blues music library files.
Session Activities and Focus
1) 3ft from Backboard. Soft volleys backhand/forehand. One handed. Two handed. Get into a rhythm. Loose grip. Loose wrist. Warm-up hand-eye coordination. Feel the ball hit the paddle a couple of hundred times.
2) Hit two-handed volleys backhand/forehand
3) 5ft from Backboard. Repeat above.
4) 7 ft from Backboard. Hit volleys. Dink two-handed forehand/backhand. In a closed stance, shift weight from back leg to front leg to hit the ball.
5) Don't watch the ball hit the backboard. Focus on the ball hitting the floor and the ball hitting the paddle. Move feet. Do the backhand/forehand dance.
6) Add side spin/top spin. Move the paddle low to high, right to left, left to right.
7) Focus on breathing
8) Hit the ball straight down the line over and over. (My line is between the freezer and oak TV stand) Keep a consistent pace going.
2:14 Jack Serves Serve: Drop Grip: Continental Stroke: Side Spin Stance: Close 5:21 Grip: Semi-Western Stroke: Top Spin (low to high)
5:33 Point Analysis (Describe the point in the YouTube Comments)8:05 Hope Serves 10:00 Point Analysis (Describe the point in the YouTube Comments)11:39 Jack Serves16:24 Hope Serves
Example: Describe the point in the YouTube Comments
5:33 Point Analysis 1) Service motion is not smooth. Non-dominant arm not in service motion. Ball lands mid court.2) Good lob return. Hope gets to the kitchen line. 3) Jack drops a two handed forehand runs to the kitchen line.4) Hope volleys 3rd shot.5) Jack volleys 4th shot at the kitchen line6) Hope: Good dink volley7) Jack: High dink volley8) Hope: Dink volley to Jack's backhand9) Jack: Dinks two handed backhand into kitchen corner, moving Hope to the sideline10) Hope: Dink11) Jack: Two handed backhand dink volley 12) Hope: Backhand dink volley in the middle of the half court13) Jack: Two handed forehand dink volley to center line14 Hope: Backhand unforced error Use YouTube editing keys to stop/start, rewind/fast forward, slow motion
5:27 Zane Navratil vs Rafa Hewett48:53 Ben Johns vs Gabriel Tardio1:20:17 Jay Devilliers vs Pablo Tellez2:07:04 Ben Johns vs JW Johnson 2:52:42 Anna Leigh Waters vs Hurricane Tyra Black3:15:31 Dylan Frazier vs Federico Staksrud4:17:32 Lea Jansen vs Allyce Jones 4:58:49 Ben Johns vs Pablo Tellez 5:42:51 Anna Leigh Waters vs Catherine Parenteau 6:35:18 Dylan Frazier vs Collin Shick 7:33:47 Lea Jansen vs Salome Devidze
Mixed Doubles
4:50 Dylan Frazier/Jade Kawamoto vs Mary Brascia/Federico Staksrud 59:02 Anna Bright/James Ignatowich vs Lea Jansen/Travis Rettenmaier1:51:11 Anna Leigh Waters/Ben Johns vs Yana Grechkina/Ben Newell2:31:00 JW Johnason/Jorja Johnson vs Parris Todd/Riley Newman3:53:45 Anna Leigh Waters/Ben Johns vs Vivienne David/Thomas Wilson4:33:46 Anna Bright/James Ignatowich vs Tyson McGuffin/Catherine Parenteau5:20:51 Jessie Irvine/Jay Devilliers vs Andrea Koop/AJ Koller 6:06:40 JW Johnason/Jorja Johnson vs Tyson McGuffin/Catherine Parenteau6:44:26 Anna Leigh Waters/Ben Johns vs Jessie Irvine/Jay Devilliers
Doubles
2:57 Tyson McGuffin/James Ignatowich vs Ross Whittaker/Grant Johnson49:38 Zane Navratil/DJ Young vs Jay Devilliers/Andrei Daescu1:45:10 Ben Johns/Collin Johns vs Kyle Koszuta/Craig Johnson2:31:10 JW Johnson/Dylan Frazier vs Tyson McGuffin/James Ignatowich3:04:44 Zane Navratil/DJ Young vs Gabriel Tardio/Rafa Hewett4:03:51 Anna Leigh Waters/Catherine Panteneau vs Bates/Nobler4:30:25 Ben Johns/Collin Johns vs AJ Koller/Dekel Bar5:09:51 Lea Jansen/Allyce Jones vs Mary Brascia/Lauren Stratman6:00:50 Julian Arnold/Thomas Wilson vs Zane Navratil/DJ Young6:59:36 Anna Leigh Waters/Catherine Panteneau vs Etta Wright/Meghan Sheehan-Dizon7:30:41 JW Johnson/Dylan Frazier vs Ben Johns/Collin Johns8:27:16 Lea Jansen/Allyce Jones vs Lacy Schneeman/Jade Kawamoto
Court 2
3:11:07 Parris Todd/Anna Bright vs E. Radzikowska/R. Summers4:22:36 Jessie Irvine/Jorja Johnson vs Etta Wright/Meghan Dizon
Gold Medal Matches
Men’s Singles: (1) Ben Johns vs. (30) Collin Shick
Women’s Doubles: (1) Anna Leigh Waters/Catherine Parenteau vs. (6) Jade Kawamoto/Lacy Schneemann Men’s Doubles: (1) Ben Johns/Collin Johns vs. (8) Julian Arnold/Thomas Wilson Mixed Doubles: (1) Ben Johns/Anna Leigh Waters vs. (3) Tyson McGuffin/Catherine Parenteau Women’s Singles: (2) Lea Jansen vs. (4) Catherine Parenteau
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2019: Kenny and I practice forehand "block volleys" at the Port Ludlow Beach Club racquetball court as demonstrated by Simone Jardim in her Oct. 16th "Coach Simone | Block Volley Drills - Soft Hands" Video:
