These 4 pickleball shots will help you get to 4.0

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There are certain shots that you must have to get to a certain level. If you want to get to 4.0 and beyond, these are some that you can start with. Make sure that you practice hard at these! They will make a huge difference once mastered.
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[@artsfool]

You're videos keep getting better! You have a great teaching style and I've improved a lot from these. Thanks Barrett!

[@pollyglowatz3065]

Those 4 shots saved my game. I am slow, can't run much and have mediocre paddle skills but when I use a cross court, or pull out my top spin, I win some games. Thanks. Great Video!

[@k-mac5511]

another great video. Thank you how you explain the how and why for the skills you teach.

[@slukas1375]

Love the detail and the corresponding camera work to demonstrate. Thumbs up from BC, Canada.

[@craigc7708]

Love how you give props to your shots!

[@multifariousgemini]

Loving your videos as well! Watching here in Massachusetts. Thanks!

[@PickleballKitchen]

Thank you very much!

[@jackelinslack4400]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@jasonvtsportsguy2692]

Love your videos....Playing some pickleball in Vermont!!!!! We are growing the sport in New England...would love to get a new pickleball paddle!

[@PickleballKitchen]

Thanks!

[@AnnMitt]

Excellent instructions!

[@andrewgedman1214]

The perpendicular angle idea at the end, very good explanation. It helps explain why a groundstroke down the line often goes wide. You have to compensate for the entry angle in order to straighten it out. Def a 4.0 concept. Thanks

[@PickleballKitchen]

Thanks very much and yes it's a big deal!

[@terrihoang6182]

Yeah 4.0 video, more please 👍👏

[@KR-qn9hp]

Just want to say that you should run not walk to the PK Academy that Barett offers. It is great. The cost of this program is 1/5th the cost of a three day camp by almost any pro and Barett gives you more details and you can watch over and over and over until you get it. We all know that Barett can teach so please give yourself this gift.. Is changing my game so much!

[@PickleballKitchen]

Wow, thank you so much! That is so great to hear. Will you email me so I can talk to you personally? I'm not sure what your name is based on your KZbin handle.

[@barrydawg7544]

I always enjoy your teaching vids... can you do a video on shoes... and I'm talking shoes for intermediate players that play indoors and outdoors..that don't cost an arm and a leg

[@sunsioux444]

BTW I got my first pickleball shoes by KSwiss....ortholite. I hate them

[@suespahr2338]

Don't love or hate, but love the tips and learning to handle the spin serve.

[@sunsioux444]

I love changing direction. I’ve only been playing 18 months but I like to surprise people with a sudden backhand hitting the ball to the opposite side, instead of straight ahead

[@PickleballKitchen]

Exactly!

[@andrewgedman1214]

I use what I call a two-one change up. Hit two shots to the backhand, then one to the forehand, which they tend to favor. Gets them running sometimes.

[@TheRealTiffany2.0]

rlly good

[@TrulyUnfortunate]

I can't believe how popular pickle ball has become. I played when I was 10 years old 46 years ago. A neighbor had a court installed and we used to have weekly tournaments. It was normally adults against adults and kids vs kids. I challenged the adults and easily beat all of them except for the guy who owned the court. I would use both hands as in switching between my left and right. It messed them up pretty bad and they allowed me to play with the adults from then on. The other kids were a joke to me. Back in those days the paddle was a simple plywood paddle.

[@4x4rides]

Good video

[@lucasservetti219]

Como siempre tus videos son los más claros, explican muy bien, desde todas las posiciones, no hay como equivocarse. Otra cosa que me ayudo es tu postura en la cocina, las sentadillas. La semana pasada quedé con mis lumbares rotos, tuve que parar. Creo que sería de mucha utilidad que enseñaras específicamente esa postura, porque tendemos a inclinar la espalda hacia adelante. El no lesionarse es parte del juego. Saber hacer el movimiento adecuado, creo sin duda que tu eres el más gráfico y didáctico para explicar. Le he pasado tus videos a muchos otros principiantes como yo, tengo 42 años de tenis pero pickleball es muy distinto.

[@PickleballKitchen]

Gracias por ver mis videos y gracias por tus comentarios. Ciertamente puedo hacer un video sobre cómo hacer estocadas. Es un tema importante y fundamental. ¿Dónde juegas al pickleball?

