Pickleballs Next Big Serve: Air Bender vs Big Papa Jimmy

[@CraigKonieczko]

It’s amazing how year after year PB gets closer and closer to tennis. This video. It’s instructors explaining tennis techniques to PB players who haven’t ever played tennis

[@pickleballplaybook]

That’s what I like to see, mixing it up to gain an edge!

[@kento1957]

I'd really like to see actual MPH numbers for the pros serves.

[@pickleballplaybook]

Me too!

[@AmandaHugankiss328]

Secret to big serve is paddle speed. Light grip pressure, and having an efficient kinetic chain is key

[@pickleballplaybook]

Nice! I totally agree! Seems like you got it all figured out too.

[@dbweb.creative]

the "weight" transfer should only be looked at as a speed stack. Weight has low energy yield in this context, the ball can only take little of your body's energy. The kinetic chain main idea is to provide speed on top of another speed, like a man who runs on a moving train - his speed will be train + running. Similarly, the more links you have in a kinetic chain - higher the speed stack. Also wrist can do wonders, but it would require a strong wrist that can withstand the speed of the whole chain as the final point of contact.

[@pickleballplaybook]

I like it!

[@nn-NeuralNetwork]

Been studying Fed and his serve lately. Seems to kind of scoop the ball on the outside.

[@jburton1419]

I was wondering about his serve also

[@pickleballplaybook]

I'll have to make a video about it soon!

[@FredAllenBurge]

Man that background is freakin gorgeous! Those Colorado mountains by chance?

[@pickleballplaybook]

Utah mountains! I totally agree with you. Absolutely beautiful

[@daniellehamelin2183]

I always back up a few feet from the baseline before my serve. Because after my serves (momentum) I automatically land behind the baseline instead of landing in the court continuously. Avoid backing up behind the baseline each time in a hurry

[@pickleballplaybook]

Oh interesting. Why is that?

[@daniellehamelin2183]

@@pickleballplaybook Because after my serve (momentum) my feet land always behind the baseline instead of landing in the court. Avoid rushing back behind the baseline each time to receive the return from my opponent

[@honsolodinks]

Hey the Invader, new main?!

[@wulymammoth]

Was gonna say this. No longer with Selkirk it seems!

[@pickleballplaybook]

For now! Been loving it.

[@mikegottemoller4275]

I'm supposed to be playing James Ignatowich right now in the Quad Cities at a 3 and me...but event was canceled due to injury...I'm so bummed.

[@rafaelreyes603]

damn that’s rough, heal up!!

[@pickleballplaybook]

Dang that would have been awesome!

[@JimboC1957]

Nice mountains in the background. Where you located?

[@wulymammoth]

He’s based out of Utah

[@pickleballplaybook]

Utah!

[@grenoble11]

This week I'm practicing Jaume's serve which is more like Quang's.

[@pickleballplaybook]

Yeah it is. Juame has an impressive serve!

[@Tekel408]

Great video, I never noticed James had a continental grip! However, the exposure settings on your camera seem set a bit too high. Things are looking overly bright & kinda washed out. Hard to view it in a dark room!

[@pickleballplaybook]

Yeah you're right, I'm still figuring out camera settings! Thanks for the feedback!

[@dbweb.creative]

well.. the follow-through is essential, without it you will stop your own motion short of delivering the speed to the ball. What I mean is - all biological movement goes through acceleration and deceleration. So if you want to stop soon as you hit the ball - you will actually start slowing down milliseconds before that point. You don't know how much of the speed actually will be on ball contact. This also ties into consistency. Without follow-through sometimes you deliver 60%, another time 80%, and other 40% of what you were carrying in a swing, but stopped short. So nothing will be of your swing, regardless of how potent the whole kinetic chain is, if the follow-through is not there.

[@pickleballplaybook]

The follow through is a by product of good mechanics! completely agree.

[@jburton1419]

Next do Fed. :)

[@pickleballplaybook]

Big fed!

[@stroshow5]

Bro!!! You’re not shilling for Selkirk anymore? What’s with the new paddle?

[@VanAllenVlogs]

Bread and Butter’s Invader

[@stroshow5]

⁠@@VanAllenVlogsselkrick cheques bounce?

[@Will-n8g]

He’s on that QD train 😂

[@pickleballplaybook]

Haha I have always picked the paddle companies that I work with. I am trying a ton of different paddles this year. Still love Selkirk but I can and always have been able to use whatever paddle I want. Been enjoying the Invader!

[@xrpl]

Isn’t it a foot fault landing into the court off the serve ?

[@vanillaghetto]

No. Just need one foot behind line and on the ground upon point of ball contact. Other foot can be in the air, then step in-bounds after contact.

[@pickleballplaybook]

No. One foot must be behind the line, but after contact youre completely fine.

[@Itsezpickleball]

Looks like you are playing on green screen courts, I mean you are literally playing in dream pickleball courts, where is this at???

[@pickleballplaybook]

Yeah it honestly does in this video! It is in Utah

[@bitphil]

3:00 🤭

[@pickleballplaybook]

What? haha

[@SDPBALLCOACH]

At 15:45 I disagree, too many things going on. Simply cock the wrist back and then make ur forward push.. Raising the paddle head UP only to LOWER it is counter productive...

[@pickleballplaybook]

Whether you disagree on the mechanics or not has nothing to do with too many things going on. Once you understand all the "too many things going on" you no longer will have to focus on them and can just focus on the simply hitting the ball. Mechanics first.

[@RamonRamon609]

Use "fewer" when describing a countable noun, and "less" when describing an uncountable noun.

[@Flying_Family]

😂

[@pickleballplaybook]

A countable person place or thing use fewer an uncountable person place or thing use less. Interesting! Thanks for taking me back to college Ramon :)

[@RamonRamon609]

@ sorry! lol, I just totally stopped listening when you said “less errors” instead of fewer errors about a minute into the video.

[@graphicdesign5483]

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[@pickleballplaybook]

Well my designer is free. So I don’t know if you can beat that ;)