Muscle Memory Pickleball Drill Session #9

Kenny and I try and drill two times a week at a racquetball court. Each session is 2 hours.
Muscle memory refers to the ability to perform a skill without any conscious effort.
• How to practice effect...
Google Search: Muscle Memory In Sports
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Session Goals
Consistency - hit the ball over the net, in the court (40 balls per minute dinks, 50 balls per minute volleys)
Stroke Mechanics - develop smooth, balanced strokes
Watch The Ball - focus your attention on the ball hitting your paddle
Relax - the paddle grip and ball pace
Reset - the rally pace from fast to slow, from slow to fast
Build Confidence - in your abilities to successfully hit the ball over the net in the court without errors
Placement - hit the ball where you want it to go
Experiment - try different spins and angles
Sweat - get your heart rate up and workout
NOTE: The sessions are recorded to see if we are achieving our goals and to track our performance (are our skills improving over time)
Segement: Play The Point
20 minutes segments
Forehand dinks
Forehand volleys - • Muscle Memory Pickleba...
Backhand dinks - • Muscle Memory Pickleba...
Backhand volleys
Water Break
Play The Point
NOTE: Use the forward arrow on your keyboard to go 10 seconds foreward in the video (skip us picking up balls)
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[@Christopher-L-Edler]

There is a concise statement of effective practice to achieve mastery in the video of the 1st link you listed (which is a TED talk), from 2:04 to 2:32 in the video; and tips for practicing from 3:05 to 3:54.

[@Christopher-L-Edler]

Regarding "muscle memory" -- check out this Psychology Today article: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201503/how-does-practice-hardwire-long-term-muscle-memory which mentions an interesting fact: "The optokinetic reflex [OKR] is a combination of a saccade and smooth pursuit movements of the eye. The OKR is seen when an individual follows a moving object like a tennis ball with his or her eyes. When the object moves out of the field of vision, the reflexive response is for the eye to move back to the position it was in when it first saw the object. This reflex typically develops at about 6 months of age." The OKR might be a big part of the impulse to look up as you make ball contact (at which time "... the object moves out of the field of vision..."; requiring a big effort to "keep your head down" after ball contact.