We Tried the Jordan Briones Two Day Intensive Pickleball Camp

[@BrionesPickleball]

You guys are the absolute BEST 3.5 group I’ve ever had. Love to have you back.

[@EddieDBama]

I hope none of my opponents are listening to this. NONE! This is now a dream for me to attend. I am 3.5 at best.

[@neilmm]

Great work! Do you have a video where you thoroughly go over which types of grips are ideal for which shots or mention what is common among pros? I sit in continental at the net to be ready for speed ups to either side, but for most shots where there's time I switch between a mild eastern forehand and mild eastern backhand but I'm wondering if I should simplify to continental more often.

[@1JRake]

Attended in Feb - not only were his critiques spot on and instructive, but Jordan’s engaging instruction made the two days lots of fun as well - great value!

[@Fernaggio]

I’m am absolutely ready for a montage of Will saying “I’m about to F*** S*** up”, and then a ton of clips of him dumping balls into the net 😂

[@HardyHarz]

Chris, a good hack when your lower back acts up like that - hang from a pull up bar (or anything you can hang from) and just relax and let your back decompress. It works REALLY well when you’ve got something out of whack, or after sitting for a long time at work, etc.

[@PickleballStudio]

Thanks for the tip!

[@Mr.DJones]

Great fun and good information. I took a two-hour class from Jordan a while back. It was good, but I can see how this new two day format of teaching is so much better. It's expensive, but worth it if you really love the game, want to get better, and, have the money.

[@neilmm]

I made it to the kitchen even with a torn meniscus. Be careful my dudes, don't addictively play nonstop until something breaks. Great content! I feel like Chris where I've still been improving consistently and haven't felt that urge to seek out a coaching because I always saw those videos of them just demonstrating concepts to the group but this format sounds amazing and makes me want to potentially plan a trip in the future!

[@DavidSchilter]

Nice one! Will's comment about his younger self trying to go from defense to offense too soon resonated with me. It's not impossible but indeed a very low % strategy. I'm gonna try to build points rather than go for glory on every shot and miss most of them :)

[@PaddleAuthority]

You guys are awesome. Love the podcast and all your paddle reviews. Look forward to everyone upload. Much love for you guys❤

[@El_Guap]

The decision to anticipate and decide to step back, bounce, and attack… vs a bad take it out of the air reaching volley is something I find I struggle with when I am playing poorly and have to think about and something I don’t even need to think about when I am playing well. Being more intentional about that strategic decision is tough but super key jump in skill. I wish there was a perfect mental algorithm to decide this

[@speedrrracer]

I learned a ton just from this video -- can't imagine how much one might learn at the actual intensive

[@hzlhzl]

Jordan is a really interesting guy when you have him on -- can't wait for the video on this intensive with footage!

[@alanpranke3299]

Wow, 3 of my faves of technical pickleball expertise!

[@ashevillescarborough]

Great stuff as always from my three favorite PB KZbinrs! Keep up the good work!

[@mccgunter]

Entertained all the way to the kitchen. Wishing you all the best in the years to come.

[@jaycohen5482]

Ballpark cost of the two day? Thanks.

[@phyllisrosen7637]

Gotta sign up for the coaching! Briones is the best!

[@tagman12]

Absolutely made it to the kitchen fellas! Awesome podcast and loved hearing about your 2 day intensive.

[@EddieDBama]

Kitchen. This was World's Colliding Gold! WOW! Loved this one.

[@pickleballtara]

I think we all feel like we are friends as fans of all your channels 😄 I feel like Jordan was my second Coach.

[@bonniebeaux]

Just loved this and saving my gum money to take the 2 day intensive with Jordan. I always make it to the kitchen.

[@EK-gf7yu]

Love Jordan, you guys are all great together!!

[@michaelhopwood1179]

loved my intensive with Jordan in April. Still working on incorporating his suggestions in my game.

[@blockchainbaboon7617]

How much was it? I cant seem to find the cost anywhere

[@dougniwa8886]

Made it to the kitchen! Really enjoyed Jordan, I've been watching his videos since I started playing (close to 5 years now).

