This Will Make You A 5.0 Pickleball Player

there's a lot of things that five players do well that separate them from the pack and there's a select few of these skills that make up a huge chunk of the difference as compared to others today we're going to cover five core skills that you'll find in every Advanced players pickle ball game that when combined together make up a large percentage of their skill base and are largely responsible for what makes them so good we're going to unpack these five components today so that you can learn from them because there's no reason why you notably

get better in all of these areas and become a whole new player that's more complete and more of a threat every time you step out onto the pickle ball court and incidentally you'll tend to have more fun as well I'm Nicole havich this is prime time pickle ball we've helped thousands of players play better pickle ball and we can help you play your best game too so please subscribe to this Channel and hit that notification Bell icon as well so that you don't miss out on any future videos all right let's dive in to today's

topic the first skill that we're going to unpack today is basically a prequisite for advanced level of play and it's having excellent footwork Advanced players move well across the board before their opponent strikes the ball after their opponent strikes the ball while they themselves are lining up to strike their shot and after they've struck the ball there's always something that they're doing with their feet to keep keep their legs engaged and ready to deal with that next Ball even when they're up at the nonv zone line where at times there's less movement required they're still

engaged with their legs and moving their feet and ready to deal with anything lower level players are often too upright as they play and just not ready to move generally in all areas of the Court there is too much reactive footwork as opposed to advance players having proactive footwork and movement tracking the ball well and timing your footwork well as as far as how you use it to approach the ball and ultimately how you're positioned when you strike the ball all play a critical critical role in how stable your contact points are and the more

consistent and stable you can get your contact points to be the better and more consistent your shots will be so it all really starts with your footwork consistent contacts are a huge huge deal in pickle ball if you're not aware of that then you really need to be you need to work to have consistent contact points as much as you possibly can usually here here here and here or somewhere in those zones at that distance from your body in front of you you don't want to have what I call Creative contact points I see some

here some here some over there some there just all kinds of funky stuff that is all over the map sometimes yes you'll be pressed and put in difficult positions with difficult contact points but what separates Advanced players from those below that level is that they allow contact points outside of their ideal contact Zone to happen much much less frequently it only happens when they are very very pressed and the opponent has sent a really challenging ball over lower level players are allowing creative contact points to happen on just run-of-the-mill regular routine shots be disciplined about

your contact points and it all starts with leveling up your footwork and working for those strong contact points on each and every shot this will elevate your game tremendously in a short time if you take it to heart and apply it no question about it the next core skill Advanced players have that players below that are lacking is that they are incredibly consistent at all the core pickle ball skills they also play within themselves meaning that for the most part they go for shots that they are confident that they can make with a 90% success

rate or thereabouts it takes only one miss to lose the point so you can't really afford to go for shots you don't have command of you'll notice that at high levels there are long rallies and it's because they hit shots that they know they can make yes their repertoire of shots is bigger than most which is also what makes them advaned but they can also land that repertoire of shots more than most which also contributes to them being Advanced players none of this happens by accident Advanced players take the time to work on their game

and work on all the necessary shots needed to play it well they make sure that their serve is on point their return is on point their dinks are good their drives are strong and I can tell you they spend a tremendous amount of time on drops blocks and resets those are some of the most challenging yet necessary shots so they spend lots of time on those defensive skills they work on their shots moving this way into the shot and moving that way into the shot every which way they will have to move to deal with

that shot that could come up in a point they work on it they are constantly working on sharpening their shots as well and being able to hit them with more spin more Pace hit from Every Which angle to Every Which Target imaginable they put in the Reps which is what leads to their tremendous consistency and once they're in a game they play with the skills they have they don't go for crazy stuff that's out of their range because as they say in competition you don't rise to the level of your expectations you fall to the

level of your training Advanced players have made made sure through time and effort that they do have all the shots they need to be successful in pickle ball and that they can execute them well under the pressure of competition they work on those shots not only until they can hit them right but until essentially they can't hit them wrong they're at this stage where hitting the shot incorrectly would just be very uncomfortable you want to work towards that too towards getting all the key shots to that level where it would just be uncomfortable to hit

them badly when you achieve that goal you'll be a very well-respected and feared player I can virtually guarantee it if you're enjoying this video please go ahead and hit that like button and subscribe to this Channel and also hit that notification Bell icon so you can be notified anytime we release a new video next up as far as a skill that advanced players have locked in that separates them from the pack is really good reaction time and hand eye coordination these are separate skills but when it comes to the firefights and hand speed battles in

pickle ball they both have to work together to make that happen Advanced players can deal with most Pace that comes their way and it takes a lot to overwhelm them with speed and Power It ultimately can happen but the onslaught of pace is usually quite heavy by the time they cough up the air they routinely Counterattack on higher struck hard shots or block and reset when attacks got down on their body will errors happen sure they do but they are far fewer than most other players will give up and they can handle a lot more

