Tennis Players Crash NYC Pickleball Tournament

In this video Steven and Alex give Pickleball another go by crashing a LifeTime Athletics Pickleball tournament. We hope you enjoy!
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[@supahbeebz]

As a tennis player turned Pickleball player, this shit was hilarious guys, keep crashing tournaments, I wanna see y’all win a medal!

[@JustSlapTennis]

Haha thank you so much! Will definitely join more. We’re winning one of these for sure ;)

[@alexmakatsaria4544]

Steven needs to start hitting the ball over the net then maybe we'll get somewhere in these tournaments ;)

[@kingtrawal]

so you went from playing chess to playing checkers. most of us move up in life, you move back. nicely done.

[@JustSlapTennis]

What a life you must have pal

[@shmkane]

now we gotta get these tennis players to stop moaning after lightly tapping a plastic ball lmao

[@JustSlapTennis]

You love a good moan

[@hruntingson]

Turns out they really enjoy it!

[@malloryemclaren]

I’m a pickleball player and I sound just like them.

[@Forerunner42]

This comment had me rolling lol

[@GhostofGerulaitis]

My favorite part is learning that the totality of pickleball coaching is just saying, "hit balls in the middle " as much as possible. 😂🤣😆🤣😂😂

[@JustSlapTennis]

Hahahah

[@rianweston-dodds6247]

That’s the most basic advice to tell someone who’s just beginning

[@Orangepie86]

Don’t worry about being too apologetic for hitting someone. Most competitive players know it is a legit strategy and won’t be upset. It’s their fault for not reacting fast enough. Also, if the opponents yell right when you are about to hit it, you can call a fault on them. It is rare for people to make that call but in a tournament it is a fair call because yelling and making you miss is against the rules

[@JustSlapTennis]

Love it hahaha

[@nchambers007]

the opponent told his teammate to get back. that's typical player communication - that's totally is allowed. see rule 3.A.7 distraction calls can only be made by a ref, and must be "not typical to the game".

[@blombidobadila8084]

Played competitive table tennis for 25 years, competitive tennis for 15 years and pickleball, so far mostly non competitive, for one year. The only certainites I have so far is Pickleball is a lot less complex, physically demanding and the best advice to give anyone new, or experienced, is hit the ball down the middle of the court as often as possible. It's not a game where spin is much of a factor, TT players can't use many of their skills effectively and the court is to small, especially in doubles, for using 'Tennis' angles.

[@abrahamgozali4156]

Always fun seeing tennis players freshly transition over to pickleball. Once you guys stop trying to play pickleball like tennis and start learning strategy, you both will be a problem.

[@JustSlapTennis]

We need some pointers! Appreciate you supporting the channel

[@Ryan-cf3xi]

​@@JustSlapTenniswork on dinking. Every ball you're just slapping net high at the net person. In tennis you can counter balls that drop low over the net by being on top of the net, but if you're off the net you have to hit a more defensive volley. Same thing in pickleball except you can't get on top of the net. When you're serving you wait until your partner has a good enough dink to get to the net. (Aim for the shoelaces) If they hit a shit shot don't approach until they have to dink back. Same thing when you're both at the net, you got lucky that the people you were playing were not particularly good, but a player that can control the low shots and force you to make mistakes will kill you. Also, learn how to stack. It's what the 3rd guys you played were doing. It's super easy and always gets you on your preferred side so you're not fighting over middle balls based on who has a forehand.

[@savadooo]

The best quote was at 9:46, "you're too close to me" when he (steven?) was completely on the other side of the court LOL. Just playing around you guys are awesome

[@JustSlapTennis]

Hahaha this is what I have to deal with… Steven has a talent for making excuses

[@GhostofGerulaitis]

Also... "This sport is so not s*x." That's hilarious. 😂

[@JustSlapTennis]

It’s really not!

[@GhostofGerulaitis]

@@JustSlapTennis It's barely an hj in the back of the car before 5th period.

[@alexmakatsaria4544]

It's really not

[@ItsaMeGo]

Oof, feel bad for the opponents! When another player starts getting visibly frustrated like that mid match it throws me off too. Big tennis energy, the grunts were hilarious! Keep it going!

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thanks for the support :)

[@Van2Dev]

Funny how I completely missed the NYC and was just grabbed by the tennis player crashes pickleball tournament. That blunt 'friendly' interaction, and I was like, definitely a New Yorker.😂

[@JustSlapTennis]

Yep hahaha

[@yizzytcg]

Literally the funniest thing I watched in terms of pickleball content and I consume a lot 😂 keep it up. More of this!

