Blocking 2 ways
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- Опубликовано: 3 мар 2016
- This video is about some simple blocking techniques you can use in pickleball. Blocking the ball slows down an attack and resets the point.
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This is the best video I have ever seen on blocking. It is so helpful to have the stroke broken down technically. Thank you so much Sarah. I am a big fan!!
Another great video! Thanks Sarah for taking the time out of your day to make and share it with the Pickleball community.
Great instruction, Sarah! The freezing is what I need to work on most, as I usually feel the need to give a little swing or punch that often results in an out ball. Love the "high-five" analogy -- that's the perfect mental image to help me develop the freezing habit. Thanks!
Your verbal instruction is very clear and followed up by your detailed demo is excellent. Very good job. I'm new to the sport and your videos are amongst the best I've seen so far. Thank you for your time and attention to detail.
Finally! I have been teaching the left-hand support for almost two years because it is so effective. It is wonderful to see you use it. Thank you for reinforcing this little used technique. Luv ya gal!
what is left hand support?
Recently discovered (and subscribed to) your feed. Find your articulation of whatever topic at hand very helpful. Thanks, Sarah!
Good stuff Sarah. Thanks for posting.
Hey Sarah. Great tips. Interesting putting your hand behind the paddle to keep it from being pushed back. Never thought of that. I'll give it a try. Thanks.
Hi Sarah,Good stuff, especially for we intermediates.I'm having some success with blocking fast shots by actually softening my grip (from say an 8 intensity when volleying to a 5 when blocking.) This seems to really deaden the incoming shot. As long as I maintained my wrist in the V position, this has worked for me. Regards,Gary
Great advice Sarah, I loved your clinic at Hilton Head last weekend!!
Thank you very much. Even 5 years later, still pertinent.
Another fantastic lesson!
I learn better by watching and imitating. Thanks for a really good tutorial.
Thank you very much Sarah!! I use your tips and it work very well!!
Suh Lih
Thanks Sarah!
Again good stuff for sure need this a lot with my play. Thks
Like the tip very much. I see too many (former tennis) players with a big backswing on the volley. I tell them it works for Serena, but not in Pickleball. I also think your great footwork is important to point out too! Very nice! Thank you!
These blocking techniques combined with your "paddle tracking" video makes a powerful combination. Thank you for the advice.
Good luck to you!
Just additional piece of advice is that you may give additional power on each shot is when you get on your toes moving, and lift a slightly twist the heel sideways on one side and back to split stance after hitting...and do the same to the other heel, left or right side, or backhand or forehand....this is for extra power on the return. Not just face up squarely to your opponent with flat feet when hitting.
Thank you very much.
Awesome!
Blocking a kitchen blast shot is a whole another ballgame than a baseline drive shot. I think most people can handle the drive from the baseline, it's those surprise sneak attack kitchen blast shots that people struggle with since the reaction time needs to be much quicker. Great video regardless! Keep up the great work!!!
GREAT VIDEO , THXS
Really enjoy your videos, I'm a beginner and play with intermediate/advanced players...wasn't sure how to handle their hard shots when I'm standing at the kitchen. I'll work on this more. Can you make a video on practicing on a wall or alone? I can't always find someone to hit with and would like to practice more on my own.
I was going to send this to a friend who needs/wants to learn how to block up at the kitchen. At the end of the video appears you are blocking from no mans land, the first problem with their game, did not want to give them the wrong impression. Great video till the end.
Thank you for your feedback. This video approaches 2 styles of blocking that are necessary in Pickleball. The first is blocking from the no volley line while the second is a different technique from farther back. Each are two separate techniques.
I really needed these techniques. Today I took my first hard hit (to the face that blurred my vision) playing near the NVZ. I was tracking but play went so fast, plus his no look return off my partner's ball right to my face caught me off guard but my reflexes (although a little late) saved getting hit directly in my eye. So is it better to have the paddle higher than chest level near the kitchen? I've been told by a good player that women can easily be taken off their game if a player aims above their chest towards their face whereas men aren't fazed by it so much. I think my guy must have heard this too.;-) Oh btw, I stayed in the game and we beat them!!
One may also place the racket more forward so you to create space in front for stronger return in case the ball approaching fast toward body target...str One may also move the body sideways to bring the shots on the sides either left or right.
One may also target a placement shot on kitchen's corner area of an opponent't backhand side by angling the racket face slightly...to get player out of place...displace the player out of position
Humble Opinion: If you start with your paddle out in front more, you have the option to hit it hard back or to pull your paddle in to deaden it. If you keep your paddle back near your body you lose the option to hit it hard, and if it gets at you too quick it will eat you up. It keeps happening to one guy in this 5.0 video: Gold 5.0 Men’s Doubles Match: Moore/Gabrielsen v. Ashworth/Yates - Grand Canyon State Games 2016
I could be wrong, though. But being able to deaden the ball is definitely a huge step in improving one's pickleball.
This video is simply about blocking, not the option of hitting it back hard. Most of the time when being attacked you want to neutralize to reset the point so you can have the option to attack. Wes and Brian are two of the better guys at blocking the ball to reset the point. If you do not want to block the ball then the technique would be very different.
Great video. Been working on this skill the last couple weeks and will incorporate this lesson. One of the guys teaching me says never back up from kitchen line, unless you get lobbed. Whats your take on that? If you back up its easier for them to hit it at your feet?
Hey mike! Ideally you want to hold the kitchen line as much as you can when Dinking and volleying especially, but sometimes to get out of trouble you can back up to give yourself time to react to the ball and then come back on when you have neutralized the point. If you watch some videos of top players in actual games you see it all the time. It's not something that puts you in an offensive position, it's something that resets your point in order to gain control again. I hope this helps!
you speak of continental grip- are there others? ( I saw your post about not gripping too tightly)
Excellent video Sarah- if you're ever looking for an old but slow partner...
She is into girls not guys.
is the grip light??
Loose grip or firm grip?
Are you resetting the shots by returning into the kitchen?
Surely would like to see the demo with much increased ball speed than is used here, as that is what we face out there.
Sarah, how do I react to lower hard shots? All you show are above the waist. Is there any defense against a slam to the feet? Do you have a video about low slam defense?
Hi larry! Part of the video where I talk about backing up and getting your paddle below the waist and doing a slight downward angle will be the answer to part of your question. If you are at the line and find yourself getting slammed it is very similar and a combination of both ways of blocking. What you will do is be in your ready position low to the ground bending your knees and just sticking your paddle out and trying not to swing. Basically in that freeze position where you just want your paddle to connect with the ball. Blocking is very much about getting the feel of it memorized so you can do it repeatedly and under pressure. Good luck!
Larry Rice
Can this drill be practiced with the "Pickleball Tutor Machine"? I've never used one before but the manufacturer states the balls travel up to 50 mph. I was thinking of purchasing one but don't know anyone who's ever trained on one to ask their opinion. Though the machine sits low to the ground and fires the balls in an upward ark I figured if the machine were placed up on a table the balls could fire in a line drive to simulate the "Blocking Drill". Please give me your opinion, thank you.
+garrett2507 I would think getting the Tutor for something like this would be great. I have used them before and would like to get one of my own. You can set for different speeds and different locations. I also know some people who purchase as a group and share. Please let me know if it works out for you!
Thank you Sarah for your opinion.
How is your "opponent" hitting the ball to you to practice blocking? txs
You want to mimic hard volleys or slams to soften the ball
so where are you hoping that the ball lands? In the kitchen or in the no mans land zone?
Sarah, Is there any way to see this same type of video from behind your partner. To see how they feed you the ball. So both myself, & my training partner know what & how to do the drill properly.
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