Sights and sounds are all around us. We grow and learn from them starting the day we are born. They not only teach us how to function; they also trigger us to take action. A few visual triggers are red stop signs, flashing police lights and seeing lightning that forewarns stormy weather. Common sound triggers …
In pickleball and tennis, coaches commonly say “Follow through in the direction you want to hit the ball.” This may sound sensible, but it is misleading and can open players up to problems, including too much grip tension which slows down your paddle speed (and therefore the ball speed). Why am I complaining about this …
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Google “bad line calls and tennis” and John McEnroe is in the second listing. When John McEnroe was playing the pro tour, it was electrifying, and not just because of his tennis talent. He regularly created the kind of drama that also made the “Jerry Springer Show” so popular. People like controversy, and McEnroe created …
Pickleball is fast. Tennis is fast. We know that. Both sports test every fiber of our eye-brain reaction skills. But how do they compare to one another? First let’s compare the court length. Baseline to baseline in tennis is 78 feet. Pickleball is 44 feet, almost half the distance. How does this affect reaction time? …
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(Joe Dinoffer is a USPTA and PTR master professional, has written 7 tennis books and 22 DVDs, and has appeared on the Tennis Channel. His company OnCourt OffCourt manufactures training aids for pickleball and tennis.) We all hate to admit it, but despite pickleball’s many attractions (which includes exercise and fitness!), most people play pickleball …
The good. The bad. The ugly. And the solution. If you’ve ever gotten in a car accident, most of the time you know the cause. If the accident was your fault, you took your eye off the road. It’s that simple. In tennis, taking your eye off the ball has less serious consequences, but causes …
