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Johnny Pickleball ® Sports Blog:


Listed below is the Johnny Pickleball Sports Blog. It contains pickleball advice and tips. Take a look at it and if you have any comments regarding any of the below blog entries
please send your email comments to: Johnny@JohnnyPickleball.com

THANKS!


 1/1/2017
 The future of Pickleball will probably be the fast slam game.  However, there is a very strong contingent of players favoring the slow game.

1/15/2017
Pickleball is enjoyable by young & old.

2/1/2017
Pickleball is portable.

2/15/2017
Pickleball is fun, inexpensive, and easy to learn.

3/1/2017
Less work. More Pickleball.

3/15/2017
Pickleball releases endorphins & bioamines.

4/1/2017
You laugh a lot playing Pickleball. 

4/15/2017
Pickleball is a great way to make lasting new friends.

5/1/2017
Pickleball has 2.5 million players in the USA.

5/15/2017
Pickleball is the USA's fastest growing sport.

6/1/2017
Pickleball is a good healthy workout.

6/15/2017
Pickleball has many helpful USAPA Ambassadors.

7/1/2017
USAPA has a great website. See: www.usapa.org 

USAPA Pickleball - USA Pickleball - Join the Fun!
www.usapa.org
USA Pickleball - Join the Fun!

7/15/2017
PIckleball improves hand-eye coordination.

8/1/2017
Pickleball can be recreational or competitive.

8/15/2017
Pickleball will improve your life.

9/1/2017
Pickleball is played in USA, England, Canada, Brazil, China, Russia, India, Italy, Japan, Finland, Spain, and many other countries.  

9/15/2017
Keep your paddle up, don't lose your serve, serve deep - high - floating balls into the opponent's court, keep the return of serve in, keep the ball in play, clear the net by good measure, control the net/non-volley line, in doubles move parallel with your partner side to side & front to back, be patient, hit many of your shots low & down the middle or low to opponent's backhand, split-step, third - shot - drop, dink, drop-shot, lob, no unforced errors, don't back-peddle since that contributes to falling, poach, volley - volley - volley, be persistent & consistent,  and give your opponents ample time to lose the point.

9/22/2017
Play probabilities

9/29/2017
Be a hero - not a zero

10/6/2017
Buy time

10/13/2017
Keep opponents back

10/20/2017
Be smart - think ahead

10/27/2017
Pickleball.  Cheaper than therapy.

11/3/2017
Solve the riddle ... down the middle.

11/10/2017
Anticipate

11/17/2017
Probe weaknesses of opponent during warm up

11/24/2017
Pickleball 9 to 90

12/01/2017
Punch volleys

12/08/2017
Don't play catch

12/15/2017
Practice makes perfect

12/23/2017
Avoid hogging

12/30/2017
Avoid yelling to partner

01/ 6/2018
Think of the ball as a problem that you want to hit (give) back to your opponent(s)

01/13/2018
When you are at the net it shields your opponent's difficult shots at your feet

01/20/2018
Good teammates communicate really well

01/27/2018
Underspin to slow ball down & topspin to speed ball up

02/02/2018
#1 rule of pickleball doubles -- get a good partner

02/09/2018
I don't like stacking

02/16/2018
Try 3rd shot drive in place of 3rd shot drop

02/23/2018
Stretch - Stretch - Stretch

03/02/2018
Patience will achieve more than force

03/09/2018
If court is slippery - don't play

03/16/2018
Honesty is the best policy

03/23/2018
Be polite

03/30/2018
Practice on tennis backboard

04/06/2018
Think

04/13/2018
 When poaching - move just before your opponent hits the ball

04/20/2018
Read the other team

04/27/2018
Less is more

05/04/2018
Frequency may be more important than duration

05/11/2018
You are what you do ... not what you say you'll do

05/18/2018
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves 

05/25/2018

Make your mom proud

06/01/2018

Do the right thing

06/08/2018

Buy low - sell high

06/15/2018

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding"

Proverbs 3:5

06/22/2018

"For we live by faith - not by sight"

2 Corinthians 5:7

​06/29/2018
...  Pickleball ...
Before you speak, listen. 
Before you write, think. 
Before you spend, earn. 
Before you invest, investigate. 
Before you criticize, wait. 
Before you pray, forgive. 
Before you quit, try. 
Before you retire, save. 
Before you die, give.”

  --William Arthur Ward --

6/1/2018

Balance-Balance-Balance

6/8/2018

Even a blind squirrel can find an acorn some of the time

6/15/2018

Pickleball is 90% mental and the other half is physical

6/22/2018

I would rather be lucky than good

6/29/2018

Let that be a lesson to you. Nobody beats me 17 times in a row 

7/6/2018

Faith -> Family -> Friends -> Pickleball

7/13/2018

Play smarter ... not harder

7/20/2018

Observe 5.0 players

7/27/2018

Be doers ... not watchers only

8/03/2018

Have a game plan

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8/10/2018

Use the "chicken wing" forehand when cramped

8/17/2018

Integrity 

8/24/2018

Be a Good Sport

8/31/2018

Win the shot - win the point - win the match

9/07/2018

Pickleball is a game of attrition

9/14/2018

When needed - don't be afraid to take the lead

with your partner

9/21/2018

Visualize positive results

9/28/2018

Tiny leaps make big changes

10/5/2018

Situational awareness

10/12/2018

Work on your inner self game

10/19/2018

Provide external positive support to others

10/26/2018

Enjoy - Bring joy into your game/life

11/2/2018

Never stop practicing, learning, and training

11/9/2018

Ideas are cheap - execution is everything

11/16/2018

​The more I practice ... the luckier I get

11/23/2018

Excellence is not just a single act but rather a habit

11/30/2018

Persistence changes failure to achievement

1/5/2019

​Let your paddle do the talking

1/12/2019

Learn to generate top spin on the forehand

1/19/2019

Learn how to play "Skinny Singles" to improve

your accuracy, consistency, and non-injury.

1/26/2019

Teach a kid how to play pickleball

2/2/2019

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard

2/9/2019

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up

2/16/2019

If you can't outplay them, outwork them

2/23/2019

It ain't over ... till it's over.

3/2/2019

Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between

your own ears

3/9/2019

Make each day your masterpiece

3/16/2019

 A good pickle ball player plays where the ball is. A great pickleball  player plays where the ball is going to be

3/23/2019

Pickleball medals eventually gather dust. Pickleball memories last forever

3/30/2019

If you fail to prepare, you've prepared to fail

​4/6/2019

It does not matter how slow you go as long as you do not stop

4/13/2019

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on you own understanding  (Proverbs 3:5)

4/20/2019

I never lose. I either win ... or ... I learn

4/27/2019

Do it -- Fix it -- Try it

(Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction)

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