[@TonyFaustino]

I made it to the kitchen 💪 - this was inspiring, and Jordan confirming Chris is better than 3.5 made my day. But, my fave was Will dropping 3 F-💣s throughout the pod 👊

[@Bergarita]

Great video. 3 of my favorite pickleball youtubers.

[@teenasuzuki2514]

Made it to the PBstudio and my home kitchen. Now I gotta go cook 👩🏻‍🍳 Great pod guys!!

[@stephenchavkin8082]

Made it to the Kitchen. I've been watching Jorden's KZbins for years so it was great to hear what his live session are like. Good show guys.

[@rtdo13]

Made it to the kitchen! Jen and I were planning to do the intensive towards the end of the year but hearing you guys doing one convinced us to move it up to next month!

[@DGDancemonkey]

Made it to the kitchen! Great podcast. Hope I get to do an Intensive someday!

[@joes1973]

Made it to the kitchen, have been following Jordan's videos since I started playing pickleball a couple years ago, a 2 Day Intensive with Jordan is on my bucket list. Unfortunately my bucket has a hole in it where all the money goes! One day...

[@86309]

LOVED this!!!!!!!

[@SnapShot83]

Fantastic episode and guest. I made it to the kitchen! Very great topics and looking forward to the video footage!

[@toninorcross2611]

Made it. Enjoyed the talk!

[@jeffreyclemente-d6p]

Great show!

[@chantasticpickleball]

Loved this podcast. As an instructor striving to make my community better, it is great hearing you guys discuss learning "concepts" as opposed to shot repetition. You are guys based in the bay area? I'm in Sacramento!

[@buildingpickleball]

Big resume energy. Boba Boyz. Awesome takeaways: learn to love the middle, time & space. Not sure the last time I seen a pod with a coach and learners breaking down their recent training camp. Much more effective and relatable. Why did the training take place in CO?

[@MichaelSloan-k8l]

Made it to the kitchen and definitely want to see videos of will’s speed up bc I never speed up just dink and reset.

[@RiomaWF]

great pod

[@brianbanks3044]

at my level and the competition I play with, there is more dinking in warmups than we will see in the whole 2-3 hour session...it seems like speed up and drives are top priority on everybody's mind....sure there are nice winners but most points last 3-5 hits at most and most points result in balls into net or hit out of bounds...my motto is to "Keep the ball in Play" but it just doesn't translate at the levels that i compete....great video guy, my 3 favorite you tubers

[@kravitz88]

Fun… made it to the kitchen thanks for the tips

[@86309]

Id like to hear Jordans thoughts on Paddles, since you two are so paddle tech guys, what are his thoughts of playing a Power vs a control like the 2 extremes now, the GB Pro Power El. vs the Luxx Invika ?

[@tedjeanmahoney8547]

Great Conversation!! Having Jordan (A Coach) on your program, has made this the best one yet. (For what to learn on the court) Would like to complement what was said by both Chris & Will, you said that Jordan does not like to change how you play, for the sack of change. That is the best compliment a coach can hear from his athletes. I've coached baseball for many years. Started playing Pickleball about 7months ago. What a great sport. Where can I follow Jordan as well? Thank you. - T Mo

[@PickleballWill]

@brionespickleball

[@michaelchu94]

Thank you for the free middle dink reset lesson!

[@gibsonax]

Alright what’s up guys

[@Reeseballin8]

This made me want to take the camp so bad

[@elvnprince]

I feel like a two day intensive with minimal participants would be the best type of training to invest in. The feedback is going to be more accurate than a shorter session and/or more participants.

[@elvnprince]

Made it to the kitchen, loved the episode!

[@kylepickleball]

I really like the 4:1 player/instructor ratio in Jordan's camp. Many do 8:1 which is too large IMO.

[@Thejoeb]

Wish I could afford the intensive! Unfortunately what could be helped along in 2 days with proper funding may take me years to get to the same point... I imagine the money is well spent if you want to improve quickly and not stall out at 4.5 forever on your path to 5.0

[@groot3371]

I made it to the kitchen. I loved this podcast.

[@kylepickleball]

So this intensive camp is geared towards a 3.5 at best if Chris participated 🤔

[@blockchainbaboon7617]

Does anybody know how much the intensive costs?

