Got back late last week from the US Open in Naples, Florida. Was lucky enough to get two golds, one in doubles 35+ and one in doubles 35+ 5.0. My partner Jason was solid all weekend, and we had a little more consistency than our opponents in both our draws. Looking forward to playing open/pro […]
US Open 2022 – thoughts and review Read More »
This site is mainly about my growing obsession with pickleball… with some squash thrown in. In asking myself WHY I enjoy pickleball so much (because I always enjoyed all racket sports!), I began comparing and contrasting all the other major racket sports, trying to pinpoint what it is I like about each of them. These
comparing and contrasting racket sports Read More »
There have been a few interesting new serves that have surfaced over the past few months that I wanted to take a look at, and try out. Zane Navartil’s serve seemed to cause some waves, and has proven to be pretty effective in singles in particular. It’s super heavy, and comes in hot and deep,
what is that crazy spin serve??!! Read More »
The serve in pickleball is seemingly a simple thing, and in watching both beginners and professional players, the accepted mantra seems to be “don’t miss”. In fact, way back in February 2020, when I got into the sport, I started a little pickleball journal. The first entry, item 1) reads, “No service errors – deep
serve analysis and theory (still a work in progress…) Read More »
As an ex squash pro, I’m used to doing hours and hours of solo practice, as well as hours and hours of two person drills, with a little bit of matchplay sprinkled in each week. Not so simple in pickleball. Ideally training to be your best should be something like ~ 30% play, 70% drills/practice
finding the right way to practice Read More »
