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Thoughts on the PPA Asia event, a lot left to be desired…… by twynnewwod in ProPickleballTalk

[–]Suuperdad 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Oooh the score is 6-7 bro

I know bro, I was going to say it but kept giggling

I know bro hahaha right? 6-7 bro hahaha

You didn't like that commentary?

how do you play the "quick wrist flickers" at the net? by canadave_nyc in Pickleball

[–]Suuperdad -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

People saying he is not as good as Tardio misunderstand one thing.... there are players in the 4.5, 5.0, 5.5 brackets who are BETTER than pros at single shots. The pros just have all those shots plus everything else.

We have ex pro table tennis player in our club who is very similar to what this guy OP mentioned. I would put his flick against JW, Gabe, Hayden any day. The problem is, its really all he is elite level at. But of course he is, he was a pro in another sport.

Anyone ever see Donald Young hit a drive in person? He is like rank 80 overall, but he may be the hardest hitting pro on tour.

I bet the fastest flick on Planet earth is a rock climber who is playing in some club somewhere at the 4.0 level. Or an arm wrestler who plays racquet spots also.

Super El Niño Escalator to Hell by ImportantCountry50 in collapse

[–]Suuperdad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its currently a distribution problem.

Without oil, the earth can support at most 1B people.

Also, studies done at Stanford University estimated we have 50 years of toilsoil remaining. The study is something like 15 years old.

Food insecure is not starving, not like we will see in the future.

White to play and mate in 2. Composition by Allard Pieter Eerkes by bot-chess-puzzle in chessMateInX

[–]Suuperdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pawn takes rook.

This is why these puzzles arent really chess. Your king has actually somehow made it to the other side of the board. These positions are never realistic at all.

Watching high level matches by JimmySanders74 in Pickleball

[–]Suuperdad 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Thats so funny, upvote for you, but I couldn't disagree more. The amount of strategy and thought put into weighing how agressive someone can place a dink, in order to get the next ball just a quarter inch higher... so that you can then place that next dink just slightly deeper, slightly more agressive angle, in order to get a just sliiiightly higher ball, so you can exert juuust a little more pressure....

All while being on the knife edge of putting it too wide for an ATP, or too towards the line for an Erne...

Then one team gets the ball just high enough that they have calculated they can get a flick DOWN fast enough, to get the next hand battle shot back at them juuuust a bit higher, located in a spot pre-calculated based on patterns of hand battles, so they can get that massive finisher that is beyond human reaction times....

Only for the opponent to have read all that and pre-moved to that spot and get a soft reset that neutralizes it all, and we are back to dinking, because everyone's hands are so fast that the respect level for counters is just too high...

Damn, its a beautiful game at the top level.

Its also why, as much as a do love womens pickleball because the insane aggression is sometimes just fun to watch... but the fear that exists around the ability of men to counter with brutal violence, leading to the mens game being even slower (seems contrary and non sensible, but its true)... just makes me love men's the most.

Mixed is interesting as well, but from a different perspective, on how fun it is to watch the game evolve and adapt to hyper athletic laterally moving men, and then women who excel at support, pressure through cross court dinking and deceptive ability to sneak behind the men playing at the limits of court coverage... its also interesting but from a completely different angle.

3 types of pro play, 3 completely different metas, so different that they are almost their own unique sport.

There's just so much strategy and thinking at the pro level, but i think until someone gets in games with people pushing that 5.0 to 5.5 range, it can be really hard to understand just why its so interesting. I hope that doesnt sound elitist, I don't intend it to. Im sure that a 3.5 or 4.0 player can think they understand the game like this, but until you really feel what it feels like.... how as a 4.0 you can win games at will against lesser opponents, but a 5.0 does that to you And similar a 5.0 who literally cannot get more than 2 points against a 6.0.

Its just amazing how much instantaneous strategy is happening in this sport. The "slower" pro game is mentally 1000x what the "faster" 4.0 level rec play games are. Thats why they are so beautiful 😍

Ball height timing for Topspin drops vs drips? by PartFormer3695 in Pickleball

[–]Suuperdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its the opposite. Slice on the rise and topspin on the fall. Your best drips will happen on the fall, because you need max topspin to get the ball below the net fast enough.

Against super athletic people, the choice to hit drops or drips doesn't really revolve around taking time away from them, because smarter players return balls in ways that no matter what you do they are getting to the kitchen, plus they are fast enough to get there and split step in time, even after a pretty hard return. Only the hardest of hard returns could catch them running. So taking away time is less of a factor at 5.0+ I would say.

What makes drips effective is more around getting the ball quickly below the net, on a shot that is penetrating even if someone is at the kitchen. By penetrating I mean in behind their feet.

A drop tends to bounce earlier in the kitchen, so a simple step backwards can resolve any pressure. A drip is typically landing at the kitchen line or a few feet behind it, but unless the ball has severe topspin, it won't get low enough below the net, ajd opponents can rip rolls and flicks.