by the time they're making an error I recently listened to an interview with the current goat of pickle ball Ben John's where he himself said that he is not the most athletic player out there but what he feels is his big differentiator is his hand eye coordination and lucky for us that this skill is highly trainable you can get on a wall and train this we cover it in a detailed training program that you can do to ramp up this skill in this video that is going to pop up in a card on the screen

now and will also put it in the description below you can also translate these drills and do them in a similar fashion with another player instead of a wall you can do that on a court or even on grass on the beach in sand or wherever since the ball doesn't touch the ground because you're volleying you don't need to be on a hard surface you just need to be on an even surface so you don't slip trip and fall the card for the video showing that will flash on the screen now and we'll also put

a link to that one in the description below when you do this training you want to start slow and work your way up to faster speeds over time as your control and reaction time get better you also want to make sure you're contacting in The Sweet Spot of your paddle all the time and that your contacts are not all over the paddle face like towards the edges the sides and top and bottom check out these two videos because I really cover it all in them as far as what you need to do to ramp up

your reaction time and hand eye coordination the next core skill that advanced players have is their willingness to read the room and to make adjustments accordingly this is also commonly referred to as shot selection as mentioned earlier Advanced players make it a priority to be strong and consistent at all the pickle ball shots which which means they can hit all those shots in a variety of spins and a variety of speeds accurately and they also know when and where to use them in the general context of what's smart for the phase of the point that

they're in and they also inject into that decision-making what they know about themselves their partners and their opponents as far as preferences and weaknesses so to be clear they go beyond simply what would make sense from a general pickle strategy knowledge standpoint and they evaluate the players to try and orchestrate play in such a way that they can play their strengths into their opponent's weaknesses in addition to that they also play Shots that will minimize the chances of the opponents playing their strengths back into the weaknesses on this side of the Court they don't just

stick to hitting the shot or shots that they like to hit because it's fun to hit them I see far too many players doing that maybe it's your strong shot and generally works but against a particular team it doesn't work well it would be wise to abandon that and pivot to a different strategy that may not be your Top Choice as far as the preference but it's going to work and you do it for that reason I find that lower level players are often not willing to abandon their losing strategy because it includes shots that

they like to hit so they just keep hammering away at that ultimately failing strategy Advanced players are happy to Pivot from this strategy to that strategy and even to another if the second choice didn't work out that well they do so happily and regularly it's largely due to the fact and this is a nod back to the previous point that we mentioned that they spend a lot of time making sure they have all the core pickle ball skills locked in and they don't lean too heavily on one skill or another they're good or great at

all the things they do it for this very reason so they can pull the right strategy out of the bag for the particular team that they're facing and they have the skills to do it you must be willing to adapt play high percentage and smart shots for the situation at hand and use the right variety of shots at the right time if you want to be an advanced player because that's what all advanced players can do so it's clearly hugely important Advanced players are typically Advanced because they are complete pickle ball players and last yet

certainly not least on the list of things Advanced players do better than the rest and in fact it may be the greatest differentiating skill they possess is a strong and resilient mindset to all types of adversity that they will face on the pickle ball court they generally have a strong and stable way of thinking and a helpful response to how things are going whether good or bad to keep them on track track and headed in a positive direction and when I say a positive direction that doesn't always mean winning and losing certainly we want to

win but it's not always our day but even if it wasn't our day on the scoreboard that doesn't have to mean that we played poorly maybe our opponents just played really really well on that day and they totally deserved the win we played well they just played better but we gave them everything we had regardless of the situation that's what we're talking about here bringing your best to the table regardless of what's going on and what the ultimate outcome may be as far as the scoreboard so the best thing that you can do in life

and in pickle ball is take extreme personal responsibility for all the things you can control and let the rest of the chips fall where they may and I don't mean be hard on yourself but be very objective about what happened and your role in it as humans we have a strong tendency to lack self-awareness and play the blame game unfortunately that's not useful in the long run and it only serves to keep you stuck look no one is perfect we're all guilty of having blind spots certainly including myself and I routinely need to keep myself

in check and get real with myself about what my role was in contributing to the outcome and what I could have done better where may I be blaming things outside myself like the weather such as the wind or the sun my part part's play my opponent's play how I'm feeling that day or whatever there might be things going on around you and you should make note of them so that you can figure out how to overcome them but the problem is not out there it's how you deal with it in here block it out put

it aside or work with it and figure out a solution to overcome it when you have to the best are the best because part of what they do well is they make the best out of what's there no matter what that is the cards you're dealt on any particular day could be bad are you going to fold or are you going to find a way to play those cards and still come out on top that's what Advanced players have a tendency to be able to do consistently make the best out of a bad situation be

honest with yourself own your mistakes and shortcomings and get to work on plugging those holes the answer always lies within you so these are the five hugely important lessons that we can learn from Advanced players and with some effort over time we can develop in all of these areas and be well on our way to becoming Advanced players as well as helpful as we think the tips we're sharing in today's video are there's more to achieving success on the doubles Court want a complete a toz step-by-step blueprint for playing winning doubles pickle ball check out

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