[@MrFreshnica]

Made it to the Kitchen and i am full XD

[@suybean1]

Ok lemme guess: avacado smoothie with boba for Chris, and Thai tea milk with boba for Will. Is that right!?

[@PickleballStudio]

Honeydew for me 😊

[@coolnesskiwi555]

Is it bad to play pickleball with a semi-western grip? Also, do pros usually switch their grips in the middle of a point?

[@PickleballStudio]

Semi western can be very hard to do certain shots from. It’ll limit your options slightly. It can work though. Riley Newman is something near semi western. Some pros switch grips mid point.

[@coolnesskiwi555]

@@PickleballStudio thank you!! That is good to know. Yes it does seem harder to hit good back hand volleys because sometimes it makes the ball pop up. Do you think it’s worth switching to a eastern/continental grip even though I’ve been using semi western for awhile now?

[@rlandersal]

Made it 👍

[@rogersol.youtube]

Kitchen 🙌🏽

[@mist3rwang]

I'd do the VIP intensive today if it was in that $750 range, but that's half the cost....

[@magicbuss2117]

Made it to the kitchen, loaded the dish washer while I was there.

[@jorgeferreiro9783]

Were either Chris or Will compensated by a free or discounted course price? This would tend to disqualify your reviews. Maybe you covered this and I missed it.

[@PickleballWill]

We def got the friend discount so you can take that into account when evaluating our opinions on this experience for sure

[@PickleballStudio]

What Will said. However, if you've watched my channel for any amount of time, you know I don't sugar coat anything. If it wasn't good, I would say it. Plenty of reviews and other opinions on my channel should make that very clear. Also neither of us were paid to make a review on this.

[@spencerfisher4080]

I’m sure they get free paddles too. If you look up any decent sized review channel, they got it for free. Chris has been VERY honest about several overpriced big name paddles. I wouldn’t entirely discount something just for that

[@trentkollar9419]

You want evidence of Chris’ unbiased opinion, go watch is review of Zane’s paddle 😂😂😂😂

[@garyk2629]

Is Chris intentionally hamming it up when he took that pic for the thumbnail?

[@jeffleepickleball]

@8:41 LOL

[@quidproquo9000]

you can get better somewhat by watching your own gameplay to pick out fundamentals.. but to improve to higher levels, you really do need higher level coaching and guidance

[@zacharyalonte8904]

Yup, made it to the kitchen

[@nancycapps3937]

Kitchen!

[@KO1967]

The Kitchen ... I was about to sign up for Jordan's intensive training course ... UNTIL he said Chris is better than 3.5 ... Jordan instantly lost his credibility.

[@PickleballStudio]

BAHAHA

[@tedjeanmahoney8547]

Made It to the Kitchen

[@user-uf7uv2th2j]

Made it to the kitchen

[@trentkollar9419]

Chris... Where is the cornhole content? Get on it dude. The people have been patient.

[@PickleballStudio]

Be careful what you wish for 😂

[@trentkollar9419]

In the words of Ron Swanson, “I know what I’m about son.”

[@zachcarmichael699]

Probably unpopular opinion, but I think clinics are a total waste of hard-earned money. There's no way you can walk out a significantly better player after just a few hours. The concepts might be shown, but it takes dozens of hours of focused games and repetition to really drill those concepts home. And I think it especially rings true when you're 4.0+ attending these clinics...it's really diminishing returns the higher up you are. Get yourself a good paddle, go to your local courts, and force yourself into groups that are clearly better than you. Get advice from them as you play and emulate their shots and strategy.

[@kylepickleball]

I think it depends on the type of clinic and the skill set of the instructor. Being able to play pickleball at high level doesn't mean you can teach it at high levels. I'd be interested in a 4.0/4.5 camp like this to identify areas I need to work on, pick up on strategies to incorporate into my game, and get some feedback from the instructor. But for me that's a waste of money if I'm not going to go home and start adding what I learned into my drill routine, game play, etc.

[@jslocomb]

Love you guys, but get a haircut. Looks sloppy.

[@PickleballStudio]

The haircut is coming. Sheesh 🤣