Can’t tell you how much my pickleball IQ has gone up because of your videos. I’m still ironing out my mechanics, but the game makes SO much more sense to me now. It has made the game far more enjoyable for me. I hope sponsors flood your channel- you deserve it! Congrats on 4th in a pro tournament. Been a pleasure to watch your rise
Ever since I changed my game to just get the ball in (from Tanner’s advice) rather than playing for winners, I’ve improved dramatically. Play not to lose!
Tanner - this is gold. Props to you. Really awesome strategy and I'd like to say 'yeah, that makes sense because I do that all the time' but I'd be lying because the material you present in this vid and many others is so insightful - it's really awesome stuff. Thank you thank you thank you. Keep 'em coming!
Thanks Tanner for a concise, yet comprehensive at the same time PB strategy video full of practical, PB wisdom that's easy to understand and follow just like all your videos, including the shorts. In this case, this might be the best, easy-to-follow strategic blueprint video that can take anyone below a 5.0+ up a level that I've ever seen!
Tanner! This weekend July 27th and 28th will actually be my first amateur tournament here in Jacksonville, Florida. Perfect opportunity to watch this video! Doing 3.5 mens doubles with my partner who is a lefty and I am a righty, stacking of course. mixed doubles with my wife and singles on Sunday. Can’t wait to use a lot of the tips I have learned from your amazing and easy to follow videos. You the man!
Thanks Mike! Love to hear that as well. I’m sure you’ll do well either way if you’re following the other tips! This will be great to get you dialed in for the tournament!
@@BobMcVinuaI appreciate the support Mr. Bob! My grandpa’s name was Bob actually but of course it was always just grandpa to me haha. Men’s doubles this morning started off great. We were 3-1 and in the 2nd seed out of 7 teams. Then we got smoked 11-0 by the top seed and then lost 11-6 to put its at 3-3 and tied with another team for the 4th seed. I thought we would be good to play in the bronze medal match as but we ended up with 42 total points to the other teams 45. First real tournament under my belt and ready to play with my wife tomorrow for mixed doubles then solo later in the night, she is probably more athletic than me and competitive also haha. So we make a good team I’ll touch base tomorrow evening Bob.
@@TotshotAirsoft Saturday went well with my partner Jason. We went 3-3 and just missed I it in the bronze playoff match by 5 points. Sunday morning Kali and myself went 0-6 and even got golden pickled our very first game! Kali was playing in brooks running shoes and sprained the top of her ankle and couldn’t really move after game 3. We did score some points and utilized stacking for me to poach as many balls as possible. We probably should have started at the 3.0 mixed doubles level instead of 3.5 for our first together. But we had fun and gained valuable experience. Sunday evening Kali went 0-2 in a double elimination women’s 3.0-3.5 singles. She almost won her second game 9-11. We went to Dicks and got her the Nike pickleball shoes and it definitely helped but she was still limping you could tell. Then I lost my first game 1-11 to a dude that in my plays singles and had crazy backspin on his serve. Second game I should have won and was up 7-4 at one point then lost 8-11. Happy overall with the weekend and can’t wait to play in another one! Sorry for the long reply 😅
I have watched my share of "how to" pickleball videos, but this one clicked the most for me. I am three weeks away from my first tournament and will use the lessons here. Mahalo Tanner! BTW I think you misspelled EDGE.
Great tips, love the 10 drinks before a speed up. Typically the other team makes a bad speed up for you to take advantage of. My wife and I at the 4.0 level got third in our first tournament, could have placed better using these strategies. Would love to come to Florida for some lessons if your schedule could facilitate it. We are from western Canada. Keep up the great content. You break the game down in specific fundamentals better than any other content creater.
Not sure if you take vid ideas, but something lately that's been annoying me that I'd love a tutorial on is when someone has a really unconventional(or less common) style of playing, it gives intermediate players all sorts of trouble since they aren't typical to the normal flow of the game. A few examples are: players who only ever do high lob serves, players who almost every play will do a 3rd shot lob(and land them pretty near the back), and my biggest annoyance: speeding up no matter what. I want so much to be able to punish them but they continue to get away with it because so many intermediate players have trouble with them. If you ever do this vid, I'd love if you went over other types of bad habit play styles that intermediates get away with and how to effectively counter them
all good stuff, I just wish you didn't do it as a premiere, I'd rather just watch the video as soon as you have it uploaded. In fact, this was released on a mid-Saturday, when most tournaments happen. The best possible timing would've been a Thursday evening for any Fri-Sun tournaments
yeah haha, this actually premiered 1 hour before my pickleball tournament today. I didn't get to watch it because I was on my way to the tourney. Won Silver though at least. But dangit, maybe it'd have been gold! These were good tips. I do many of them but some of the finer details would have been helpful.
Been trying out the drop and dink middle tips. My only question is that these shots don't feel very aggressive or like they are forcing opponents into awkward shots. Is the idea that we use them because they are safe shots and we wait for that mess up from the opponents to THEN hit that winner aggressive wide dink or smash? Great videos, keep it up.
