Category: Slate Blog
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Setting the Standard for a Proper Match Warmup for Pickleball
What is the point of a warmup for pickleball? Many have good answers to this question. To get the feel for the ball, to get the muscles loose, to get the blood flowing, to prevent injury. All solid responses. What do most players actually do when they warm-up? Dead dinking for two minutes and that’s…
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Get Massive Power on Your Pickleball Overhead
The lob comes, it’s a real floater. Time to blast. You reach high, and poof, another slow response. At least it went in. But the opponent drives it right back at your body, and you definitely haven’t recovered in time. You dump it into the net. Your partner gives the classic “aww good try.” Does…
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The Importance of Topspin in Pickleball
With the sharper ball trajectory, topspin will increase your consistency in many situations…
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Pickleball is Changing…
We all know that pickleball is a fantastic sport bursting through the fabric of the competitive and social culture of the United States. On the top end of this burgeoning world, professional pickleball tournaments are gaining a wider audience, meaning more ticket sales, more prize money, and thus, more interest in players going pro. Even…