The Best Pickleball Shot to Respond to Bangers 💥 | James Ignatowich Show

[@CKMD1]

Great point about the angled overhead. Thanks James. Every time I listen to your podcast I have a new focus for my drill session.

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Love to hear that

[@billhumpertt6290]

James, you're becoming one of my favorite pod casts. Short, to the point, very informative. Thanks man.

[@ATA-wi2lh]

Short? It’s 20min

[@JamesIgnatowich]

@@ATA-wi2lhhahaha yea sometimes I can drag on and on about topics, it’s tough not to since it’s essentially a stream of consciousness. For future reference, every topic is labeled so you can skip to what you want to watch. I won’t be offended😂

[@russelllew1139]

If popping up head, that means there not watching the ball. Best advice I got about that was, watch the ball hit your paddle & watch it leave your paddle! Thanks for the great pod cast

[@Everheartt]

I appreciate this!

[@JamesIgnatowich]

That’s a great way to put it

[@BoostITFORward]

Amazing coaching tips, James. Looking forward to all of them to come.

[@JamesIgnatowich]

There’s a lot more coming on this channel that I’m commenting from also, which is my coaching specific KZbin channel!

[@GIO_RUBBLE]

tried the deep cross court high return and its a winner .....walked up to the kitchen once i dialed it in thanks so much!!! btw love the fun facts too🤪

[@JamesIgnatowich]

That’s so great to hear Gio. You gonna take a lesson with max or what? Haha

[@GIO_RUBBLE]

@@JamesIgnatowich yes sir we plan on it fo sho💪

[@danielmcintyreii9446]

Thanks for the return tips! It was a great experience watching you play at the Thunder dome.

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Thanks! I had a blast

[@DannyBPlays]

It's good to make funny pb videos, I think one major thing lacking in almost all PB videos is humor

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Thanks, yea I figured it’d be unique content in a way. Doesn’t have to be the funniest thing people have ever seen, but given the landscape, it stands out.

[@TheSourcingSamurai]

Geometry - now I don't feel bad taking my metal tape measure to the court. That's strategically useful knowledge. Thank you

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Glad I could help!

[@janaadams7958]

Great tips- a lot of people in our club will come in early and do dink warm ups. That’s good but I spend more time practicing and warming up on targeting the deep serve and deep/cross court return for all the reasons you mention. 🥰

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Serve and return are so underrated. Especially the serve. How many points have you played where a serve wasn’t involved?

[@janaadams7958]

@@JamesIgnatowich right!!???? 🥰

[@MsAFFA81]

Excellent points!

[@TheBlackToedOne]

8:10. Cross-court high return. You're welcome.

[@JamesIgnatowich]

I took a while this time haha my bad. Not like me

[@amit212543]

Can you talk about some stack unwinding tips? Do you prefer returning down the line so drives will have to be hit crosscourt to target you?

[@tobinwazzan]

Thanks James. It would help if you might include some visuals or demonstrations on the court.

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Thanks for watching! I have visual representations on my KZbin channel here

[@mervatameen646]

Best broadcast!❤

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Thank you!

[@rockerobertson4002]

James, your lady, has one of the biggest swings on the planet. Mind you, she's insanely good. Buyt. killer huge swing.

[@iKumala]

Also some courts are so close together on the sides that I think people just avoid putting it away at a sharp angle. Sometimes there is a game right next to you and it almost seems rude.

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Couldn’t agree more

[@maikuirock8015]

I guess coming from the other end. When receiving a high bounce return (about chest height) how do you hit your 3rd? It’s an awkward position to hit a drive or waiting extra long and backing up to do a drop.

[@JamesIgnatowich]

The higher the bounce; the more likely I am to drive the ball. If you want to be more conservative with the drive, go low to the middle and essentially use it as a set up shot for an easier 5th

[@stephenlandry9459]

the ceiling is lava

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Hahah I might need a different way to explain that, doesn’t really make a lot of sense 😂

[@86309]

so dont rise up on third shot drops?

[@JamesIgnatowich]

I don’t think you should while you’re making contact with the ball. After you’ve made contact with the ball, you’re free to come up. But a quick upward jerking motion during contact of third shot drops and transitional shots in general seems to be a huge cause for errors below the 5.0 level

[@86309]

Thanks!

[@CohenAcademy]

Riley needs to keep his head down

[@ericaustinbarber4186]

Brah, I’m your friend tell me about it!

[@matthewandre6326]

James “Hypotenuse” Ignatowich

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Is it weird if I start calling myself this?

Great stuff, James! Regarding short returns (i.e. a 2nd shot drop), they can be effective against less mobile (typically senior) players when they are standing back at the baseline. Regarding any pros that pop-up their heads, Riley Newman comes to mind. Here are some examples: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIfNlZ-Nja96n9k

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Thanks for the comment! Totally makes sense. I still wouldn’t teach people to pop their heads up on the drop. Just like I wouldn’t teach people to split step like me haha

[@kimjaesung5938]

KZbin recommended this vid and was genuinely curious about the topic. It took 7 minutes and 20 seconds to get to the point. I finished washing dishes and I’m leaving.

[@DannyBPlays]

the vid has chapters, you can skip ahead, its not live tv

[@JamesIgnatowich]

Hahaha I did take way too long. Watch my other pods. I normally am known to get straight to it. Not sure what got into me

[@anthonyng8800]

​@JamesIgnatowich honest question...why do you bounce so much between points?

[@claycc79]

Wouldn't the Lava fall on you :)

[@JamesIgnatowich]

100%. I think I need a new way to phrase it. It’s admittedly somewhat lazy😂