[@JustSlapTennis]

Means the world thank you

[@lacast_lifestyle]

In January last year, I enrolled for the advanced tournament at Lifetime for my friend (who was the organizer). It was my second time touching the paddle, and I won the tournament pretty easily. I was a D1 lvl tennis player, and I have played the sport for about 20 years. And, I got a fun story, a good friend of mine (who I played against in college and won in a crazy match) is now N1 in America. His name is Federico Staksrud.

[@JustSlapTennis]

Yeah clearly that wasn’t our experience

[@ctbsancho2516]

Tennis player here, once i figured out that it's "not tennis" ! I started whooping ass in PB.

[@JustSlapTennis]

We still need to figure that out haha

[@ctbsancho2516]

@JustSlapTennis yep. In tennis just hitting a good shot will usually win the point. In PB controlling the ball in the kitchen is key, then pulling out the tennis shot to finish the point. Tennis is beautiful chess, PB is grimey checkers! Lol

[@AMurderOfLobs]

@@ctbsancho2516 Actually it's the other way around. Tennis is far more about sheer athleticism, in that you can compensate for imperfect strategy by better fitness and striking the ball better than your opponent. In pickleball shot selection is more important than shot execution, so you can compensate for physical inferiority by superior strategy. That's why you often see 80 year old women punking young 20-something tennis guys who have fine mechanics but no clue how to play pickle. (well, we didn't see it in this video because those 2 ladies didn't know how to play pickleball for shit). In light of these points, pickle is more like chess.

[@Yungdil]

@@AMurderOfLobsyou’re over complicating pickleball. There’s a reason it’s much easier to reach a 5.0 in pickleball than tennis.

[@AMurderOfLobs]

@@Yungdil That's not even a counterargument. You're just saying "nuh uh!" Are you an expert in pickleball? Because I played both sports at a high level (Varsity #2 in singles at a D2 university in tennis, 4.5 in pickleball currently). and I can say without a doubt that strategy is a far more influential factor than sheer athletic performance in pickleball versus tennis. And it's not even close really.

[@K4R3N]

Quickly becoming mt favorite tennis KZbin channel. Dire straits nice selection 👍

[@JustSlapTennis]

Legend! Thank you for the support

[@carlkligerman1981]

So funny man 😂. More please, I’ve never enjoyed watching Pickleball until seeing this, as far as sports content goes this is gold! No sleep till medals boys 😅

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you so much really appreciate the support!! We will never stop haha

[@coder6083]

Never, Never do a music overlay again! Comments and sounds during the matches are THE BEST part.

[@JustSlapTennis]

Hahahaha noted

[@carlkligerman1981]

C’mon, the opera was pretty good. 😂

[@JustSlapTennis]

Hahaha thank you

[@nick-03]

Only opera overlays

[@robbiefox7792]

More of these please! You have a new subscriber now!

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you so much for the support! More of these to come :)

[@jdllim]

“Bitcoin” 😂

[@davidduka4751]

Steven is very corporate America

[@JustSlapTennis]

Not true at all

[@alexmakatsaria4544]

so corporate oh my god

[@Swirlsofclouds]

You guys have a really funny dynamic 😂

[@JustSlapTennis]

Haha thank you

[@Swirlsofclouds]

@@JustSlapTennisThe “He hold the paddle with just the thumb and the pinky” bit killed me

[@JustSlapTennis]

Lol kinda true

[@kathybell4878]

"They're doing some crazy formations" (ie Stacking). Leftie here who stacks and that made me laugh as it's just one more bizarre element to pickleball that makes it fun.

[@JustSlapTennis]

Yeah we had no idea what was going on lol

[@noahvandlen6309]

top 10 scariest things: #1: dying #2: facing stevie at the net #3: facing stevie at the net #4: facing stevie at the net #5: facing stevie at the net #6: facing stevie at the net #7: facing stevie at the net #8: facing stevie at the net #9: facing stevie at the net #10: facing stevie at the net

[@JustSlapTennis]

Stevie at the net is a big problem hahaha he has no mercy

[@GhostofGerulaitis]

Lol

[@alexmakatsaria4544]

Noah I need to see you on the picklball court asap

[@zer0292]

this could be a comedy series, great stuff boys

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you so much appreciate it brother

[@grahamlloyd8479]

Was expecting more full on top spin forehands and slices 😂😅😊

[@Eric-rf6te]

You should try padel

[@JustSlapTennis]

Woahhhh thts an idea right there

[@tackywacky99]

i know it seems rude to hit somebody and it always feels that way coming from tennis also. but the competitive guys know its a part of the game and many pros aim for the body when youre not in a position to hit those back well. their reflexes are fast with just short swings. would love to see another go!