Exactly it, though it is safe and not aggressive, that is what you should be doing! It is not about winning on a dink, it is about getting a popup on a dink!
I hear you about pickleball being a game of minimizing errors. But….my strengths are my forehand drive and serve, same as when I played tennis. Basically, the power game. I have been working on improving my soft game but when I play high competition, it’s always my power game that winnings me points and games. Understanding that everyone has different strengths and you should play to your strengths and practice improving your weaknesses, what do you think about playing to your strengths? Even at the pro level, teams know they aren’t going to out dink the Johns brothers, so they go for more.
Totally agree with your entire comment. If I was playing the johns bros I would totally take way more riskier shots instead of endlessly dink for sure. Play to your strength!
I don’t know why, but I am so impatient and I am always the first one who speeds up first and puts my partner into a trouble when the ball comes back so quickly 🥵 I watch Tanner’s videos a lot, but still can’t fix my impatience 😅
Introduce yourself at the beginning of game like Hi I Tanner pickleball. See what’s the reaction then execute all you have learned here🤣. Tanner we all love you 🙏
Can’t tell you how much my pickleball IQ has gone up because of your videos. I’m still ironing out my mechanics, but the game makes SO much more sense to me now. It has made the game far more enjoyable for me. I hope sponsors flood your channel- you deserve it! Congrats on 4th in a pro tournament. Been a pleasure to watch your rise
Thanks so much J, such a nice comment :)
Ever since I changed my game to just get the ball in (from Tanner’s advice) rather than playing for winners, I’ve improved dramatically. Play not to lose!
Love it!! :)
You the man, Tanner! Great clear instructions as always.
Appreciate the support!
Tanner - this is gold. Props to you. Really awesome strategy and I'd like to say 'yeah, that makes sense because I do that all the time' but I'd be lying because the material you present in this vid and many others is so insightful - it's really awesome stuff. Thank you thank you thank you. Keep 'em coming!
So nice, thanks Kevin!
Tanner your advice is practical. The first one applies to me, a game of error. I muck it by playing aggressively leading to self errors.
Love that you realized that!
Really great stuff! Big thanks! Happy New Year🎉
Thanks Tanner for a concise, yet comprehensive at the same time PB strategy video full of practical, PB wisdom that's easy to understand and follow just like all your videos, including the shorts. In this case, this might be the best, easy-to-follow strategic blueprint video that can take anyone below a 5.0+ up a level that I've ever seen!
Thanks barney, my exact plan for the video :)
Tanner! This weekend July 27th and 28th will actually be my first amateur tournament here in Jacksonville, Florida. Perfect opportunity to watch this video!
Doing 3.5 mens doubles with my partner who is a lefty and I am a righty, stacking of course. mixed doubles with my wife and singles on Sunday.
Can’t wait to use a lot of the tips I have learned from your amazing and easy to follow videos. You the man!
Thanks Mike! Love to hear that as well. I’m sure you’ll do well either way if you’re following the other tips! This will be great to get you dialed in for the tournament!
Good Luck Mike! Please let us know how it went
@@BobMcVinuaI appreciate the support Mr. Bob! My grandpa’s name was Bob actually but of course it was always just grandpa to me haha.
Men’s doubles this morning started off great. We were 3-1 and in the 2nd seed out of 7 teams. Then we got smoked 11-0 by the top seed and then lost 11-6 to put its at 3-3 and tied with another team for the 4th seed. I thought we would be good to play in the bronze medal match as but we ended up with 42 total points to the other teams 45.
First real tournament under my belt and ready to play with my wife tomorrow for mixed doubles then solo later in the night, she is probably more athletic than me and competitive also haha. So we make a good team
I’ll touch base tomorrow evening Bob.
@@Mike-n-Kalican we get an update?
@@TotshotAirsoft Saturday went well with my partner Jason. We went 3-3 and just missed I it in the bronze playoff match by 5 points.
Sunday morning Kali and myself went 0-6 and even got golden pickled our very first game! Kali was playing in brooks running shoes and sprained the top of her ankle and couldn’t really move after game 3. We did score some points and utilized stacking for me to poach as many balls as possible. We probably should have started at the 3.0 mixed doubles level instead of 3.5 for our first together. But we had fun and gained valuable experience.
Sunday evening Kali went 0-2 in a double elimination women’s 3.0-3.5 singles. She almost won her second game 9-11. We went to Dicks and got her the Nike pickleball shoes and it definitely helped but she was still limping you could tell.
Then I lost my first game 1-11 to a dude that in my plays singles and had crazy backspin on his serve. Second game I should have won and was up 7-4 at one point then lost 8-11. Happy overall with the weekend and can’t wait to play in another one! Sorry for the long reply 😅
Really helpful advice , Tanner. I’m going to try this at my next tournament.
Have fun!