[@lucasservetti219]

@@PickleballKitchen juego en Montevideo Uruguay Sud América. Aquí era desconocido totalmente y por tres vías distintas trajimos el juego. En mi caso compre todo red paletas y pelotas en diciembre 2019 y por la pandemia no hice nada. La idea era traer un deporte fácil de implementar para hacer integración social. A su vez nos juntamos de tres partes de Uruguay y formamos la Asociación de Pickleball de Uruguay. Como verás estamos registrados. O sea que todos jugamos hace menos de un año. Yo vengo del tenis y me atrapó el pickleball y dejé el tenis, además porque me pareció menos agresivo para mi cuerpo. Ahora estamos tratando de hacerlo conocer. Jugamos en canchas de pádel. Jugando los lumbares se afectaron por mala postura en la cocina. Sigo tus vídeos para aprender. Muchos venimos del tenis, incluso hay dos profesores de tenis jugando. Me encanta el pickleball, tiene mucho de estrategia, cambio de ritmo. Gracias por tu interés. Un abrazo

[@thinkplanetearth2946]

@@PickleballKitchen tu hablas español?? De donde eres?

[@PickleballKitchen]

No I'm just using Google translate to help communicate. I'm very interested in where pickleball is around the world.

[@PickleballKitchen]

Muy interesante. ¡Gracias de nuevo por mirar y gracias por enseñar pickleball donde estás!

[@williehiew3475]

What grips do you use for those shots, especially the roll shot?

[@joycestevens376]

Barrett, how can I practice these shots and know if I am doing them correctly? Thanks.

[@thinkplanetearth2946]

Good video. Really find it helpful when you add the slow motion edit to better see what you're doing.

[@PickleballKitchen]

Yeah I like putting those in there. Thanks for watching.

[@romanhernz9209]

Very very nice 👍

[@PickleballKitchen]

Thanks!

[@splashfest182]

I usually watch these videos even though I'm beyond a 4.0, a 5.0 now. But I still find them useful

[@sunsetrider45]

How long did it take you to get to 5.0, from when you were a 4.0?

[@splashfest182]

@@sunsetrider45 so I probably hit 4.0 around January of this year. Started to take it serious and working on all the stuff I needed to. I hit the 5.0 mark about a month ago probably. So about 9 or 10 months. Obviously it's about getting better mechanics but what I needed was the right mindset so once I had that, I was good

[@PickleballKitchen]

That’s good to hear, thanks for watching.

[@sunsioux444]

But how long have you been at the sport?

[@splashfest182]

@@sunsioux444 I initially started in January of 2017 but after about 6 months I quit because I didn't like it. Then I started back in May of 2020

[@bayardtaylor2990]

Love the knee highs

[@PickleballKitchen]

Thanks!

[@aliensarereal7832]

I just took up pickleball and applied my tennis shots to it and I'm beating 5.0 players regularly. I think I was a 4.0 when I started. The only thing holding me back right now is I still play tennis. Going back and forth with the length difference causes mishits.

[@terrihoang6182]

Please made more videos for 4.0 👏👍

[@PickleballKitchen]

I think I will.

[@lesf5792]

Good!

[@PickleballKitchen]

Thanks!

[@edburgler5161]

Great video.

[@PickleballKitchen]

Thanks!

[@Rainman270]

I see the end of your handle ends in your palm. Is that the standard grip ? That's the grip I used playing racquetball, just starting out playing pickleball. Thanks.

[@PickleballKitchen]

Yup! Gives you more leverage

[@neilo.9116]

@@PickleballKitchen That is not the standard. Most people hold it higher up the handle.

[@janetallen5078]

For the “roll”: get the top spin, but what about the “squat” component? I’m pretty small female player, only 5’1”, I’m pretty much down there in the first place…must I still squat for this shot to be effective?

[@PickleballKitchen]

The recommendation for squatting is purely to help people get underneath the ball. If you think you’re getting underneath everything just fine because if your height, then you should be good to go.

[@jimw6991]

In other sports there are fancy tools that quantify the balls reaction to being struck. In tennis, velocity in mph and rpm's. In golf velocity, apex, distance traveled, etc. I think the shot being described would really benefit from both an explanation of forward velocity and angular. Since the latter quantifies how much spin is being generated. The spin comes from paddle face moving vertical (up) and/or horizontal (sideways). Forward motion moves ball towards opponents. Seems that people can squat but not hit shot. If you really got under the ball and hit it up with a slightly open paddle face that doesn't work either. am confident

[@jimw6991]

Sorry didn't finish typing ... any chance you camera could capture paddle swing path, angle to court, player, moment of contact, etc.? I get what you are trying to do and say but key point of paddle face motion relative to ball isn't coming thru on this video. You might also try straightening knees as you swing up/brush up on back side of ball. This van help make more spin if timed correctly (pumping action of lower body)

[@anmylinh2787]

Is it better to server near baseline or near to the kitchen?

[@davewatson3398]

The baseline, a good serve should be within 4’ of the baseline. The idea is keep em back as long as you can.

