Good video. Coming into the game after years of high level tennis playing and training. With regards to your first 2 examples, I instinctively want to hit everything with pace and topspin. Problem is, I haven’t put in the hours and years of hitting those shots (like I have in tennis), and it’s VERY hard to consistently hit those. I’ve had to change my thought process for pickleball and become the dreaded thing I hate in tennis…become a pusher. But what that’s allowed me is to play much more high percentage shots and more often than not, my opponent will do too much and lose the point on his own. In my mind, the 3.5 player should absolutely be working and developing topspin, but until you can hit the shots consistently and at the right time, simply stay in the point by keeping the ball in play.
Thanks for watching! Although I've never played tennis, I do understand what you're saying here. Pushing is a normal thing 'round these parts and you're OK to do so. Don't give up any of that beautiful tennis stuff though, you will learn to translate it over time! When it comes to topspin, it's mostly about feeling the deflection of the ball, especially on dinks. It's tough to explain, and it's even tougher to do. I didn't come from a racket sport, so it took me MONTHS to learn it on my own.
@@PickleballKitchen so I’ve been thinking about this as I’ve transitioned into pickleball. Obviously, going from tennis to pickleball is fairly easy (especially if you’ve played tennis at a high level), but I’ve wondered about the opposite. Will we see more people start out playing pickleball and maybe transition to tennis and it be “easier” to pick up. I honestly would have thought you played tennis based on your swing…. I think it actually could help people learn tennis faster… but I’ll say this, after playing with a pickleball paddle for a month, when I picked up my tennis racket (even though they weigh roughly the same), it felt like I was swinging a massive weapon lol.
@@NOT_A_TOP_FAN Yeah, a lot of people assume I come from tennis, but I don't. I actually do not come from a racket sport at all. I played baseball growing up and especially golf. I'm actually the perfect guy to try this out! I would love to play tennis one of these days and would be interesting to see how easily I pick it up. Now, the important thing here is that I play a lot of singles, so I think I would get used to it. However, for most people I'm not sure that would be the case. Also, the serve would be SUPER tough!
I enjoy your passion for the game. Resets, in my mind, are an undervalued or under-discussed part of the game. It's not a sexy shot but you definitely need them to stay in the rally.
I just had a conversation with someone about how when my resets are on-point, I play my best. Being able to control the pace of play and slow the ball down in awkward situations is huge because it keeps you in the point for a much longer time. Great video man!
Thanks for showing a slowdown of the stroke. It's really helpful when illustrating spin. I don't know why so many other videos that people put up to demonstrate spin don't do the slow mo.
Thank you for this! I am new to pb, played a little tennis & badminton many years ago so swinging a paddle feels natural to me. However, I am having a lot of difficulties playing with former ( or current) tennis players as they have very strong strokes or tend to be bangers, and my returns are too strong and I get caught in a banging game. Of course I have heard about reset shots but hard to do in a game when you’re cursing yourself in getting caught up. I will focus on drilling this as you have wisely highlighted how important it is. The mental part of this game is way harder than the physical movement. Thanks again.
One of the keys to beating a tennis player is to hit to their feet. They typically have a hard time with that until they get used to it. I have a video on bangers on my channel so definitely give that a watch! Thanks for stopping by!
My pleasure, thanks for stopping by again. I primarily use the eastern grip for everything. But sometimes I can go a bit beyond eastern on that topspin. Just depends on how I'm feeling about it. If you're a right-hander, just rotate your grip to the right a little bit from continental.
Thanks for this info, I know that the reset is one of the biggest shots I need to improve. That said, I do wish you went into more detail on HOW to actually accomplish it. You showed some techniques, grips and tips on those first few shots but I was hoping for a bit more regarding how to successfully pull off a reset. You mention how your partner is “pulling this off perfectly” but how? What is he doing that we can learn from? Just a bit of constructive feedback, I do appreciate the tips in this vid.
Excellent. Ive seen hundreds of instructional videos and yours are consistently the best. One question I had was on the first scenario,. I think it was the topspin dink, I noticed sometimes your paddle ends up beside your right ear and sometimes it ends up on by your left ear. Is this due to wanting different amounts of lift or spin or other? Thanks again.
