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 […]
Covering The Court Efficiently – Pickleball Mini-Lesson with Sarah Ansboury
Covering The Court Efficiently This week I want to talk to you about how to cover your court efficiently when you’re playing with your partner: If I’m in my proper position and my paddle is out in front of me Remember: It’s farther in front than you think What creates the ability to turn […]
Technique, Ailments & Injuries – Mini-Lessons with Sarah Ansboury
I see and hear reports of injuries every week, some are just bad luck but most are bad technique. I wanted to release this video as we head into a new year, with hopes that we all are able to stay healthy, play more and thoroughly enjoy playing pickleball next year. Take a look…
Directionality – Preparing With Your Paddle with Sarah Ansboury
It’s common to get a little out of control at times with our backswing, often this happens when catching the ball behind our bodies instead of in front out in front. In today’s Pickleball Mini Lesson I will simplify what we need to do to improve control and being more consistent with that control so […]
Loading Up For A Forehand – Mini-Lesson with Sarah Ansboury
Line of sight and being able to see the target are very important for an accurate and aggressive forehand shot that doesn’t go into the net or out of bounds. This week’s tip will help you keep the contact in front of you and score that point…
Ball Movement – Pickleball Mini-Lessons with Sarah Ansboury
This week I want to talk to you a little bit about ball movement. Our contact point is key everywhere on the court, but especially at the non-volley line. When we are trying to change directions, one of the most important things to recognize if I’m changing directions on a ball, I need time and […]
Putting Pressure On Your Pickleball Opponents – Lesson & Drill By Sarah Ansboury
That’s a question I get often, and this week I not only want to answer your question but I want to show you a drill I use with my students that helps make the concept of “applying pressure” into reality, improving muscle memory so it becomes a natural part of your game. Also, this is […]
Pickleball Dinking Technique – Lesson & Drill by Sarah Ansboury
In this week’s video I thoroughly cover Dinking Technique. I have combined the struggles I hear about most, with a lesson AND a few drills. Take a look and don’t forget to share it with someone else who could use a new dinking perspective.
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 […]
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 […]