[@H-yn4xd]

this killed me! 🤣 I relate to the pain so hard. The smugness when pickleball players beating tennis players is is unbearable

[@JustSlapTennis]

It sucks hahahaa

[@JTGA38NG]

To be fair, tennis players on every social media post ever do nothing but talk about how they would dominate any pickleball player at any level

[@GotHoai]

​@JTGA38NG and honestly, they do. ONCE they learn how to play pickleball and aren't just trying to play tennis on a smaller court with paddles 😂

[@JTGA38NG]

@@GotHoai I mean sure at an amateur level. Tennis is a great background but it still takes a year or two to get to a high level pro from tennis. Look at Jack Sock he’s been playing for 5 years and is far from dominating

[@MM-es1cl]

Steven: You can talk in the middle of the point? Also Steven in the middle of points: Aarrrrggghh, Ahhhhh, Aaarrggg, Ahhh, Ahhhhhh, Ahhhrgghhh

[@JustSlapTennis]

Hahahaha

[@pastapilot24]

Coming from tennis this is so relatable! I love it!

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you for the support!

[@PickleballWill]

🐐content! Love this hahaha

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you so much :)

[@lisareyes3194]

I’m not a fond of pickleball but watching this is so funny 👏

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you so much!!

[@lexi6693]

hahhahaha so cute . Steven never fails to make me laugh real hard

[@JustSlapTennis]

That man is an absolute psycho

[@JacobMiller19]

I'm not good at pickleball and never played tennis but this video was hilarious!

[@JustSlapTennis]

Jacob…you’re a legend

[@Alliver_pickleball]

Great gems from Coach Andy!

[@PFMirror]

Laughed my ass off the whole time

[@JustSlapTennis]

Haha glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the support

[@RafaelTorres-cf7li]

The one guy had legit tennis stroks, but the big mouth guy who grunts with every stroke is definitely not a tennis player..

[@JustSlapTennis]

You’re so right

[@alexmakatsaria4544]

I'm glad someone noticed

[@carlkligerman1981]

Rafa’s burner account in full effect 😂

[@amp5197]

challengers 2: pickleball coming next summer

[@JustSlapTennis]

Boom

[@willhogan9361]

Third shot drop!

[@JustSlapTennis]

Ty legend

[@maxgreen461]

PT 3 we’re taking gold

[@JustSlapTennis]

For sure no doubt about it

[@alexmakatsaria4544]

100%. Maybe an easier draw next time Max

[@gregmurphy2130]

Good effort gentleman. Great content! We need some lessons from Max in a video.

[@JustSlapTennis]

For sure hahaha

[@alexmakatsaria4544]

Great idea!!

[@LarryMaistelman]

This is funny as fuck... great content

[@JustSlapTennis]

Larry you’re the man

[@nycpickleball]

Quality content a+

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you for not kicking us out haha

[@tiyai7765]

Definitely need more of these videos!

[@TejSingh-mm5so]

this is the greatest thing i've ever seen

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@sangief17]

I play both tennis and pickleball every week, and I really love both. And to be honest, I'm tired of a lot of tennis player's superiority complex over pickle ball. The more you play, the more you understand that these are different games in the racket sport genre. Yes, pickle ball is easier to learn, but at the highest level its completely different from tennis. I actually recently bought eye protection for pickleball because kitchen blocks/volleys against kitchen smashes can be very scary and dangerous.

[@GotHoai]

Great attitude! I play with a lot of tennis players and they love both sports. But our area its much easier to find pickleball groups. And yeah, as you get better and play better ppl, the game totally evolves, gets much faster, more agresssive and at the same time, softer and harder. So different then tennis

[@sangief17]

@@GotHoai I'm pretty sure the people online that sh1t on pickleball, can't even play tennis either... Its the internet... Tennis is hard sport, it take years for even a casual player to get a good basic forehand stroke. On top of that, most strong pickleball players also play tennis... Edit: When I play bad tennis players, I kinda want to tell them to learn and play Pickleball for some fundamentals at least, and then come back to tennis...

[@javierskole2513]

People should stop shitting on either. I also play both but tennis is objectively superior if we’re classifying based on amount of skill it takes to reach each level including the highest levels. I’m a 4.5 in tennis and it took me many years. For pickleball I reached 4.0 level after a couple of days although that’s in large part due to the tennis experience

[@sangief17]

@@javierskole2513 good for you. play against badminton players in pickleball that always pressure the dink game. Dink low, or you will eat volleyball smash PB.

[@SsoulBlade]

There's like one meta here. Just camp by the net.