What about after the reset? Should we be trying to follow our reset to the kitchen? Also just how good a shot does the reset need to be cause I play against some players that will return a reset like that with a lot of angle and not much bounce.
It really depends on the situation, so I can't really tell you what to do over a platform like this. But generally speaking, most resets are designed to get into the kitchen. If you can aim that reset for people's backhands, even better! Sometimes you have to reset multiple times which is perfectly fine.
PB court IQ is when you have figured out what 'traffic light ' to apply to any response at any given moment. Eg. Green = good for attack shot, Yellow= time to decide to either attack or reset and red= time to defend, reset only.
I didn't learn much because hitting the net while trying topspin over and over isn't fun. Pickleball is mostly about keeping the ball in bounds and being patient and waiting for your opponent to make a mistake so you can capitalize.
Observing your opponent’s pace so you can reset sounds solid to me, a newer player to the game. The magic word is reset; spelled backwards it’s teser. (You teased us with the answer .) 🤓
You’re hitting the ball back to him but most players dink he’s standing back to baseline. They might also go cross court, so why do you think this would work?
Okay so misleading headline. Not "one shot" and not 'simple". Talking resets, we know. Not the easiest and situational. Video info is fine, headline completely misleading and not helpful
You know, I think you're right about this. I changed the word in the title. The last thing I want to do is mislead people, so thank you for the comment. Keeps me on my toes and in line.
@@PickleballKitchen No problem, the content in the video is good. Just the "one simple shot" thing felt wrong, especially when you were like - it's really not one shot, it's many versions of a reset. I was like okay, that's a total contradiction
Good video. Coming into the game after years of high level tennis playing and training. With regards to your first 2 examples, I instinctively want to hit everything with pace and topspin. Problem is, I haven’t put in the hours and years of hitting those shots (like I have in tennis), and it’s VERY hard to consistently hit those. I’ve had to change my thought process for pickleball and become the dreaded thing I hate in tennis…become a pusher. But what that’s allowed me is to play much more high percentage shots and more often than not, my opponent will do too much and lose the point on his own. In my mind, the 3.5 player should absolutely be working and developing topspin, but until you can hit the shots consistently and at the right time, simply stay in the point by keeping the ball in play.
Thanks for watching! Although I've never played tennis, I do understand what you're saying here. Pushing is a normal thing 'round these parts and you're OK to do so. Don't give up any of that beautiful tennis stuff though, you will learn to translate it over time! When it comes to topspin, it's mostly about feeling the deflection of the ball, especially on dinks. It's tough to explain, and it's even tougher to do. I didn't come from a racket sport, so it took me MONTHS to learn it on my own.
@@PickleballKitchen so I’ve been thinking about this as I’ve transitioned into pickleball. Obviously, going from tennis to pickleball is fairly easy (especially if you’ve played tennis at a high level), but I’ve wondered about the opposite. Will we see more people start out playing pickleball and maybe transition to tennis and it be “easier” to pick up. I honestly would have thought you played tennis based on your swing…. I think it actually could help people learn tennis faster… but I’ll say this, after playing with a pickleball paddle for a month, when I picked up my tennis racket (even though they weigh roughly the same), it felt like I was swinging a massive weapon lol.
@@NOT_A_TOP_FAN Yeah, a lot of people assume I come from tennis, but I don't. I actually do not come from a racket sport at all. I played baseball growing up and especially golf.
I'm actually the perfect guy to try this out! I would love to play tennis one of these days and would be interesting to see how easily I pick it up. Now, the important thing here is that I play a lot of singles, so I think I would get used to it. However, for most people I'm not sure that would be the case. Also, the serve would be SUPER tough!
I enjoy your passion for the game. Resets, in my mind, are an undervalued or under-discussed part of the game. It's not a sexy shot but you definitely need them to stay in the rally.
Thank you very much. And yes, I agree. They are a huge part of the game.
I just had a conversation with someone about how when my resets are on-point, I play my best. Being able to control the pace of play and slow the ball down in awkward situations is huge because it keeps you in the point for a much longer time. Great video man!
