Know Your Options At The NVZ Line – Mini-Lesson with Sarah Ansboury
Having offensive options is what leads to winning points, in this week’s lesson I focus on options at the NVZ line… In Pickleball a lot of our shots are fundamentally the same, especially at the NVZ line. Lobbing Dinking Attacking Lob Option When we are going for a lob we should try and take […]
Receiving Serve Partner Position – Quick Tip with Sarah Ansboury
This week’s quick tip is about playing up at the line when my partner is receiving the serve. The questions I get are, What are my responsibilities?, Where should I stand? I cover the answers to those questions and more…
Returning Position – Quick Tip with Sarah Ansboury
When I’m teaching about the Returning Position the key is moving forward, if we have to take a step backward it limits our power. In this week’s video I cover why more space the better, take a look…
Top Spin Pickleball Course Intro with Sarah Ansboury
In this week’s video I cover the basic elements of low to high Top Spin. Once again we will be talking about contact point, and the mechanics we need to be aware of and set ourselves up for the consistency and accuracy we are looking for. This is just the Intro to the brand new […]
Changing Ball Direction Starts With Your Contact Point
In this week’s video, I cover the mistakes that I see players making over and over, and I show you how to get your positioning and flow working to improve your contact point for better control…
Stop Giving Up Your Position – Pickleball Drill by Sarah Ansboury
In this week’s video I have a drill for you to practice how to stand your ground and not give up your position. In this drill I show you how to get used to moving forward and receiving the ball where you want to receive it so you can react like you want to react. […]
Pickleball Shoes…Your Feet will Thank You
Perhaps because I grew up playing tennis, I have always considered good court shoes as important as a good racket. And the same is true in pickleball. If you aren’t wearing court shoes already, please make the switch…your game and your feet will thank you. Here’s what to look for…
Pickleball Dink Shot – Power Dinking Drill with Sarah Ansboury
One of the struggles that many of my students come to me with is transitioning from dinking low balls with a finesse stroke, to power stroke by coming around or over depending on the height of your opponents return.
Should You Add Lead Tape to Your Pickleball Paddle?
You may have noticed something on my Head pickleball paddle, Frankly, if you look closely you will find a lot of pros have altered their paddles in this way. The secret is lead tape.
You Can Practice Pickleball Alone
From time to time a reader laments the lack of pickleball court time available to practice, or the fact that they don’t have a practice partner. Today I’ll review how you can practice pickleball alone by working on your footwork.
