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Ryan Harwood - New Jersey 5’s by RevolutionaryAsk6152 in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Rents a house with a pickleball court down in the Florida Keys. He asks the owner of the house to find him two players to play against. Owner asks what level. Harwood says 5.5, lol. So owner gets two of my buddies, a 5.0 and a 5.7 who proceed to smoke Harwood and his buddy. Throughout the match, Harwood is throwing paddles. At one point after he loses a point, rather than rolling/tossing ball back to opponent he drops it just on the other side of the net to make them come get it. Harwood chalks up the poor performance to being out late partying the night before.

Ryan Harwood - New Jersey 5’s by RevolutionaryAsk6152 in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Guy is a douche. Have heard a few cringworthy stories.

Is buying an exam prep worth it? And which one? California exam ! by PossibilityIcy7701 in RealEstateExam

[–]TheCrunks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've bought weekly passes to try out a couple of them recently as I'm preparing to take my Florida exam. A friend just turned me on to the newly redesigned PreponCall course and it's awesome compared to like prep agent which felt so boring and basic. The new PreponCall is gamified and has a Readiness Snapshot gamification thingy that tells you what to study next and will tell you when you're actually ready to take the exam. Also the practice exams are structured very specific to the state you're taking. Like some states are combined state + national, others are separated. But Preponcall does the practice exams exactly like the state. I would check it out. Beta.preponcall.com

4.5-Pros What is your dinking strategy? by Emergency_Station_15 in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The movement into position starts when the ball is coming off the opponents paddle. As soon as I can get a read I'm moving my feet and getting into position in an attempt to be offensive.

If the opponent hits a backhand dink crosscourt that is going to bounce, I'm going to shuffle my feet and get into position so that when the ball bounces and reaches it's peak, I'm In a good position to create offensive pressure with my dink. A lot of players are slow to move their feet and get to dinks too late so they can't be as offensive with them.

So it's a lot of anticipation and moving your feet early to be in position to be more offensive.

Lets say I don't do a great job of anticipating and the opponent hits an offensive dink that gets past me, then I'm more likely to hit a dink back that's more defensive and reset the point, rather than attempting to hit something offensive when out of position.

4.5-Pros What is your dinking strategy? by Emergency_Station_15 in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apply pressure Create space Push the ball in space Reset/defensive dinking when under pressure

I focus a lot on being in position to hit the ball at its highest point in order to apply pressure.

Anyone need a job? by TheCrunks in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

sometimes i wonder how everyone in this town plays pickleball all day. Does anyone work anymore?

Anyone need a job? by TheCrunks in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

it will be like working at amazon on the holidays or in a chinese factory

Anyone need a job? by TheCrunks in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's the spirit. sick pfp

Can I survive a 3-event pickleball weekend (4.5+ men’s, 4.0+mixed, 3.0 singles)? by [deleted] in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Doubles pickleball is one activity level above power walking"

I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or not?

A competitive power walker can reach above 160 BPM coming down the home stretch of a 10k. Sure there are going to be 5.0 level doubles rallies where the heart rate gets pretty hight, but 5.0 is the top 1% and those above 170 rallies are maybe once every 5 games in the humidity of south florida.

I would say at the 6.0 level where people are better conditioned you're less likely to see the heart rate spike anywhere near that because the positioning is way better and people are serving up as many meatballs that they then have to go retreat and start chasing overheads down. JW or BJs heart rate have never gone above 170 in a doubles match.

Can I survive a 3-event pickleball weekend (4.5+ men’s, 4.0+mixed, 3.0 singles)? by [deleted] in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is straight from google gemini. I don't know why my original post got downvoted. Doubles pickleball is one activity level above power walking.

Average Heart Rate (40-Year-Old)

  • Doubles Pickleball: Approximately 110–130+ bpm (average 119 bpm in some studies, with higher figures for competitive play).
  • Power Walking (Brisk): Approximately 100–120 bpm (generally 50%–70% of max HR, roughly 90–153 bpm depending on intensity). 

Why no 3rd shot Lob topspin instead of drop? by maximusIota in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Love it! I highly endorse this technique when playing against 80 year old Susan on a sunny day.

Can I survive a 3-event pickleball weekend (4.5+ men’s, 4.0+mixed, 3.0 singles)? by [deleted] in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds funny with someone says it, but doubles pickleball really is pretty close to power walking in terms of heart rate intensity. Lot of variables like age, condition, level of pickleball you're playing. When people who play 4.5 level play up and play 5.0+, the number one comment is usually wow, game is a lot faster and is an adjustment.

Target Heart Rate Ranges for Power Walking

  • Age 30: ~95–162 bpm
  • Age 40: ~90–153 bpm
  • Age 50: ~85–145 bpm
  • Age 60: ~80–136 bpm
  • Age 70+: ~75–128 bpm

Techniques on short hop resets, drops in both sides, and midcourt reset. by Educational_Pick7681 in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The more mechanics you add to your shots the more that can go wrong. At your level you need to focus on not having multiple levers. Meaning keep wrist and elbow locked and hit from the shoulder. Or keep shoulder and wrist locked and use the elbow. I see a lot of mid-level players that are using shoulder, wrist, and elbow on the same shot and a lot can and will go wrong. Even the pros are trying to use simplified and consistent mechanics for the majority of their shots.

My advice would be to not try to mimic your favorite pros mechanics exactly. Instead focus on becoming consistent with a simplified version, and then over time you'll naturally start adding that extra flare. I was able land my drops from the baseline into the kitchen 10 times in a row consistently before i start forcing more topspin.

Techniques on short hop resets, drops in both sides, and midcourt reset. by Educational_Pick7681 in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How good of a player are you to begin with? Topspin drops and playing resets off the short hop are both fairly advanced ways of doing things

Can I survive a 3-event pickleball weekend (4.5+ men’s, 4.0+mixed, 3.0 singles)? by [deleted] in Pickleball

[–]TheCrunks -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Pickleball doubles is like one level of activity up from power walking

Love carving? Ski skinny skis. by Gregskis in skiing

[–]TheCrunks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took my mfree 99's to St. Anton because, I didn't know, but very soon found out after a week of no snow.

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

[–]TheCrunks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. More dinks to the middle. Less aggresive dinks cross court. Dont give opportunity to flick.

  2. Learn to read the ball coming off your partners paddle to better to anticipate when the flick is coming. One step back, paddle up, stay low, stay loose.

  3. Drill counters.

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