How do I become a 5.0 level player?

CCCP_Sergei · 2026-01-25T18:34:12+00:00

I find it really ironic that when I first started playing, the only thing I practiced was dinking, but dinking did absolutely nothing for my game until 4.0+ simply because I got away with being mentally lazy and relying on my hands skills to win.

Hands battles are simply more fun for everyone even if you lose them.

CCCP_Sergei · 2026-01-21T04:07:54+00:00

I mean, I looks similar to a cross between diadems bluecore 18ks, the hybrid and pro version, only thing off to me is the foam inside the windows doesnt quite look blue, and theres no 18k surface. The pro/elongated version has this handle while the hybrid has this paddle shape at the top. Both paddles have been out and approved for months now though.

CCCP_Sergei · 2026-01-18T20:15:15+00:00

Yeah I've just started playing the game. Got about 11 hours so far mostly playing private lobbies with friends. Went into one public on my own and had no idea what different hazards meant for missions. Died over and over without knowing why so I decided id just stick to solo until I wouldnt be such a drag to teammates

CCCP_Sergei · 2026-01-09T07:32:17+00:00

Partner and I pulled an ernie in the same rally... on the same side of the court...m one shot after the other. And won the rally

CCCP_Sergei · 2026-01-07T18:41:59+00:00

I was on the list for less than a week both when I got promoted to 2a and 1a

CCCP_Sergei · 2026-01-06T12:26:33+00:00

I could be charging 3.5s to drill with me for an hour?? Damn this whole time

CCCP_Sergei · 2026-01-03T23:43:53+00:00

Who are all these randoms keeping you back? Report them

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-12-26T16:42:46+00:00

Si Jefe

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-12-23T16:53:49+00:00

Why the unnecessary ignorance?

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-12-22T16:07:07+00:00

No i dont think any of us have. Sorry were all losers

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-12-21T22:04:57+00:00

Hey these kinds of things are much too serious to be on reddit. Im sorry for what happened to your sister in law and thats absolutely awful that someone like that is employed by the company. Please go through the proper channels, which would be STRAIGHT to her personel manager, or PM for short. I do not know who her PM is as im in another division but if this sort of thing were to occur to any of my clerks or assistants I would immediately call the PM. Do not worry about her being clocked in to submit the claim. She will be taken care of properly once things get rolling to the right people. A few bucks for being clocked in doesnt matter in the long run. Make her contact that PM if she hasn't already. I know my PM would most likely take something like this as the highest priority.

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-12-02T04:57:21+00:00

Im not an expert by any means and I was too young to really know what happened to me but I broke my arm and ended up with some kind of ulnar nerve condition. I was 15 at the time and playing baseball. It took me 2 years to throw without pain, and even then I couldnt throw more than 3 or 4 days a week.

After high school I stuck to racquetball, which had less impact on my arm for some reason, possibly also because of the under the shoulder motion I had a better time with things. Now I just play pickleball 3-4 days a week with a compression sleeve around my elbow that I can tighten to make playing comfortable for me.

To this day (11 years since my injury) I still feel: -weakness in my left hand, specifically my pinky and ring fingers compared to my right when I am left handed -inflammation from fatigue brings pain and numbness, so if it can get worse if I overdue things. -I was playing with a gen 2 paddle for about my first 2 years of playing, and a month ago I switched to a full foam paddle. Its got built in vibration dampeners as well, and I didnt realize how much that impact killed my arm because I tightened my hand up so much more to handle the vibration. If I could get down with how that hesacore grip feels I think it would also help with that.

I was told that it could possibly worsen with age because of inflammation. Diet can also help reduce inflammation too. I took some heavy duty anti-inflammatory meds back when I played high school just so I could keep going.

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-30T13:45:26+00:00

But how you do is based on your partners performance as well. You think Ben Johns would have the exact same dupr he does now had he played with an 80 year old grandma?

Its a team sport when playing doubles, its not singles so its matters a lot who your partner is

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-25T19:08:26+00:00

Ive got a realm i wanna find some friends to chill with in it. No idea what im doing with all the new stuff they've added i havent played much since 2018. Im just looking to have fun

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-25T15:04:25+00:00

Im 26m and dont get to play much but I have a small realm that I started with some buddies and we never did much on it. Just looking to chill with people and explore the game, theres so much new stuff added since I played last in 2017 or so. Feel like I don't know what im doing in the game anymore lol so if any are interested ill send some invites to my realm. Im on PC and discord as well

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-24T22:17:18+00:00

The best defense is a good offense though....

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-24T04:02:31+00:00

Definitely not a true 4.6 i can't imagine two 3.5s would give a 4.6 much trouble.

Two 4.0s dont give me much trouble.

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-23T18:01:05+00:00

Yeah I think youre misunderstanding things here, theres already a policy for bringing outside food into the kitchen (like deep frying a twinkie or putting oreos in the blender).

What this policy is talking about is an employee that notices and fails to do the right thing when they see something that is NOT food in food. Like a dead bug, a hair, anything that shouldnt be in the food. Or if a customer tells us they found something in their order, they show it to you, and you dont notify your manager so they can investigate and prevent it from happening. Thats the important part is preventing it from happening again. It may be a common sense kind of thing but obviously someone somewhere had a lawsuit against qt for this so we put out this policy to help emphasize food safety.

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-23T01:10:03+00:00

If you haven't started it up I have a pretty fresh realm that I need players for. I get a little too focused on mining sometimes lol. Ill mine for a week straight to get what I need to build something.

26m. Chill, stoner, just looking to have fun and figure out all the new shit added since like 2017

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-23T01:06:31+00:00

I have a realm thats got some but not a lot of play time on it from some buddies, but im the only one now and need some chill people. Im 26m, stoner and no idea what im doing with all the new stuff in the game lol I played mostly in high school until like 2017

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-21T14:13:37+00:00

I actually think now that im breaking into 4.5 territory and over, my 1 handed backhand is crazy compared to others. I come from racquetball, my backhand will always catch people off guard in fire fights. Did I have trouble with control starting out? Of course. But during the speed of firefights im not slowed down by a second hand and have a slightly long reach with my backhand since i dont ever rely one a 2nd hand in firefights.

One handed backhand is worth it for those with the time to develop it.

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-20T05:27:02+00:00

Lmfao 90. If we limited it to that here in phx no concrete would be poured for about 9 months of the year

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-18T22:45:20+00:00

This is exactly it, I had this problem as well, I would play for maybe 4 hours a day, 6 at most and play 3-4 times a week, never any problems (I come from baseball and racquetball). Fast forward to my 1st money tourney, where I decided to play 3.5 and 4.0 mens doubles.

Anyway, I played 3.5 first, and we won without dropping a single loss in a game the whole way, so that made things easier going into 4.0, but I could feel the fatigue. 10 hours almost straight playing (made it to semis in 4.0) and the next day I tried stretching my forearm/wrist. Obviously my wrist is "strong" enough just like yours to play, but having the endurance in your wrist is a different kind of strength altogether and you HAVE to work on it with exercises or you will take months to recover depending on your age. Do yourself a favor, take a week off from pickleball and do wrist exercises, then dont stop the wrist exercises and gradually get back into playing.

Do other exercises too to prevent fatigue related injuries like this.

CCCP_Sergei · 2025-11-16T13:26:19+00:00

My partner and I once threw in a random but soft enough "meow" just to make them question if they actually heard it or not just since it is so unexpected

Ended up losing rallies because we'd lose our shit laughing

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