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5 Serve Variations to Keep Opponents Guessing
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FIT PICKLER
January 30, 2025
Health, Fitness, News & Fun for Picklers of All Ages
What's Cooking in the Kitchen This Week:
“GOT IT” and “SURVEY CONTEST” WINNERS ANNOUNCED
5 Serve Variations to Keep Your Opponents Guessing
How To Introduce Yourself To A New Pickleball Partner
GAME CHANGEHER Vegas Pickleball Event Announcement
Fitness Expert Glenn Dawson: Best Tool For Pain for Pickleball/Tennis Players
Michelob Ultra's Super Bowl 2025 Ad Teaser
What Do Pickleball and Bull Riding Have In Common?
Exploring Soundproofing Of Pickleball Courts
Co-Founder of Pickleball Club Convicted of Embezzlement
Humor: Shoutout to Everyone Who Once Said They Would Never Play PB
Is The Pickleball Capital In Washington State?
MI Teen Creates NonProfit To Bring PB To Area Youth
Coach Mary: Paddle Position
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🥷 SKILLS
5 Serve Variations to Keep
Your Opponents Guessing
Serving Up Variations
In pickleball, the serve is often underestimated. For many, it’s simply a way to start the point. But if you see your serve as an opportunity to gain an early advantage, you’ll understand how important it is to add variety to your serve game. A predictable serve allows your opponent to prepare for a strong return, but mixing up your serves forces them to adjust constantly, disrupting their rhythm and increasing the chances of errors.
In this guide, we’ll cover five effective serve variations for all skill levels, along with tips and drills to help you master each one. With practice, these serves can transform your game and keep your opponents guessing.
The Short, Low Serve
The short, low serve is an excellent tool to keep your opponent off balance. By landing the ball just beyond the kitchen line, you force your opponent to move forward and return from an awkward position. This serve disrupts players who are more comfortable returning from the baseline.
How to execute it:
🤔Pickleball Etiquette
How To Introduce Yourself
To A New Partner
How Do You Dink?
Navigating the sometimes-awkward introduction to a new pickleball partner can set the tone for a great game—or a frustrating one. Whether you're meeting for a casual open play or teaming up for a competitive tournament, first impressions matter.
From quick icebreakers to strategies for on-court chemistry, this guide offers tips to help you connect, communicate, and thrive with any partner.
Learn how to make a great first impression and boost your teamwork, click here…
📣ANNOUNCEMENT
Game ChangeHer Events is dedicated to empowering and teaching women through the dynamic sport of pickleball. Their mission is to create a supportive and inclusive environment where women can learn, grow, and excel in their pickleball skills.
9 hours of instruction with max of 4 players per court. Two groups: 3.0-3.4 and 3.5+
Learn more here…
🏋️ STAYING FIT with GLENN
Best Tool For Pain:
Pickleball/Tennis Players
🤩ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Michelob Ultra’s Super Bowl
2025 Ad Teaser
Play or Be Played!
(Photo by Michelob ULTRA (altered)
Pickleball meets star power in Michelob Ultra’s 2025 Super Bowl ad, where Hollywood icons Willem Dafoe and Catherine O’Hara face off against pro athletes like Sabrina Ionescu and Randy Moss. With chaos on the court and plenty of surprises teased in this lively spot, Michelob Ultra is bringing beer and pickleball to the big game in unforgettable style.
Catch a first look at the ad that’s turning heads ahead of Super Bowl Sunday here..
💼 BUSINESS NEWS
What do Pickleball and Bull Riding
Have In Common?
Giddy Up!
What do the grit of bull riding and the accessibility of pickleball have in common? These niche sports are redefining fandom, captivating audiences with authenticity, community, and a refreshing alternative to commercialized mega-leagues. As they grow in popularity—and investment—both sports reveal surprising lessons about the future of sports culture and fan loyalty.
🗞️ NEWS
Exploring Soundproofing of
Pickleball Courts
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Noise complaints surrounding pickleball courts aren’t new, but the solutions are evolving. From advanced soundproof glass systems to strategic vegetation buffers, court developers are adopting innovative approaches to keep communities happy without compromising gameplay.
Dive into the latest strategies for soundproofing pickleball courts and why they matter, click here…
⚖️ CRIME & PUNISHMENT
Co-Founder of Pickleball Club
Convicted of Embezzlement
Breakin’ The Law
A pickleball dream turned into a cautionary tale when the co-founder of the Oregon Pickleball Club was sentenced for fraud, unraveling a web of deception that left investors betrayed and a business in ruins. With embezzled funds fueling luxury splurges and gambling sprees, this case pulls back the curtain on one man’s shocking betrayal of the sport he claimed to love.
Uncover the details of this gripping pickleball scandal, click here…
🤣HUMOR
🗞️ NEWS
Is The Pickleball Capital in Washington
State Where It All Began?
Where to Play Today?
Pickleball may have started in Washington, but the Seattle area can’t claim the title of pickleball capital just yet. New survey data reveals surprising cities leading the nation in participation, as the sport continues its meteoric rise. With top-ranked locations boasting massive facilities and year-round play, Seattle finds itself in an unexpected spot on the list.
See which cities outrank Seattle and why pickleball’s popularity is booming nationwide, click here…
👏COMMUNITY NEWS
MI Teen Creates Non-Profit To
Bring PB To Area Youth
Yay for Youth
Photo by Blake Shaya (altered)
At just 16 years old, Reid Jarjosa is changing lives in Detroit with his nonprofit, City Pickle. What started as a 14-year-old’s vision to introduce pickleball to local youth has now grown into a program that’s reached over 3,000 kids. With summer camps, after-school activities, and donated equipment, Jarjosa is using the sport to foster confidence, teamwork, and healthy habits.
Discover how this teen is transforming his community, one pickleball game at a time here…
🧭 COMMUNITY NEWS
RALLY RUNDOWN:
LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS
UNITED KINGDOM: Game-Changing Free Pickleball Sessions For Parkinson's Community
ENCINITAS, CA: PB Facility Forced To Operate At 25% Capacity Over Noise Complaints
CHICAGO, IL: PB Tournament Raises Money For Ronald McDonald's House
BRODHEADSVILLE, PA: Chestnuthill Township Park Is Building Two Pickleball Courts With A DCNR Grant
DAYTON, OH: Ohio Town Plans To Convert Church Into Pickleball Venue
PHOENIX, AZ: Major League Pickleball Club Valued At $10M In Sale
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL: World's 1st Pickleball Stadium Opens In South Florida
HOLLY HILL, FL: Pictona Pickleball Founders "Unretire" In Holly Hill (video)
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HOLDING COURT with
COACH MARY
💪 PADDLE POSITION
Paddle Position
Check out Zane Navratil with this great video on paddle position!
Zane demonstrates a second video on shortening your backswing, so that you can create more topspin, more power, and more control.
Be sure to watch the videos more than one time.
Major points:
· Keep your paddle neutral and be ready for both the backhand and forehand side to reset or defend.
· Keep your paddle grip soft and be able to go to the Backhand or Forehand side to react to your opponents’ attack.
· On the backswing, be sure to shorten your backswing! Pickleball requires more follow-through!
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