My First 4.0 Pickleball Tournament. Game 1 of The Lake Geneva Spring Break Battle Round Robin.

My pickleball partner Drew and I played the 4.0 division (50 and over) of The Lake Geneva Spring Break Battle Round Robin. We medaled in both the 3.5 all ages tournaments we played in last year so decided to move to up and see how we would do. This is game 1 from that tournament with my analysis, what I learned, and our team statistics from the game.

[@joshc.6706]

Cool videos guys. I will say I did think a couple of those balls were in, however I won't harp on that too much. We're all human. I guarantee you've missed line calls, I've missed line calls, everyone who plays pickleball has missed line calls, it happens. But I like the analysis, and that you were willing to put a game on KZbin when you were not playing your best. It happens, keep on pickling! Games in which we do not play particularly well are the ones we can learn the most from.

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Yeah, we are definitely both human. I learned a lot from this tournament and some things I did not pick up until watching the video back.

[@ER_aka_RAM]

That block return of Drew’s smash at 1:21 wasn’t out. You’re both watching it drop into the baseline!

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Stay tuned to the rest of the games in this tournament to see if you think we missed any more calls

[@SEANRMZ]

great game, thanks for uploading the game. You started to cover the line more from the guy in the green T, he had a nice agressive cut cross court or down the line shot. good win!!!

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for watching and the feedback

[@canucanoe2861]

Good analysis.

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for the watching and the feedback

[@katies2792]

Good game!

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks and Thanks for watching

[@Str8Ballin215]

Great stuff! In the stats at the end, what does "GS" stand for (e.g., "forehand GS")?

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Very good question. I have always been against the use of acronyms and initialisms for the reason that the audience needs to know what they stand for but yet here I am using one. In this case GS was short for GroundStroke which is more of a tennis term anyway. I am changing it to the full word "drive" going forward which fits nicely both in size and description. Thanks for watching and helping to improve the channel. I am not using AI to analyze and do it the old fashioned why by watching and making judgement calls on each one. I think the stats can help to quickly see what went well and what needs work.

[@PapFranky]

100% playing with lower rank players over a ling period of time gets you to become less dialed in when playing someone higher or same level. Happened to me when recovering g from an injury.

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for watching and validating

[@rickeldridge959]

I would like to see more games , please.

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for watching. I plan to start on game 2 soon. Please stay tuned

[@rayc5577]

I think I’ve been ranking myself too low

[@CoachBillPickleball]

I don't think this game was a great representation of any of the players top potential. Stay tuned for more games to see if it gets better or worse.

[@TonyJao]

More games please!

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for watching. I will see what I can do. Stay tuned

[@TheeHandle]

So many pop ups. Frustrating to watch but I get it. I am guilty myself. Gotta cover down the line. A lob every now and then on a deep return can work nicely.

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for watching. Yes frustrating for us also because we are usually much better and keeping the ball safe. Just gripping a little tighter due to lack of tournament experience is enough to cause a bunch of popups. If you like the third shot lob then you will like the team we play in game 5

[@davecappy5268]

Let’s see game 2…

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for watching. I hope to start working on game 2 soon

[@iKumala]

I've had the same problem with getting used to having to crowd the middle due to a partner getting targeted.

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Glad someone else feels my pain. I hope this is reminder to you to not do it for an entire tournament and figure out when watching the video later

[@ajcheris4603]

@@CoachBillPickleball Looks like your partner had maybe 3 touches more than you over the course of the entire game. Pretty sure that's not targeting. I think your point though, was that you played lower level games previously where you picked up the bad habit. You really put your partner in a bad spot when you crowd the middle and force them off angle.

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Yes, my point was that I did not realize that I was out of position until watching the video. That is something that I need to correct. My partner was not getting targeted, I was just used to not getting the ball in lower level games and trying to insert myself

[@lesterma1608]

Some one pops up the ball a lot

[@CoachBillPickleball]

If you are referring to me then I would agree with you. The crazy part is that I missed as many transition drops in this one game as I had about the whole winter playing rec. It is usually a good shot for me but I did not have it dialed in on this game and was long on almost all of them

[@canucanoe2861]

@@CoachBillPickleball I beat my 19 yr old grandson on a regular basis, but when he has his game dialed in, he is hard to beat. That is when I put all of my serves and shots to his backhand side where I know he needs the most work. I know my dominance won't last more than a few more months, but at my age,(63), it sure feels good to beat a young buck.

[@CoachBillPickleball]

@canucanoe2861 Good move going to the backhand because 95% of players have a better forehand. If you control the ball better than the young buck than you keep winning. Keep getting out there and playing.

[@JonnyEsq17]

My guy said the other angel says that it's out. LOL, These boys cheated their way to a victory

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for watching and taking your time out to comment

[@bankrep2746]

Bill, you are lifting the ball in your serve…..

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for the comment. I am continuously looking to improve my game. I am not sure what you mean by "lifting the ball in your serve". Can you elaborate?

[@davecappy5268]

Bill, I think that the inference here is that you have a slight lift of the ball as you are tossing for the serve. Very subtle. Hard to tell at normal speed. Try slow motioning this? Anyways, kind of a nit if that's the reference

[@shipwreck8847]

01:21 that ball was clearly in. Actually hit inside the line. And you are staring 1 foot away both of you at it. Can you stop the rampant cheating in this sport? If you tried this in tennis we would cook you for it. I don't have to cheat to win, but the fact both of you were on top of the ball 1 foot away and you both cheated is so sad.

[@gavshep71]

Ball was in easy. 7:52 the guy calls another one out that was in.

[@CoachBillPickleball]

I agree that the video looks like the ball was in. I did the opposite of dodging that fact by replaying, zooming in, and putting it in slow motion like they do for a video replay in the PPA. I have watched pretty much every PPA tournament for the last year and have seen a lot of video challenges. I think this one was close enough that should have been video challenged by them if that was a thing in this tournament. I can also tell you that the PPA has multiple angles which we did not. I have a seen a lot of challenges that look in from this angle and the camera from the other side of the court confirms that they are indeed out. I can only say that we are never trying to hook anyone and can only call them as we see them.

[@shipwreck8847]

@@gavshep71 Yeah, you guys gotta stop cheating. It means nothing to win games if they are all won on cheat calls.

[@shipwreck8847]

@@CoachBillPickleball There's 2 of you and both of you are literally looking down on the ball at your feet 1 foot away from the ball, so there's no excuse that it was far and you didn't see it. If that was me, I would throw up the "in" call. No matter how much i hate the result, I never hook my opponents. I come from tennis background and there's a code of conduct that pickleball players seem to have zero respect for.

[@shipwreck8847]

@@gavshep71 This was even more inside the court. This is bad calling. This sport is just full of rampant cheating. I never cheat my opponents. It's better to have a fair scoreline than to win and not know if you really won. This is what children do. I don't know why adults cheat to win.

[@fernandobaez9914]

4.0 don’t think so 2.5😊

[@CoachBillPickleball]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. This was an actual tournament and the level was actually 4.0. Sounds like you would have won gold if you were in it. You should sign up next time.

[@ajcheris4603]

Always a clown that doesn’t have the stones to post their own videos that chimes in with a good trolling. Keep putting it out there coach!