Great timing Tanner, got my first tournament in about a month time. Top information!
Have fun!
Very good concepts for players starting to compete. Hope to use this in play this week.
Have fun!
Good advice!
Thanks as always tanner! Keep it up!
Thanks! Will do!
Great job, Tanner! Love the content and easy tempo of your voice. Not my first tournament in August, but good tips I can take with me.
Love it - absolutely!
Tanner you're the nice professional pickleballer guy on TH-cam!
Haha! Thanks!
I have watched my share of "how to" pickleball videos, but this one clicked the most for me. I am three weeks away from my first tournament and will use the lessons here. Mahalo Tanner! BTW I think you misspelled EDGE.
Glad it was helpful! Amazing!
Wow!!! Great advice again!!! Thank you!!
You are so welcome!
Hey Tanner another awesome video, thank you for sharing. For sure very helpful in my beginner struggling journey to pickleball !
Love it, my pleasure!
Great tips, love the 10 drinks before a speed up. Typically the other team makes a bad speed up for you to take advantage of. My wife and I at the 4.0 level got third in our first tournament, could have placed better using these strategies. Would love to come to Florida for some lessons if your schedule could facilitate it. We are from western Canada. Keep up the great content. You break the game down in specific fundamentals better than any other content creater.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that :) I currently don't give lessons, if anything changes I'll be sure to reach out to make it happen :)
Love your tuts Tanner. Helps to know this to be more effective. Thanks
My pleasure!
Thanks, Mr.T. !!!
You are welcome!
This videos is a prescription for winning. I’m gonna build this into my drilling routine.
Love it!
sweet tips thanks
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Most excellent
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You’re the BEST
Thanks!!
Not sure if you take vid ideas, but something lately that's been annoying me that I'd love a tutorial on is when someone has a really unconventional(or less common) style of playing, it gives intermediate players all sorts of trouble since they aren't typical to the normal flow of the game. A few examples are: players who only ever do high lob serves, players who almost every play will do a 3rd shot lob(and land them pretty near the back), and my biggest annoyance: speeding up no matter what. I want so much to be able to punish them but they continue to get away with it because so many intermediate players have trouble with them. If you ever do this vid, I'd love if you went over other types of bad habit play styles that intermediates get away with and how to effectively counter them
Great suggestion Danny! I will think more into this and hopefully get something out for you!
all good stuff, I just wish you didn't do it as a premiere, I'd rather just watch the video as soon as you have it uploaded. In fact, this was released on a mid-Saturday, when most tournaments happen. The best possible timing would've been a Thursday evening for any Fri-Sun tournaments
yeah haha, this actually premiered 1 hour before my pickleball tournament today. I didn't get to watch it because I was on my way to the tourney. Won Silver though at least. But dangit, maybe it'd have been gold! These were good tips. I do many of them but some of the finer details would have been helpful.
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Ahh shoot too funny hahah. Glad you found value!
Good call, I will do this for future videos!
Been trying out the drop and dink middle tips. My only question is that these shots don't feel very aggressive or like they are forcing opponents into awkward shots. Is the idea that we use them because they are safe shots and we wait for that mess up from the opponents to THEN hit that winner aggressive wide dink or smash? Great videos, keep it up.
Exactly it, though it is safe and not aggressive, that is what you should be doing! It is not about winning on a dink, it is about getting a popup on a dink!
I hear you about pickleball being a game of minimizing errors. But….my strengths are my forehand drive and serve, same as when I played tennis. Basically, the power game. I have been working on improving my soft game but when I play high competition, it’s always my power game that winnings me points and games. Understanding that everyone has different strengths and you should play to your strengths and practice improving your weaknesses, what do you think about playing to your strengths? Even at the pro level, teams know they aren’t going to out dink the Johns brothers, so they go for more.
Totally agree with your entire comment. If I was playing the johns bros I would totally take way more riskier shots instead of endlessly dink for sure. Play to your strength!
I don’t know why, but I am so impatient and I am always the first one who speeds up first and puts my partner into a trouble when the ball comes back so quickly 🥵 I watch Tanner’s videos a lot, but still can’t fix my impatience 😅
Hahah, fix that and your game will go to the moon!
Introduce yourself at the beginning of game like Hi I Tanner pickleball. See what’s the reaction then execute all you have learned here🤣.
Tanner we all love you 🙏
Thanks!
Here's an idea: apply weighed tape only one side, or in non-symmetrical way.
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I was at my first tournament yesterday. I’m barely seeing this today 🙃
Always can use it for the next one!
@@tanner.pickleball definitely. I ended up winning a gold, silver, and bronze in three different events.
I wished I watched this before my first tournament lol
hahaha
Welcome to Chicago. What's going on?
Loving it!
@@tanner.pickleball Good. How long are you in town, I need a lesson.
Tanner, I use its exact copy.. XS Xspak… I own a carbon1 too it was my first higher end paddles both are great both are the same
Yes I know that one, it’s great!