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The Science of the Spin, PB & Mental Health, The Fit Pickler Store Grand Opening!
FIT PICKLER
April 04, 2024
Health, Fitness, News & Fun for Picklers of All Ages
What's Cooking in the Kitchen This Week:
HAPPY NATIONAL PICKLEBALL MONTH
Fitness Expert Glen Dawson: Lower Body Warmup
GRAND OPENING: THE FIT PICKLER STORE
Skills: Mastering and Countering Spin Shots
Mental Health: The Remarkable Journey of Carling Bassett-Seguso
What Lessons Can Pickleball Teach Investors?
Pickleball Ponzi Scheme Update
Pickleball Reality Show Proposed: “Pickleball Paddle Battle”
The Fit Pickler Survey Contest: Enter Today!
Rally Rundown: Local Highlights
Coach Mary: Strategies for Avoiding No Man’s Land
🏋️ STAYING FIT with GLEN
LOWER BODY WARMUP
(Quick & Effective)
🎉🎉 GRAND OPENING🎉 🎉
ANNOUNCING THE GRAND OPENING
of THE FIT PICKLER STORE!
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🥷SKILLS
Mastering The Art of The Spin:
Making and Countering Spin Shots
You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round, like a record baby…
In order to truly master the game of pickleball, learning the art of spin shots is a game-changer. Unlike brute force, the subtlety of a spin shot can bewilder opponents and change the pace of the game.
Today, we dive into the science of the spin shot, examining the types of spins, their effect on the ball's trajectory and bounce, and strategies for both applying and countering spin effectively.
🧠MENTAL HEALTH
The Remarkable Journey
of Carling Bassett-Seguso
Carling Bassett-Seguso in 1987 (Wikipedia)
By age 16, she was Canada's top tennis player. She turned pro at 21 and says she lost herself in the rigorous training during a four year stay the famous Nicke Bollettieri tennis camp. The story of Carling Bassett-Seguso is one that will make you rejoice in resilience and help us all appreciate the sport of pickleball even more.
Battling a decade plus long struggle with bulimia left Bassett-Seguso struggling with severe depression. She notes her road to recovery began with psilocybin mushrooms and this allowed her to get out and experience life again. Now that life is on the pickleball court and she is thriving.
“I know this kind of sounds corny, but I’ve been through a lot in my life … I think the universe put pickleball here to heal the world,” Bassett-Seguso said.
Read about her remarkable journey here…
💵 FINANCIAL NEWS
What Lessons Can Pickleball
Teach Investors?
Holy Cow, this came out so well, we may have to start
paying our Art Department
While at first glance, you may wonder what could Pickleball possibly teach us about investing, read on dear pickler…
This informative and lighthearted article will delight and educate you about how our pickleball skill can in fact assist us in becoming wise investors…
🗞️ NEWS
Pickleball Ponzi Scheme
Update: Where’s the Money?
Where’s the Beef???
Rodney Grubbs owes nearly $47 million dollars to defrauded investors and creditors. Now he claims to be broke. Among the victims to fall prey to his alleged scheme to defraud investors into paying for a stake in his Pickleball apparel and equipment company are his own two sons and their wives.
A Federal Court forced him into involuntary bankruptcy last month and now the search is on for the assets that he claims do not exist.
Read more about this scandal here…
📺 ENTERTAINMENT
Pickleball Reality Show Proposed
Yikes!
“Pickleball Paddle Battle” announced a call for elite players to compete in a reality show where the grand prize is a professional sponsorship.
A player from Oʻahu was chosen as one of the 16 participants, Keven Wong, known as the “trick shot maestro." While filming has been completed, the show has not yet been picked up for television.
Click Here to Read more…
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🧭 COMMUNITY NEWS
RALLY RUNDOWN:
LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS
HAWAI’I: How Hawai’i Is Trying To Keep Up With The Demand For PB
NEW ZEALAND: Professional Pickleball Comes to New Zealand
STATEN ISLAND, NY: 2nd annual Staten Island charity pickleball tournament raises funds for Sunrise Day Camp
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ: Largest pickleball complex in Northeast opening in Robbinsville
NITRO, WV: Nitro Athletic Complex receives $1.15M grant to improve pickleball facilities
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Hialeah indoor pickleball facility gives players that ‘backyard party’ feel
LOWER MERION, PA: Hundreds sign petition to halt pickleball court construction at Lower Merion’s Ashbridge Park
PORTLAND, OR: Irvington Club Pauses Pickleball After Receiving Cease-and-Desist Letter From Neighbor
MINNEAPOLIS, MN: Pickleball craze breathes new life into old downtown Minneapolis office buildings
SANDY SPRINGS, GA: ‘There is hope:’ Georgians with Parkinson’s use pickleball as a form of advocacy
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HOLDING COURT with
COACH MARY
💪 Strategies for Avoiding
No Man’s Land
How to Get Through the Transition Zone From the Baseline
I have a new YouTube instructor this week! Adam Richards from High Five Pickleball – thanks Kevin Howell for recommending him! Be sure to watch the video several times.
Adam talks strategy first:
Playing DEFENSE if you do not execute a good 3rd ball drop.
Do not try to attack when you are stuck in the transition zone.
Earn your way to the net.
Patience: It may take a 5th, 9th, or 11th shot to set up your offense.
Don’t rush, slowly close the distance, and wait for that shot that you could attack.
TACTICAL CUES:
Is your shot high or attackable?
Is your opponent moving to attack or hitting down on the ball? e.g. Backswing, overhead, stepping back, etc.
If you do not have a good 3rd shot drop, then stop and split step on your way in and be ready to hit the ball out in front of you.
Reset with a soft volley that will land in their Kitchen. Drop your paddle and get low. Have a wide, stable base.
Grip pressure – 3 to 5 out of 10
Backhand might be better for resets than forehands.
Consider using two hands to soften!
Goal: put your reset in your opponent’s NVZ. Then move to the line.
Be mindful of your footwork as you move from the baseline to the NVZ.
Try not to do a big jump in the air to split step!
Rather, get balanced on the balls of your feet, and turn to the side that your opponent is hitting to you as you split step.
Keep you Paddle up, get to the net, and remember: drill, drill drill!
