What's sexy pickleball? Hitting an Erne or hitting an ATP, an around the post. B
ut for us mere mortals, maybe what we get to hit that shot once every 30 games.
Now, when we do, we feel like we're king or queen of the court.
Today, I'm going to give you something that you can practice that will make you
much more consistent faster and help you to win more games.
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Now, if you're playing in the 19 plus open
pro division, you definitely need to be able to hit an Erne and around the post.
Those players are so consistent up at the
non-volley zone, h aving those two shots in your arsenal can
make the difference between winning or losing.
For most of us who are playing in that over 50 division.
What I want to share with you today, it's not as sexy as the Erne or the around the
post, but is definitely what's going to help you to win more pickleball games.
And it's simple, Move Better!
Pickleball is a sport that rewards quickness.
The more efficient your movement, the faster you'll be on the court.
Pickleball also requires us to move
forward and back as well as use a split step and then move side to side.
This drill is an advanced drill because it has all of those elements in the drill.
If you struggle with this, that's OK.
Go back and break these elements down one
at a time, learn them, become proficient at it, then put them all together.
So to do this, you need three objects.
I have them about the width of the
non-volley zone and about the middle of the court.
You're going to put them into a V. To do
this, we're going to start at the one in the back.
And I like to have the pickleball paddle
in my hand because it reminds me to stay in the ready position.
And what we'll do is we're going to run forward to the first one,
do a split step. Then without looking, I don't want to hit
what's down here because we can't look when we're on a pickleball court, not look
down at our feet. We should be looking at the ball.
I come around it
and I'm going to use my lateral motion to come back to the back object, split
step again. Move forward, sprint,
split step, come around the object, move laterally, split step.
So in essence, I'm doing a figure eight around here, split step.
Around forward, split step, around, and then laterally.
When you do this, make sure that you do a
couple of things. I want you to have flex in your knees.
I see a lot of us people, especially as we get older, we tend to stand to
tend to stand very tall instead of having a flex at our knees.
And that is one of the things that cause us to topple over.
So make sure that you are flexing at the knees.
When you do your split step, make sure
that you feel yourself light on the balls of your feet.
It shouldn't be a heavy thud.
OK, let's put it all together.
This can be a great cardio workout or a warm-up before you play.
I recommend that you do intervals 30 seconds on 30 seconds off.
Do that for about five minutes.
You should be huffing and puffing and ready to play.
If you need some help with your footwork, I have a step by step series coming up.
Click down here and I'll make sure to keep you in the loop.
In the meantime, share this with your pickleball playing friends, because
together we can train smart, live bold and age well.