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

BEATING BANGERS Number 1 Skill to Beat Bangers is to develop soft hands and the ability to slow the game down. Slow the game down by taking pace off the ball, using a "recoiling block paddle ready position" at  the NVZ, to absorb the power of the incoming ball and let the ball ricochet back across the net without adding an forward force.  Aim the paddle so the ball will land at your opponents feet. You need to develop the ability to drop the ball into the kitchen when receiving a hard driving shot. Many bangers are also habitual poachers. They tend to be protective when playing with a weak partner.  If you and your team mate isolate most of your returns at the weaker player, this will draw the banger over to protect the weaker player.  Your game plan is to force the banger into a poaching mode by picking on his/her partner.  When the banger shifts over to protect his/her  partner, either you or your team mate return a  soft ha...

Ettore Curved Industrial Duty Steel Floor Squeegee, 36-Inch $23 prime. Sick and tired of lingering wet spots on our outdoor pickleball courts? Just enough to ruin an evenings play.  Here is a solution. Its a 36" WIDE Tennis Court Squeegee from Amazon $23 Prime.  You provide the word or metal handle. Makes fast work of standing water on courts, and saves a lot of wasted court time. I just ordered one.

PADDLETEK IS DRIVING ME CRAZY, THEY JUST INTRODUCED THEIR NEW LIMITED EDITION US OPEN TEMPEST PRO, AND I WANT ONE. Most of you know that I am a "paddle nut."  After 3 years of playing pickleball most every day, and purchasing 14 different paddles, my all time favorite paddle is the Paddletek Tempest Wave, weighing 8.3 ounces with a 4.0" circumference grip.. I now own 8 of these great ball bangers.  Why do I need 8, you say?  I add weight (perfectly legal Rule 2.E.4) one tenth of an ounce at a time (2.834 grams).  . . . mainly to experiment with, and because I know how to do it.  My eccentricity when experimenting with paddle weight has lead (NPI) to the conclusion that [for me] some paddle  weights play better in  the back courts, and other paddle weights play better up at the NVZ. Some paddle weights perform better outdoors on hard synthetic surface courts with outdoor balls, other weights are ideal for the indoor wood gym floors...

I PTPA CERTIFIED RATING SPECIALIST WORKSHOP Snow  Hill MD March 16, 2019 Join me (limited to 8 participants) INTERNATIONAL PICKLEBALL TEACHING PROVESSIONAL ASSOCIATION CERTIFIED RATING SPECIALIST Want to expanding your pickleball horizons,  the  IPTPA Pickleball  Certified Rating Specialist may well be your opportunity to do so.  March 16,2019 Snow Hill MD,,  IPTPS CERTIFIED RATING SPEFIALIST PICKLEBALL WORKSHOP. See the attached flyer and register on the IPTPA Website. (limited to 8 participants). Worcester County Department Of Recreation & Parks 6030 Public landing Rd, Snow Hill, MD 21863 March 16,  1:00-­‐‑5:00 There seems to be a trend among self-rated players of “over-rating.” Over-rating obviously causes many problems during organized play and clinics offered at designated levels. "Over-rating" also effects instructors trying to give everyone the attention they deserve for skills specific to level and to ...

RATING 3.5 SKILL LEVEL SELF ASSESSMENT GUIDELINE Many players have asked me what are the skill performance requirements are for a  3.5 rated (high Intermediate) player. To help players better understand the these requirements, I have summarized the IPTPA  3.5 Skill Assessment Requirements.  You can use these skill sets as guidelines to self assess your own game play.   *Caveat: studies show, many players overrate their performance by one or more skill levels. If you were apply for an “official USAPA approved” independent rating by a certified IPTPA Rating Specialist  rated by an IPTPA Certifked Rating Special  PROCESS:      (CRS: IPTPA Certified Rating Specialist) Fill out an IPTPA Player Rating Application. CRS schedules session when 4 players apply for same rating for 3.5, or 3 players for 4.0-4.5 + (an IPTPA or USAPA 4.5+ player will be 4th player). Fees paid to CRS, day of rating session. ($25 each / 2.5-3.5...

Charm City Pickleball,  SOSC, Edgewood, Fallston, McPhail Pickleball Members receive a 20% discount. “PASS” SPRING 2019 WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT COMPETITIVE PICKLEBALL SKILLS & STRATEGIES WORKSHOP The "Pickleball Academy of Skills & Strategies  (PASSD),”  first program of 2019, is the "Competitive Pickleball Skills and Strategies Workshop. This sixteen hour Workshop is structured for serious players who want to improve their skill sets, and progress their competitive performance to higher success levels. The “PASS” mission is “to develop successful pickle ball players, one player at a time.” And “success” is determined on “what the individual player wants to achieve.”  "PASSD" utilizes advanced “detect and correct” coaching techniques, multiple visual aids, highly successful skills and doubles strategy drills, practice play assessments, one-on-one player feed back, unforced error reduction,  and  home practice assignments, as the tools f...

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...