Pickleball Transition Tactics: Unlocking Success for Tennis & Racquetball Players with Sarah Ansboury
Today, I want to address some common mistakes that tennis players, including myself, often make when transitioning to pickleball. I’ll provide you with three tips to improve your game. Tip number one: When a ball is coming at your body, the instinct in tennis is to take it as a backhand and slice it. […]
Pickleball Split Step: Boost Your Agility and Reaction Time!
In pickleball, a split step is a fundamental movement (technique) used by players to prepare for shots and maintain balance on the court. It involves a quick and small hop or step where the player’s feet are split apart just before their opponent makes contact with the ball. The purpose of the split step is […]
Master Your Pickleball Grip: Avoiding Mistakes & Improving Consistency for Better Gameplay
Today, we’ll talk about grip changes in pickleball and how to avoid common mistakes that can lead to tennis elbow and errors during gameplay. Check it out… Many players change their grip without even realizing it, especially when switching from a forehand to a backhand. When this happens, you might end up with […]
Avoiding Paddle Clash – Pickleball Mini-Lesson
Today I want to show you a move the Pros make, that Amateurs usually do not, and why we are clashing paddles so much. Let’s say I’m in my position and I go for a ball, and the ball comes back again and my partner wants to get in my way, like literally smashes into me and tries to […]
Top 3 Pickleball Tips for Direction Change
Today we’re talking about Direction Change. I see this happen a lot, it’s obvious when you’re going to change direction. So your opponents absolutely react to that, today I will cover 3 of my favorite tips to help you change the ball direction without being obvious. First thing that’s important when you are […]
5 Biggest Myths In Pickleball
Understanding the game leads to better play and more love for the game. This week I wanted to cover the untruths or myths that I hear and see on a daily basis, get these 5 things right and I guarantee you will improve your game and have more fun playing pickleball… Myth Number […]
Hey Sarah! What Pickleball Do You Use? Pickleball Tip with Sarah Ansboury
I get asked a lot about what kind of ball I play with, so I figured so many people want to know so I would answer that question in this week’s video…
2 Rainy Day Drill Games – Pickleball Tips with Sarah Ansboury
Rainy Day Pickleball Game Drill 1 It’s a rainy day and we’re undercover, here’s something we can do to keep us busy and improve our Pickleball Game. Using the little circles, I love using these circles on the court for little targets, today we’re going to play a drill game that works on soft […]
Proper Warm Up – Pickleball Tips with Sarah Ansboury
Pickleball Warm Up This Tip is for those of you who have played Pickleball for a while as well as those who are new to Pickleball. I want to show you what a proper warm up looks like. When you start you are usually warming up with your partner, especially if you’re playing in […]
Moving With Your Partner – Pickleball Mini-Lesson with Sarah Ansboury
Today I want to talk to you about how to efficiently move with your partner. A lot of the old school mentality of movement is to tether with each other, and I’ve often heard it referred to as maybe the Bunny hop, or some type of shuffling movement. The concept used to be to move […]