[@JustSlapTennis]

Basically haha

[@nick-03]

NEVER say Bitcoin during the match 🙅‍♀️

[@JustSlapTennis]

We were finished after that

[@dackerman123]

Tennis players don't drop the ball enough. Doing that one thing alone will give you more free wins

[@JustSlapTennis]

Good to know thank you brother

[@maxgreen461]

Like if you think the Just Slap team should do a part 2 at Life Time

[@JustSlapTennis]

1000%

[@jessepinkman3088]

You should do the Padel version!

[@JustSlapTennis]

Maybe!!

[@MeepMeep88]

6:58 lol kitchen fault brooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, your racket touched the kitchen

[@MeepMeep88]

hahaha 9:30 too

[@JustSlapTennis]

You think anyone caught that hahaha

[@MeepMeep88]

@@JustSlapTennis Meh, just continue playing lol

[@alexmakatsaria4544]

The grunts distracted them

[@cian9495]

alex is f*cking hilarious

[@JustSlapTennis]

That he is haha

[@kylewongpb]

Btw - 9:20 fault - falling into the non-volley zone after taking the ball out of the air in the non-volley zone But thanks for showing how tennis players still need to learn how to play pickleball.

[@JustSlapTennis]

You’re welcome

[@G30R61A]

Pickleball, or in other words: don’t ace me, pass me, drop shot me, or lob me. Lifetime literally paved over all our tennis courts here for pickleball because any noob can play and overpay. There has been a mass exodus of real tennis players here and lifetime just says bye because they can’t handle the capacity in the first place👋

[@ravencalebson]

Lifetime's a business and they make more money on Pickleball. It's smart

[@Dinkdifferent]

funny shit, loved it!

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you!!

[@PapFranky]

Dude Steven is sooo fucking relatable. This is gold. Keep it up guys.

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you so much! Really appreciate it

[@AlisaMakatsaria]

Put David into the game!!!!

[@JustSlapTennis]

It would be over if he hoped in!

[@Divedown_25]

Sad. I really thought tennis players would crash pickleball players in pickleball… now I gave to degrade tennis players

[@JTGA38NG]

Kid in the white shirt was cooking

[@draconis228]

im not alone, subscribed

[@JustSlapTennis]

Legend thank you

[@new2utube541]

Have you guys played Padel? I would be surprised if you don't get addicted to it

[@JustSlapTennis]

Played it a couple of times. Really fun!

[@pabloponchik]

I wish I would never have such partner, please no partners from tennis on my side

[@JustSlapTennis]

Which person was worse lol

[@pabloponchik]

@@JustSlapTennis moaning arrogant one, i do not care about your skill till you have the right attitude

[@jacksonl9759]

Do they play double bounce rule in these tourneys?

[@crazyguy338]

3:33 "whatever" LOL 4:36 13:14 bitcoin

[@JustSlapTennis]

“Bitcoin” is definitely where it all went to shit

[@noorbesharat4798]

Love this

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you!!

[@80blubber]

nah, you gotta change your mentality otherwise the losing will pile on. Tooo tight, never loose. Instead of smacking ball like tennis, you gotta learn to drop the ball more often and go into the dink and dunk game and find that ball you can smack, patience.

[@DearDextra]

the second team is barely 3.0 and they are playing yalls. Its unfair to them.

[@JustSlapTennis]

It’s ok we got smashed the rest of the games lol

[@yanetportillo5593]

yesss keep doing theseee

[@JustSlapTennis]

Absolutely!!

[@sydneybell1802]

Great video!

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you for the support

[@WooPickleball]

Great video!! Awesome content! More pickleball videos. If you ever want to come to the Bay Area and shoot content hit me up!

[@JustSlapTennis]

Appreciate the support man thank you

[@vladimirmakatsaria7949]

I would love to play you and teach both of you how to perform better

[@JustSlapTennis]

So you are both a tennis expert AND a pickleball expert?

[@alexmakatsaria4544]

Yes please Steven needs a lesson

[@Orangepie86]

Half volley softly into the opponent’s kitchen/other team’s feet. Half volleys are a skill that translates well from tennis. Your opponents are punishing you all popping it up

[@JustSlapTennis]

Yessir! Thank you :)

[@EduardoEspinosa-j7c]

Educated swing guys! I wish we could play a match on the real sized courts ;)

[@JustSlapTennis]

It’d be game over haha

[@Bergarita]

You guys dont have much of a soft game. But you do have the talent for PB.

