Last Tourney for 2024!! I'm a 4.185 DUPR playing in a 4.0 Moneyball - Austin, TX (6 months in)

[@SnapShot83]

You played great Paul! You were more consistent with your shots, and carried your partner - especially for the third shots. Your partner seemed tense and was playing tight - very reactive than proactive. Love your positivity and attitude Paul, look forward to watching you develop your game. #bringbackkenny

[@americanodude]

Not to be disparaging, but your partner's comments after game 1 of "nobody dinks anymore" and how you guys would win if you could get into a dink rally were a little weird considering how he sped up every single ball possible game 2. Good and bad speedups alike. If he wants more dinking in his game, he should probably start doing some of that himself to try and bring it about.

[@americanodude]

Did a lot better in the last few games. Got more patient and avoided more of the silly speedups. Good playing!

[@HarryMearsPickleball]

Thanks for uploading before the end of the year, enjoying longer content!

[@eellaups]

thanks for watching!

[@robertcassistre5527]

Bring Kenny back!!

[@rapidfire207]

Noticed an improvement in your game Paul, especially in the soft game. 2HBH looks solid as well

[@DavidSchilter]

Fun watch and good vibes! You're improving so much, Paul :-) I'm no expert, but I think when your partner is hitting a third-shot drop, you really gotta stay behind the baseline and look at them (instead of running into the transition zone without even observing, as you do at 52:50 ). In that split second, assess the trajectory and whether it'll be a good drop. If so, only then should you sprint in, otherwise stay back and try on the fifth shot. Slower folks (who feel they need to get a head start getting to the kitchen) or those with less partner awareness will run in no matter what but this is suicide because they will eat a ball in the face if it's a high third. You are fast, so stay back and sprint in ONLY when you see it's a good drop. This is particularly important when your partner isn't consistent at hitting good drops, as he was here (or like I am - lolz :/). The Johns brothers (or most other pro teams) do this well.

[@eellaups]

Thank you so much for the tipss!

[@PickleShooters]

Def bring kenny backk

[@vincek7227]

What would take your partners game to the next game is more top spin on his dinks. I got anxious since he popped it up so much. And also a backhand roll volley or flick instead of the push volley he does.

[@janinemurdock2043]

Oh cool, you're still posting, thought you might be getting burned out too after seeing your comment on Max's video

[@eellaups]

Y'all keep me going

[@Firesong4ng]

Nail Biter ! Great games to watch!

[@YanickLegault-f8n]

Your twowee is fire.... even if your partner has strange form, he battle hard and manage to get some points.... agree that he developped a bad habit of going for the erne every time, opening the court placing him ar disavantage, he should also takes more volley dinks, with his reach (and his touch is not bad either) he quite the kitchen line with a drop step placing him in a defense shot instead of controll8ng his dink w8th a volley... thank you both, very entertaining...

[@leenixon901]

Whoop!!! I’ve been waiting for another video to drop!!! 💪

[@MindfulMya]

This was entertaining! That last game was crazy. I think you both did great without having ever played together before.

[@eellaups]

Thanks very mindful mya!

[@rickloudermilk6351]

very entertaining quality final match!

[@spaznickermeyer3507]

Again, I look forward to your tournaments almost as much as the PPA ones so you're doing something right.. hey, why did you ditch the Spartus Olympus?

[@eellaups]

Yayyy thank you so much! Only reason is because I think I'm starting to prefer elongated shapes than hybrid shapes.

[@Itsezpickleball]

Such a entertaining video, good stuff man!

[@alexmacias1386]

@itsezpickleball your videos are great too

[@Itsezpickleball]

@@alexmacias1386 Thank you!

[@anthonydoan4237]

i feel like your partner was playing scared - he didnt look comfortable playing this tourney

[@CoachKyleZ]

I was thinking the same thing. He's probably around 3.5 and got nervous playing with 4.0s.

[@Changsta31]

​@@CoachKyleZ3.5? That's crazy. 3.5 is a lower level of play than this. Austin may have been playing with some tournament jitters in the beginning, but he settled in and play a lot closer to a 4.0 level. He does need to tone down the erne attempts because I think they do more harm than good. Feel like it's just wasting energy.

[@CoachKyleZ]

@@Changsta31 yeah I'd say he's closer to 3.75 than to 3.5, but mainly because of his consistency.

[@trenthaysproductions]

4:41 backing that thing up like a dump truck 🚛

[@eellaups]

gyatt

[@rondre3000]

Hey, it's Gabi from the Cracked PB video!

[@eellaups]

he's not just cracked, but rich after winning the moneyball!

