Pickleball Is All Blog Joe Palmere, Pickleball Coach, Rating Specialist & Ambassador

KEVIN J:  FACEBOOK PICKLEBALL BLOG CROUP ARCHIVED DISCUSSION TOPIC #2, STROKE DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS LEARNING THE LOGICAL SEQUENCE OF OCCURRENCE “CONTINUED”. " Kevin J. requested a  In depth discussion of mechanics of forehand and backhand groundstroke, and common issues in how to teach them. I suspect that there are others like me who learned by simply walking out on the court and hitting some balls without clear knowledge of what the grounds trokes should be. As in backswing direction, swing direction, paddle relation to hand, foot placement. I'd be very happy to see that laid out in one place. Things I see online tend to be a collection of tips with no common underlying and unifying structure. And then, how do you take a person to learn the forehand groundstroke." Before we begin to discuss stroke development we need to define some frequently used and often misconstrued terminology:  Strokes” are movements a player performs to hit a pickle ball. A “shot” ...

*Pickleball is All Bloggers Facebook Group Discussion Topic #1 “Mastering The Pickleball Net Game and member comments  have been  herein achieved . MASTERING THE PICKLEBALL NET GAME, FACEBOOK GROUP DISCUSSION TOPIC #1 *When coaching players with multiple unforced error problems, I  recommend this Five Step Game Strategy to minimize their unforced errors and increase their chances of winning. 1. Your best strategy to minimize unforced errors is to get to the net as soon as possible, and stay their until the rally ends. 2. Don’t retreat, and don’t let opponents push you back. 3.Keep a light touch on the ball, aim for the center of the opponents‘ “No Volley Zone.” 4. Make the purpose of each shot is to force your opponents to hit up on the ball, so they can’t smash it back at you. 5. Have patience, let your opponents make the mistakes, and wait for the right shot to capture the point or win the serve.  This strategy offers a large margin for shot error, slows p...

    UNFORCED ERRORS ~ A COMMON PICKLEBALL DISORDER by Joe Palmere Jr REVISED DEC 26, 2018 ©Copyright 2018 "ickleball Junkie" (Word Count 1124) ARE YOU ‘IN A PICKLE’ OVER PICKLEBALL ? You cannot understand why, after a couple years of serious court time, you have not advanced to a higher skill level. Are you traumatized at game time with any of the following symptoms: feel intimidated by better players; embarrassed by mere thought of another poor performance; feelings of fatigue and a lack of energy; no self-confidence; and you are even thinking about quitting  the fun friendly game” that you once loved. If so, you have developed the Unforced Error Disorder (UFD)."  With the ever-increasing numbers of new players entering our sport, “UFD”  is reaching epidemic proportions. At one time, my game performance was debilitated by this kinetic sickness.  Now, as an IPTPA pickle ball teaching processional coach, my responsibilities are to “detect...

     UNFORCED ERRORS A PICKLEBALL PLAYERS WORST NIGHTMARES (By Joe Palmere Jr. December 15, 2013)   ARE YOU ‘IN A PICKLE’ OVER YOUR PICKLEBALL GAME?  You cannot understand why after a couple years of serious court time, you have not advanced to a higher skill level.  Are you traumatized at game time with any of the following symptoms: feel intimidated by better players; embarrassed by mere thought of another poor performance; feelings of fatigue and a lack of energy; no self-confidence, high expectations to lose near every games; feel like walking of the court in mid-game; wake up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat or worst yet, quit the “fun friendly game” that you once loved.  If So, you are suffering from “unforced error syndrome.” With the ever-increasing numbers of new players in our sport, “unforced  error syndrome”  is reaching near epidemic proportions. Mr. Whites’ finding holds true even today! PLAYER AWARENESS  ...

BACKGROUND At considerable out of pocket expense, I attended the “July 21, 2018 Professional Pickleball Registry Coaching Certification Workshop.”  My attendance was based upon the “USAPA‘s”  endorsement of the “Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR), as the “Official Education and Certification Partner of USAPA.”  The “Head Pickleball Paddles” are sponsors of the “PPR  Coaching Certification Workshops.” I expected to  learn new coaching methodologies and achieve “PPR Pro Coaching Certification.”  Neither of those objectives were accomplished. I did experienced a flawed “evaluation process,” that favored candidates who could best hit the ball, as opposed to candidates  who could best teach others the technical and tactical skills to play, and understand the game of pickle ball.    At age “77,” I was required to perform stroke mechanics and shot selections, the same as candidates half my age.  There was “no reasonable accommodati...