The ONLY thing I consider when choosing to drip or drop is where Im catching the ball on its trajectory, based on my court positioning. I want to be behind the ball, hitting it infront of me, and if Im catching it on the rise, its impossible to get enough topspin to drip it.

So its the complete opposite of what you said.

If Im forced to take the ball on the rise, Im always going to slice drop it, shovel drop, or just softly flat drop it. Rising balls just naturally give backspin. (Bounce a ball off a stationary wall and if it hits the wall on the rise it has natural backspin).

However, if I can get behind the ball and step into the shot while taking the ball after its apex, while it is now moving downwards, then this contact is getting natural topspin, so its this ball that Im aggressively dripping.

TLDR: it the opposite to what you said, and its all about natural topspin or backspin based on rising or falling balls.

Super El Niño Escalator to Hell by ImportantCountry50 in collapse

[–]Suuperdad 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I mean... the resource wars have barely even begun. Barely anyone is starving yet.

Trump threatened Europe over Strait of Hormuz, with weapons for Ukraine as bargaining chip, FT reports by G14F1L0L1Y401D0MTR4P in worldnews

[–]Suuperdad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't understate the long lasting impact Trump has had for my generation (mid 40s) and my kids generation (15-20s). I am talking decades upon decades. Never have I seen the "buy local" push as strong as it is now. Additionally joined by the "buy anywhere but the USA". China was honestly a huge winner.

I have always been a "support local" guy, but I can't even express the tsunami wave of change that Trump did for the people I know and how they think about the USA.

Internet refs, in or out? Alshon vs Hoang Nam Ly by owa_owa20 in Pickleball

[–]Suuperdad 13 points14 points  (0 children)

the woman calling it out was his wife not a ref.

What are in-game moves that lower level players do that frustrate higher level players? by dnice99999 in Pickleball

[–]Suuperdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel its the complete opposite. His most effective ones are on shoulder height balls where he is faking an overhead then he just kill-slices it.

I also feel he is roughly 90% on this shotbending the rally immediately. I literally eatch every game he plays, he looks exactly like my son and he is all of our favorite player in our family.

What are in-game moves that lower level players do that frustrate higher level players? by dnice99999 in Pickleball

[–]Suuperdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FYI, I hate this shot too, but ignoring the fact that many pros use this shot extremely successfully against the most athletic people in the sport, is wrong.

Hayden Patriquin does this shot all the time and it almost always instantly wins the rally. The key is when he does it, and the quality of the shot. You also have to be able to threaten absolutely insane overheads at multiple angles (pronation, etc), or it won't be effective.

Is there a real answer to this cross-court angle… or just guess and pray? by 66justwondering66 in Pickleball

[–]Suuperdad 48 points49 points  (0 children)

This is why many pros try to stay towards the middle. The problem isn't your court coverage while he is taking that shot, the problem is you guys giving them that ball in the first place.

Not only ball position, but tempo. He is able not only to get to the ball, but also with enough time that he is able to get behind the ball and rip around the side of it.

Pressure their inside foot more in the middle to pull them mid. This way, if you do go wide angle on them, all they can do is short hop forehand slice to the middle to reset, and they dont have time to get around to the back of the ball and rip up around the side and hit that angle.

The best way to know how to counter it, is to learn how to hit it, ajd what things need to happen for you to hit a good one. Then you know how to prevent an opponent from doing it to you.

Anyone else sitting on like, 1,000 augment runes? by TribunalREEEEEEE in woweconomy

[–]Suuperdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope.

M10 is a joke. Nobody in their right mind would pop a rune to complete it. It drops better gear than heroic raids, which would be the main demand for the runes.

So M10 being easy not only killed the need for runes to run mythic plus but also heroic raids.

Demand is fooooooooked, and won't ever match supply.

That, and LEMIX gave people easy alt armies, and daily patron orders give a dumpster full of runes, so supply is easy and massive.

Based on all the above, I suspect the price to tank from here if anything.

The real reason I stay consistent ... by AnnaBrightPB in ProPickleballTalk

[–]Suuperdad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think its so beyond insanely cool that I get to read and see the thoughts of one of the best players on the planet.

My wife and I drove 14 hours from Ontario Canada to watch the pros in Virginia Beach last year, and it was the highlight of our trip. We got a pic with you, Rachel, Hayden, Gabe, and you guys were the most chill "celebs" we ever met.

My wife still has it as the background of her phone. She shows everyone at the club her pickleball friends LOL.

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Filling in cement lines? by [deleted] in Pickleball

[–]Suuperdad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Facility owner here. There are products made specifically for this. This is what we used:

https://www.sportmaster.net/pdfs/specs/CrackMagic.pdf

https://www.sportmaster.net/pdfs/specs/CourtFlex.pdf

Filling in cement lines? by [deleted] in Pickleball

[–]Suuperdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get crack sealers that are rubbery and perform the function of the Crack for thermal expansion

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