[@theradlad3868]

thanks man, my group of youth pickleballers is up to around 30 people now! Great sport. Also, is Vinsguir a credible brand? Might get a set from them.

[@PickleballKitchen]

That is excellent! Great job! I haven't heard of that brand honestly.

[@theradlad3868]

@@PickleballKitchen Actually, I just found the Selkirk Neo bundle which I'll probably get. I've used Vinsguir, the paddle was pretty good, but a bit of a beginner paddle

[@erint2422]

As a left-handed player, I feel like when I play doubles with someone new it always takes a few games for someone to get used to playing with me. It's frustrating though because I play socially so I'm usually mixing it up playing with someone new and I'm wondering: Does anyone else feel like this and have any suggestions??

[@letteringguy]

We right-handers rarely play with lefties, so the more you talk about how you two will play various shots, the better you experience should be. Before you start a game, make it clear to your partner that you are left-handed. Add that there will be times when you will both have paddles in the middle or paddles on the outside, and ask if they have preferences hitting balls down the middle in each case.

[@rebekahtyler7406]

I'm left handed as well and find that communication before the game and during are key. I get into the habit of calling the ball well in advance, even if it is clearly mine, and I call "yours" and get out of the way when I'm not going for it. Another thing to recognize if you're not going to stack is who has the better backhand and work that when backhands are in the middle. There will always be a little bit of learning eachothers style if you don't know them at all, but if you communicate I find the advantage of being left handed outweighs the "disadvantage"

[@erint2422]

Thank you for the replies, much appreciated👍

[@robertharless3304]

Tennis terms, it’s called an inside out forehand

[@VoorheesFamily]

I wish you would let us see the whole screen too at where the ball actually goes 😞

[@AristaWingsLord96]

This is how I played tennis when I am at the net. I will go from 0.0 to 4.0 in no time n be a big name by 2023!! Heard here first.

[@portlandtennis4646]

Great training tool for tennis

[@jaycee2314]

Isn't that topspin serve borderline illegal? I used to serve like that in my first 6 months of playing but I changed it because my paddle and wrist at impact was most probably illegal.

[@stankeye]

No. At the point of contact the paddle is below his wrist. I have even watch some who are coming more from the side and even then the point of contact the paddle is below the wrist. This is only viewable in slow motion or freeze frame. At regular speed most people would think it illegal, but from the tournaments I have been in and from watching pro tournments it is never called. I think because it is far to difficult to 'see' at the point of contact with the ball the location of your wristr relative to the paddle. If you ever watch Mattias Johansson serve you would look at that and say illegal, but I have never seen him called on that.

[@TutuSainz]

🤩👏🏼😁🙏🏽💖

[@GeneralRock114]

A 4.0 pickle ball player!!! Lol.

[@MrRob111]

Great content and extremely helpful ideas! I like that most of your videos are concise but this one is too wordy for me. I hope that you will trim the dialogue down a bit. thanks so much!

[@surfdocer103]

Why I love Pickleball Minute.

[@gg80108]

Be nice if you showed where your opponents might be to use a shot. The situation is everything.

[@AristaWingsLord96]

These shots ain't for doubles they for singles

[@brianlester3502]

Those socks make it hard to focus on this video.

[@bobmalack481]

Paddle?...it's a darn raquet..LOL! Is Pickleball a 'real' sport?.."your serve Chip!"..LOL!!

[@BRock-sq4lg]

Sorry but what's a "raquet"?

[@bobmalack481]

@@BRock-sq4lg A 'paddle' sounds wimpy and not serious, just like the rediculous name 'Pickleball'.

[@bretts5571]

Whats with those socks...

[@livelove6797]

4.0 level in pickleball is when you sell your pickle stick and get a tennis racket

[@BRock-sq4lg]

and then found out that it was a terrible mistake. lol

[@HaveFaithInGod]

The majority of PB players are 65+ so why are you appropriating? Let and old guy teach it! lol

[@leifengstrom3052]

Those were horrible thirds. I don’t think you can do that shot with a good third.

[@terryjordan7276]

Guys pickle ball is great fun but as a tournament tennis player with lots of wins I promise it isn't that important. I play for exercise and focus on building my own investment properties and other more profitable hobbies. Also don't forget your non playing friends and families. Finally, nobody thinks pickleball is cool except pickleball players.....my friends giggle at me behind my back...I've heard them.

[@mikeyis009]

Only 10 year olds care what anyone else thinks about them. Investment properties take very little time. Less than 15 minutes a month if you have a quality PM. That’s the entire point.

[@atomiglover]

Yeah, these shots might help you get to 2.5