[@Mengotengo]

19:17 that swing speed is CRAZY!

[@fishy7381]

46 minute mark…HOOK of the day!

[@eellaups]

still lost ripp

[@mattc3581]

I would say some really good play, especially as you went further through the competition. I would say that you need to tell your partner to stop going for Ernes all the time, he hasn't got the court awareness yet to read where the ball is going to be coming from the opponent and it is costing way more points than it's winning. In a similar vein he looks to me like he really needs to practice a punch volley. He is hitting a lot of volleys with a brushing across the ball stroke and missing out on a lot of power compared to if he just hit through the ball. He's also doing a very weird crouch, going super low waiting for the ball when volleying. It looks like this would give him less reach and less ability to swing, which is another reason he has less power on the volleys, so not sure why he is doing that. Unfortunate you gave them a free point by not knowing the rule for the bar bounce shot, though since one of your calls you replayed did look in it maybe evened up in the end! Worth reading that rule, it is only a let if the net bar is on your side of the net I believe. I have had an opponent's shot hit the net tape drop over and clearly bounce off the bar, but the bar was on the opponent's side so I played on, they stopped thinking it was a let and lost the point.

[@angeloflorendo9649]

Question How do you find tournaments?

[@claos_pickle]

Go online and search up swish tournaments and fill in what you wanna play and the area and it will give you a bunch of information on different tournaments

[@johnzhang9669]

Like your video, keep on posting

[@eellaups]

thank you!!!

[@lazyhusband]

11:24 your partner never has his paddle up and ready on D. He could have easily double handed ALW style on this one.

[@GodGunsAndBabies]

Don’t even know who Kenny is… but definitely bring him back!!! Your partner was horrible

[@malonepickleball]

Your partner needs a 2 hander!

[@FeedBackJ]

#justiceforkenny

[@AlexGarcia-ur2qm]

Just a heads up at 31:28 when your teammate missed the Earnie if you miss an attempt per the rules if your outside of the volley zone it would be the other teams point. He has to make contact with the ball if he goes for it with an attempted swing.

[@eellaups]

I thought that was only when the person crosses the net onto the opponent's side

[@jacoblauterbach5420]

​@@eellaups You're correct. It's not a fault if you don't make contact when going for an Ernie as long as you don't cross the net. It looks like your partner's heel touched the foot of the net on that same Ernie attempt, which is a fault regardless of whether or not he touches the ball.

[@evannatteford1784]

I commented something about this a while ago but man Paul my guy, you need to be playing on the left more and utilizing your two handed back hand roll dink, get low and hit those sharp cross court angles in dinking rallies, I promise you will be shocked at how many free points you get from doing this because every single time I see you go to that shot you hit a great ball but then you default back to a slice cross court or moving around to hit a forehand but if you just get low and hit a twoey roll you are gonna start obliterating these 4.0 guys, it also has the added benefit of setting your partner up for easy ernies when they try to reset down the line which your partner clearly loves to do.

[@leftonred...]

did you go against your partner when you were partner up with rico? and also #ricocampaign #kennycampaign

[@eellaups]

Ooo good catch, yes he was!

[@Cantaffordham]

Partner is a 3.5 at best. No resets, 3rd shot drops, and he has no backhand at all.

[@robertcassistre5527]

Sorry you’re feeling in a slump. Important to rest!

[@Kenny_shoe]

Bring back Paul’s lowest dupr ranked partner

[@eellaups]

this is insider trading

[@NotanAmericanDouche]

Hey Paul you need to do tournaments with a partner who is above your ability level not below it.

[@eellaups]

Hahha I'm sure my partners who are above my ability think the same thing about me

[@kenweber2619]

I really like your game. Very solid. Your form is great. Your partner does not have a good game. Funky backhand. Terrible forehand form. Find a partner as good as you.

[@johnpaulgomez5781]

have u tried any caffeine or any other supplements to boost your energy

[@eellaups]

I'm overdosed on caffeine

[@johnpaulgomez5781]

Hehehehe then herbal tea

[@TheRookie7224]

14:49 who else thought the net bounced the ball?

[@EnlightenedPickleball]

#freekenny

[@eellaups]

he needs more jail time

[@Muchmore1821]

#bringkennyback

[@chancebex5947]

Your partner has a horrible return of serve and some of the worst court awareness I’ve seen in a video. That was the difference in the results falling short.

[@runpure1799]

Bro you return of serve is trash

[@JustJayson23]

Bring Kenny back 😂!