Thanks for showing a slowdown of the stroke. It's really helpful when illustrating spin. I don't know why so many other videos that people put up to demonstrate spin don't do the slow mo.
My pleasure! I really like including footage like this and I'd like to do this more.
Thanks for the demo. Totally agree. Neutralizing the offense is the key.
Thank you for this! I am new to pb, played a little tennis & badminton many years ago so swinging a paddle feels natural to me. However, I am having a lot of difficulties playing with former ( or current) tennis players as they have very strong strokes or tend to be bangers, and my returns are too strong and I get caught in a banging game. Of course I have heard about reset shots but hard to do in a game when you’re cursing yourself in getting caught up. I will focus on drilling this as you have wisely highlighted how important it is. The mental part of this game is way harder than the physical movement. Thanks again.
One of the keys to beating a tennis player is to hit to their feet. They typically have a hard time with that until they get used to it. I have a video on bangers on my channel so definitely give that a watch! Thanks for stopping by!
I call the "dive" a "drip". Like a drive that drops!
Oh man, that's so good.
Thank you so much! Excellent tips! I will work on these!
Thanks again for your time and help. Could you please tell me what hand grip your using?
My pleasure, thanks for stopping by again. I primarily use the eastern grip for everything. But sometimes I can go a bit beyond eastern on that topspin. Just depends on how I'm feeling about it. If you're a right-hander, just rotate your grip to the right a little bit from continental.
Thanks for this info, I know that the reset is one of the biggest shots I need to improve. That said, I do wish you went into more detail on HOW to actually accomplish it.
You showed some techniques, grips and tips on those first few shots but I was hoping for a bit more regarding how to successfully pull off a reset. You mention how your partner is “pulling this off perfectly” but how? What is he doing that we can learn from?
Just a bit of constructive feedback, I do appreciate the tips in this vid.
Thank you so much, please keep it coming! It sounds like a full video is in order.
Excellent. Ive seen hundreds of instructional videos and yours are consistently the best. One question I had was on the first scenario,. I think it was the topspin dink, I noticed sometimes your paddle ends up beside your right ear and sometimes it ends up on by your left ear. Is this due to wanting different amounts of lift or spin or other? Thanks again.
Thank you very much, I appreciate that. This is a great comment and I think I'll do a short video on it. Stay tuned!
Hey, here you go! ruclips.net/user/shortstLF92nf8Xd4
Outstanding instruction!
What about after the reset? Should we be trying to follow our reset to the kitchen? Also just how good a shot does the reset need to be cause I play against some players that will return a reset like that with a lot of angle and not much bounce.
It really depends on the situation, so I can't really tell you what to do over a platform like this. But generally speaking, most resets are designed to get into the kitchen. If you can aim that reset for people's backhands, even better! Sometimes you have to reset multiple times which is perfectly fine.
PB court IQ is when you have figured out what 'traffic light ' to apply to any response at any given moment. Eg. Green = good for attack shot, Yellow= time to decide to either attack or reset and red= time to defend, reset only.
I didn't learn much because hitting the net while trying topspin over and over isn't fun. Pickleball is mostly about keeping the ball in bounds and being patient and waiting for your opponent to make a mistake so you can capitalize.
Helpful, thanks...
My pleasure, thanks for stopping by!
Well done. Of course the flashier shot is that topspin dink. Now I want to figure out how to do that one. :)
Good advice
Thanks!
Observing your opponent’s pace so you can reset sounds solid to me, a newer player to the game. The magic word is reset; spelled backwards it’s teser. (You teased us with the answer .) 🤓
Great video
You’re hitting the ball back to him but most players dink he’s standing back to baseline. They might also go cross court, so why do you think this would work?
Okay so misleading headline. Not "one shot" and not 'simple". Talking resets, we know. Not the easiest and situational. Video info is fine, headline completely misleading and not helpful
You know, I think you're right about this. I changed the word in the title. The last thing I want to do is mislead people, so thank you for the comment. Keeps me on my toes and in line.
@@PickleballKitchen No problem, the content in the video is good. Just the "one simple shot" thing felt wrong, especially when you were like - it's really not one shot, it's many versions of a reset. I was like okay, that's a total contradiction
Thanks for keeping me on my toes!
Really really bad advice...