The Pickleball Lab

Are you making the #1 beginner mistake in pickleball? This video breaks down the most common error new players make and shows you exactly how to fix it to improve your game fast! Stop losing points and start winning more games.

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The 4 Phases of Pickleball is an important concept to understand to help you breakdown the game into manageable chunks so you can get better faster!

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Once you’ve mastered the Cooperative Volley Drill, it’s time to level up with the Aggressive Volley Drill! This drill simulates real game-speed exchanges and is designed to sharpen your reflexes and develop lightning-fast hands at the net.

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The return is EVERYTHING. Let's watch some pro pickleball film together and break down everything they're doing at the pro level to hit solid returns.

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Footwork is SUPER important. Going to look at kitchen footwork that the pros use and also how footwork happens with the pros after a 3rd shot drive into a 5th shot drop! A viewer asked about a good paddle at the end of the stream which I answer.

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Going to breakdown some student pickleball film today in the 3.0 – 3.5 range. Topics covered: return and run, transition, top spin and a whole lot more.

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Going to go through some matches from the PPA Red Rock Open and learn from the pros!

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Volleys at the Kitchen in Pickleball is an incredibly important skill. Being able to hit the ball with control, aiming the ball, and generally placing the ball where you intend to can be the difference between winning and losing your game. With this Cooperative Volley Drill you'll be developing that all important control so you can start winning more hand battles and therefore, more pickleball games.

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The Dinking Game is a great pickleball drill. It emphasizes dinking and volleys and helps you focus on those 2 phases of your pickleball game. Whether you're working on dinking consistency, speed ups, counters or just general volleys, The Dinking Game puts you in a real live pickleball situation so you can grind out the technical and strategic aspects of kitchen play in Pickleball.

0:00 – Intro
0:26 – Drill Setup
0:45 – The Feed
1:10 – The Dinking Game Example
3:08 – Are Lobs Allowed?
3:39 – Summary
3:56 – Outro

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Struggling to get dinking down? Hitting high balls, balls into the net, balls out of bounds, or not hitting aggressive enough dinks to cause the other team errors? Then do this drill! Do this drill once a day and you'll skyrocket your dinks to the next level and you'll start to hear more and more, "dang, your dinking has gotten ridiculously good!"

0:00 – Intro
0:21 – Drill Setup
0:36 – 3 Things to Focus On
1:17 – Positions & Length of Drill
2:35 – Summary
2:53 – Outro

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If you're looking to improve your 3rd shot drops, this is the main drill you will likely use throughout your pickleball journey. It's a mainstay of any professional drilling routine and you should add it to your drill program to watch your quality and consistency of 3rd shot drops go through the roof!

Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:28 – Drill Setup
1:12 – Drill Example
2:17 – Summary
2:23 – Outro

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When we baby our shots in pickleball it can lead to us making bad decisions and compromising parts of the point like transition distance. This bonus video will show you what I’m talking about.

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Holding your paddle correctly in Pickleball is uber important. Hold it too far this way, too high, too far out, etc. and you'll get beat almost every time. Having your paddle in the right position will give you faster hands and faster hands means more points. But what is the right position to hold your paddle? In this video Josh dives into how to hold your paddle in Pickleball correctly. How high to hold your paddle, what depth, rotation, position, etc. And at the end of this video, you'll be able to be confident that you have the paddle in the exact right position when you're out playing to give yourself the best opportunity to hit a quality ball.

Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:32 – Topics Covered
0:46 – Paddle Position
1:05 – Paddle Rotation
3:10 – Paddle Height
3:27 – Paddle Depth
4:13 – Paddle Ready
5:48 – Ball Tap & Hold Drill
7:09 – Advanced Tip: Film!
7:30 – Outro
8:12 – Bloopers

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Want to learn the bare bones basics of Pickleball? In this video, Josh explains how to play Pickleball in under 2 minutes! Get out there and playing immediately!

Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:24 – The Pickleball Court Explained
0:35 – Serving
0:54 – Faults
1:04 – The Two Bounce Rule
1:31 – Non-Volley Zone (or "The Kitchen")
2:00 – Clean Up Rules
2:10 – Outro/Bloopers

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In this video we talk about Skinny Singles, one of Pickleball's BEST drills to get better and improve your game. There's a reason the pros play this game/drill all the time. Learn how to play and why you should be playing skinny singles all the time.

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Welcome to The Pickleball Lab YouTube Channel! In this video we dive into the why behind The Pickleball Lab and how we'll use YouTube to accomplish these goals. You'll also learn more about what our plans are with YouTube and the types of content you can expect from us. Welcome to The Lab!

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