[@tommymorgan9293]

Guy in the blue shirt was out matched by everyone. He was super stiff, always out of position. He might be a 3.5

[@marcusmontfort4970]

Yeah he definitely did not seem to be a 4.1. He looked uncomfortable every ball he hit. Just awkward form, but definitely battled hard and had good hands. Lots of unforced errors for sure though. Good run!

[@may17guy]

His backhand stabs were tough to watch - he was hardly ever in position to reset or counter

[@tdz10]

Did he fart at 12:22??

[@DearDextra]

yeah definitely a loud one :D

[@TakanoriGomi]

He distracted himself with the fart leading to the error lol

[@rickloudermilk6351]

yeah, funny editing

[@lazyhusband]

No. 12:17

[@mike_pb]

Your partner is way too wristy with his resets 😬… they started targeting him in the first game because of it. Fun watch tho

[@cliffordmckeon4472]

Are those Cargo shorts??!?!?!?

[@DearDextra]

damn lots of farts in this one Paul :D

[@eellaups]

so gassy

[@ShrimpCracka]

46:06 was not long.

[@ShadyGemini]

omg they killed kenny! bring him back

[@JoshuaVillanueva-1993]

yo why don't we partner up :) ...... or lets play some friendly games

[@eellaups]

I would get rekd against you

[@thelivebettor7174]

Your partner deffo isn’t 4.1 respectfully.

[@woodywoodpecker3643]

That last game was awesome! Bummer you lost.

[@hollaback9368]

Homie you gotta start lifting legs because without strength you will be dead if you keep playing and have no leg strength. Hope this helps!

[@eellaups]

actual facts, my tendons are wearing out

[@golfmaniac007]

more funny meme like 35:54

[@drewharrell7657]

Such a bs rule on hitting the bar. Should be common sense, they weren’t getting that ball.

[@striker476]

Right? I thought the same thing. Those guys were absolute dicks for that call and in the replay it didn't even look like it hit the bar which means in real time even if it did it would have been insanely indistinguishable. To have the balls to call that seriously was insane

[@eellaups]

the unfortunate side of temporary nets

[@americanodude]

Eh, it is tournament play, its to be expected. They were fully within the rules to call for a replay. The ball definitely hit the horizontal bar after the bounce. In rec play, id bet they would generally say "good shot" and move past it. In a tournament match, though, the ball hit the net on a pretty BS shot anyway. Paul didnt really deserve the point on a lucky net roll, so them asking for the replay feels pretty fair.

[@williyuum]

Green shirt's serve in game3 is a little illegal. Both feet are coming off the ground at the same time

[@mattc3581]

Looking at a couple it is very close, his right foot seems to be just touching with the toes and leaves the ground just after impact on the serve in the ones I checked, but it is tight.

[@ruhroah5044]

yep...that bad bar call killed the momentum...better luck next time.

[@eellaups]

sigh, it was unfortunate

[@americanodude]

@@eellaups Actually, in accordance to the 2024 rules, the player was right. Here is the rule verbatim: 11.L.5.b. Except on the serve, a replay will occur if the ball goes over the net and: - hits the center base - hits any part of the horizontal bar - the ball gets caught between the net and the horizontal bar - hits a deflecting net - hits a draping net on the ground Except on the serve, if the ball goes over the net, bounces on the court, and then performs any of the above listed actions, a replay shall occur. The last bit is the important part, since for your video that is exactly what occurred. The ball passed onto your opponents side after a non-serve was hit, it bounced on the court, and then it bounced back onto the bar. So him asking for a replay was well within his rights and is in accordance with the rules fully.

[@eellaups]

Yeee, I knew the rules at the time. But was still unfortunate 😞

[@americanodude]

@@eellaups Fair enough. My bad, I thought you might not have with the camera replays and your response to the comment above

[@golfmaniac007]

should have won the second game. You guys beat yourselves in that one with so many dumb errors....maybe over excitement....need to chill mentally

[@eellaups]

Mainly search on Pickleballbrackets.com or fluidpb.com or word of mouth

[@NahBra_EUC]

I thought one of the rules in pickleball is that you can't call it out before it lands. Your partner did this way too many times. I find it super annoying in rec play, I can only imagine what your opponents were going through.

[@benjaminhenderson4472]

You can communicate to your partner to not hit the ball during play by saying out.

[@striker476]

That's not an official out call he's just communicating to his partner that he thinks the ball is going to be out; this is very normal to do in pickleball.

[@alexmacias1386]

I will keep it real these games are trash. I will keep watching though

[@striker476]

This is normal 3.5 - 4.0+ pickleball don't know what you think is so trash about it. That's really disrespectful to say

[@eellaups]

Hahaha thanks for watching