25: How to Read Your Opponents!

09/05/23 • 27 min

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We’re back together this week to drop some pickleball knowledge and have a good time! We first talk about all of the absolute Chaos surrounding the professional pickleball scene. Next, Austin teaches us how to predict where our opponents are going to hit the ball! If you haven’t followed our podcast yet, your game might not improve as fast as you’d like it to... Do yourself a favor and FOLLOW now! Also, let us know what you’d like to learn about so we can teach it in a future episode!

00:00 Intro

01:00 Profesional Pickleball Chaos

06:30 Fitness and Pickleball (Bring Sally Up)

12:20 How to Read Your Opponents Attacks

18:39 Drill or Die

23:05 Picklehead Merch is On The Way!

24:45 Pickleball Coaching App

00:00 Intro

01:00 Profesional Pickleball Chaos

06:30 Fitness and Pickleball (Bring Sally Up)

12:20 How to Read Your Opponents Attacks

18:39 Drill or Die

23:05 Picklehead Merch is On The Way!

24:45 Pickleball Coaching App

Previous Episode

24: Return SECRETS Exposed! What Opponents Don't Want You to Know

This episode we talk about one of the most underrated shots in pickleball, the return of serve! As always, we try to give you the best instruction we can, in order to improve your return game. We talk in detail about the main types of returns, and when to use each. We cover depth, pace, backhand vs forehand, and Austin even pulls out the wooden spoon! Stick around for the full episode to see which return spin is trending and why. Thank you for your support! Please FOLLOW for weekly podcasts!

00:00 Intro

00:43 The 3 basic types of returns

01:19 Flat/basic returns

01:56 Slice return

02:24 Topspin return

06:15 Forehand vs Backhand returns

12:30 Tip for 2-handed backhands

13:20 Wooden spoon for drilling?

18:49 Depth and Pace

22:16 Drill ideas for the return

27:36 Who should you return to?

31:30 Just relax

Next Episode

26: We Don’t Hold Back! Audience Q&A!

Today’s episode is a little different, in a good way... This time we answer YOUR pickleball questions! In an effort to help all of our viewers/listeners, we selected your specific questions that were posed to us on the podcast and social media. Questions ranged from windshield wiper speed ups to a slice drop step by step. Stick around and learn new ways to improve your pickleball game. Thank you for watching/listening! This podcast wouldn’t be possible without you! Please take a few seconds to FOLLOW the podcast on Apple and/or Spotify!

00:00 Intro

00:55 Slice Serve details

07:37 Windshield Wiper speed-up

16:22 Service rule clarifications

18:20 Lifting your elbow while dinking

33:35 Speed-Up tips

35:10 Slice Forehand Drop details

39:08 How To cover for your partner