Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from April, 2023

Pickleball, not just for seniors anymore!

Pickleballo.com Staff Writer Pickleball is not just for seniors anymore! Originally the game was ideal for seniors, a low-impact game that almost anyone from their 50s to their 80s could play easily and have fun. But now you see teens through 30 year olds competing at a very high level, and many becoming professional players in their teens and 20’s. And there are young pickleball Youtubers teaching techniques on how to play better and be more competitive. These players are fit and compete as hard as any professional athlete, and with investors buying pickleball teams for millions of dollars, pickleball has joined the big leagues of sports. So what’s happening with seniors and pickleball? It’s booming! The seniors continue to play pickleball in their communities with their friends and neighbors, making each game a social experience combining friendly competitiveness with community closeness, because of pickleball, people are actually making friends in their HOA communities faster than e

Learn to return the serve in pickleball

First, the serve must bounce before being returned by the opponent, the same is when the serve is returned by the opponent, it must also first bounce. Then we have the third shot drop.  Mastering a good return/third shot will give you a significant advantage over your opponent. The objective of the serve return is to make the third shot to your opponent a difficult one, a way to accomplish this is to hit the ball right over the net into the opponent’s kitchen, or hit the return serve court deep, going after your opponent’s weak side, but be prepared for an aggressive opponent's return just in case. What a great game!