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you

[@precise_szn7395]

Great video this was fun to watch but the camera man for the match needs to stop moving the camera and just cover the whole court stable

[@JustSlapTennis]

Glad you liked the vid. Thanks for the support

[@millsap40]

this is gold

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you so much

[@henriquelaydner4080]

What’s your tennis level exactly? I'm really not trying to shame you, but I’d expect a little bit more dexterity, even if the pickleball dynamics is rather different.

[@JustSlapTennis]

D1 college tennis. Was that dive not dexterous enough for you?

[@rodrigorodrigues6226]

Guys go play a padel match, if Steven gets like that in pickel, he will brake his racket at padel fr

[@JustSlapTennis]

Lol we will. Another vid haha

[@caetano1998]

Get whacked by two kinda fit dudes Make pretend prep talk Proceed to use epic music when beating two girls and one of them is overweight lol

[@JustSlapTennis]

Watch video then actually take the time to comment on video describing the video you watched

[@jejej5067]

buy a luxe invikta, switch back to semi western, rip ground strokes

[@JustSlapTennis]

I like that

[@tangerx6673]

I think many of the players playing pickleball are from tennis anyway, you'll be right at home if you stick with it!

[@JustSlapTennis]

I really hope so haha. It sure didn’t feel like it lol

[@simon__mee]

Subscribed after hearing "ааа, блять"

[@JustSlapTennis]

Hahahahaha

[@brianciofani4698]

It's like they are actually too lazy to play tennis but it's nice for the over 70 crowd to stay active.

[@BeckettChung]

Good shit boys

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you bro appreciate the support

[@waka8433]

Steven fk yea, i like thsi guy

[@JustSlapTennis]

I love you

[@jonahhawkins3910]

Congrats y’all beat some Susan’s in a rec tourney, play some real comp tennis bros 😭

[@JustSlapTennis]

😭😭😭💀💀💀

[@chavonlarmond6987]

Your drives are too high. 6 inches above the net or lower. Otherwise slow the drive down for accuracy. Your game plan will work at the 3.5 level.

[@JustSlapTennis]

We’ll make sure to lower those drives next time

[@NBHSzebra08]

This was great! lol

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you haha

[@wilsonmok6084]

I had the same problems with the stupid sport. Pickleball is for people who suck in tennis.

[@JustSlapTennis]

Lol

[@robbydridesemtb4428]

Alex has a 3.9 DUPR? Actually, if you two would work on the kitchen game, aka dinking, and hit your drives 75%, not 100% power, you'll be a force at the 3.5 level.

[@JustSlapTennis]

Yeah we need a lot of work on the dinking

[@lesterma1608]

Typical tennis bangers

[@JustSlapTennis]

Legend Ty for support

[@evannatteford1784]

6:49 That's a fault, you can't let your paddle touch the ground inside the kitchen after hitting a volley because otherwise you could use your paddle to help push yourself out of the kitchen. Good shot though, its high level awareness to play big on the left and take that ball. Good thing they won that point anyway. Similarly the volley you hit at 9:18 is also a fault, kitchen rule applies to your body. Not trying to be an asshole btw just trying to educate, because both faults were avoidable if you knew the extent of the rule. Also watch the serve when you are the person standing at the kitchen line at service because Alex should have called the serve at 12:45 a mile out. To finish off the guy who talked to you at the end wasn't just gassing you up, if you guys stick with it for any amount of time and learn a bit more of the strategy and finesse of pickleball yall will be a problem on court for a lot of people.

[@JustSlapTennis]

Appreciate the feedback brother 🤝

[@JohnnyCrash7]

just a matter of time until yall learn to play slow!

[@JustSlapTennis]

We watched it back the other day and we really seem unwell haha

[@patriciamakatsaria8365]

Finally!!!!! ❤❤❤

[@JustSlapTennis]

Long time coming!

[@stevecrawford333]

This is like the tennis trolls who tell every pickleball video that they suck and that they would destroy everyone in pickleball because tennis players are better. Like most people who are good at pickleball also came from tennis so its not like as a tennis player you are going to come whoop up on pickleballers. Thats like saying you would destory ping pongers because you play tennis.

[@ravencalebson]

Steven looks a little shaky not gonna lie. Gotta be better

[@JustSlapTennis]

I agree

[@alexmakatsaria4544]

Thank you

[@gxyxy1012]

entertaining as h

[@JustSlapTennis]

Thank you so much

[@omarhaque4098]

You can’t hit a serve return as a volley which is saw you do many times

[@JustSlapTennis]

We did? When?

[@mex5341]

just use more " blyad" instead of "факкк"

[@JustSlapTennis]

Next time

[@270calex]

Just like a tennis player to hit it hard every time. Learn the soft game, and learn how to do drop shots.