I should play 3.0? Started playing pickleball about a two months ago. Getting better quickly. I’m a 4.0 tennis player but pickleball is different. I don’t think it’s sandbagging when it will be my first pickleball tournament.
Speaking from analysis paralysis myself, just sign up for 3.0 if you're new to the game. I've been stressing about this to the point of not making a decision. I want to try a tournament that's coming up and I'm scared to register because I have no idea if I am a 3.0 or 3.5 etc... I just started playing Pickleball a month ago (no tennis experience but fairly quick to pickup and be competitive in most things I try) and I'm far and away better than everyone in my Clinic. Going to join a Recreation Ladder League where i have a sneaking suspicion I will probably be one of the best players with limited experience. At the same time I am new to the game and it will be my first tournament and ladder league so I'm just going to try the 3.0 and recreation levels and see how it goes. If I win it and anyone wants to complain that's their problem, I can feel good knowing I signed up with good intentions.
@@omeryang656 I was wrong. 3.0 pickleball level tournament is way too weak for a 4.0 tennis player. I’ve been playing a lot of pickleball and recently played in a non sanctioned tournament 3.0 level. I got second but there was no honor. I only got second because there were two intermediate level guys playing down as well. I’m definitely only playing 3.5 pickleball tournaments from now on. Till I win, then up to 4.0
Narrator was quickly in call the ball way in on the other side of the court but when his team called balls out that are half a foot in on his near side he is silent. So biased!😂
Question - When serving the guy in blue drops the ball, lets it bounce, and then hits the ball off the bounce. Isn't that illegal? I thought you had to basically drop the ball and hit it out of the air on serves like the others are doing. Anybody know?
"Good serve from the guy, keeps it very low". You've got to be kidding. arcs almost 3' above the net and lands about mid-court. Painful to watch as a 3.0 final with so many unforced errors. For example, rewatch 5.2.1 sequence of second game.
Tom. That's why it's 3.0. 3.0 is literally the lowest tier for tournaments. He is commentating the game appropriate to their skill level. This is how a lowest rank game should look. It's basically rec center level play. Wtf is wrong with you?
This is the gold medal match at one of the toughest pickleball tournaments in the country. Nobody on this court is 2.0/2.5 level. Perhaps the video doesn't capture spin and other aspects that make the game challenging.
This is what 3.0 should be and not people playing under their level and making it no fun for teams who are really 3.0
many tournaments require you to start low until you have an official rating
@@cl8855 That's what I have heard, but honestly gonna feel guilty if I have to go in a 3.0 first tournament just because I don't have a rating.
@@mattc3581same
Yep and I know several that call themselves 3.5 4.0 but play tournaments at 3.0 like really dude 🤦
The winners are definitely 3.5
I should play 3.0? Started playing pickleball about a two months ago. Getting better quickly. I’m a 4.0 tennis player but pickleball is different. I don’t think it’s sandbagging when it will be my first pickleball tournament.
Speaking from analysis paralysis myself, just sign up for 3.0 if you're new to the game. I've been stressing about this to the point of not making a decision. I want to try a tournament that's coming up and I'm scared to register because I have no idea if I am a 3.0 or 3.5 etc...
I just started playing Pickleball a month ago (no tennis experience but fairly quick to pickup and be competitive in most things I try) and I'm far and away better than everyone in my Clinic. Going to join a Recreation Ladder League where i have a sneaking suspicion I will probably be one of the best players with limited experience.
At the same time I am new to the game and it will be my first tournament and ladder league so I'm just going to try the 3.0 and recreation levels and see how it goes. If I win it and anyone wants to complain that's their problem, I can feel good knowing I signed up with good intentions.
How'd you do? Unranked tennis player here lol
@@omeryang656 I was wrong. 3.0 pickleball level tournament is way too weak for a 4.0 tennis player. I’ve been playing a lot of pickleball and recently played in a non sanctioned tournament 3.0 level. I got second but there was no honor. I only got second because there were two intermediate level guys playing down as well. I’m definitely only playing 3.5 pickleball tournaments from now on. Till I win, then up to 4.0
I’m a 0.0
the dude in blue has a pretty decent serve
Narrators team has names. The other team is the other team.
Obviously their friend recording it for them …. No big deal
The Narrator is the brother of the guy in red. That's why he knows his name. Haha
Turn down the sound and turn up your radio
Narrator was quickly in call the ball way in on the other side of the court but when his team called balls out that are half a foot in on his near side he is silent. So biased!😂
i won my first tournament two weeks ago best feeling ever but not good enough to move up to 3.5
Congrats! Keep playing and practicing.
Blue targeted the wrong person
Question - When serving the guy in blue drops the ball, lets it bounce, and then hits the ball off the bounce. Isn't that illegal? I thought you had to basically drop the ball and hit it out of the air on serves like the others are doing. Anybody know?
The drop serve is fully legal. wearepickleball.com/2022-pickleball-rules-drop-serve/
This is very good for 3.0
They are very spotty in their play.
This is the definition of 3.0
if am better than them which i am which means am a 3.5 at 13
Your grammar is 2.5.
😂@@robertw4196
These guys are better than some of those players claiming to be 4.0. Great job!
No they are not.
@@drewhatfield7165 ok
Uh, it looks like they're 3.0. For every decent shot, they dunk one into the net.
this is higher than 3.0 for sure imho.
"Good serve from the guy, keeps it very low". You've got to be kidding. arcs almost 3' above the net and lands about mid-court. Painful to watch as a 3.0 final with so many unforced errors. For example, rewatch 5.2.1 sequence of second game.
Hi Tom. Get a life.
Tom. That's why it's 3.0. 3.0 is literally the lowest tier for tournaments. He is commentating the game appropriate to their skill level. This is how a lowest rank game should look. It's basically rec center level play.
Wtf is wrong with you?
They are. Not 3 .. they look like 2-2.5
This is about average maybe above average 3.0 in most tourneys. 2-2.5 struggle getting a serve in.
This is the gold medal match at one of the toughest pickleball tournaments in the country. Nobody on this court is 2.0/2.5 level. Perhaps the video doesn't capture spin and other aspects that make the game challenging.
You’re high
I play with someone that’s ranked 3.0 , they are definitely at that level
Seriously? These guys play pretty well. Not sure where you are from but in California, these players are without a doubt 3.0.