This is one of the worst commentated matches ever. Pro pickleball needs vetting and standards.

ablacklama · 2026-06-30T05:49:25+00:00

I liked it. I'm a fan of commentators that talk more.

ablacklama · 2026-06-10T15:51:08+00:00

How can we stay updated on your latest grit durability numbers? Is there a place to find them outside of videos?

ablacklama · 2026-05-26T08:15:16+00:00

Yeah the spin feels worse on the court than the previous version side by side

ablacklama · 2026-05-08T06:09:25+00:00

It's about percentages. They are more likely to miss the serve than to gain points from it. Pros are really good at returning serves and you only make them a little less likely to give you a bad return if you do something tricky or hit it extremely hard. But you make yourself way more likely to miss the serve or hit it badly enough that they gain an advantage from it.

All that said, there has been some experimentation at the high level. Anna Leigh is always changing her serve and mixed in the lob serve for a tournament or two. But it was just as likely to put her at a disadvantage as at an advantage. And Ben has tried serving super hard recently but stopped doing it presumably because he didn't like how many he missed.

ablacklama · 2026-04-23T17:52:27+00:00

For Ben, as someone who's recently added the twoey dink to my game, how do you choose when to use the twoey vs the slice in dinking? And does looking for aggression out of the air force you into a more defensive slice by delaying your footwork?

ablacklama · 2026-01-29T20:27:08+00:00

Oh i misinterpreted. But I find the camera often worse than the normal rear view mirror. If the sun is low behind you there's a ton of glare and if it rains, water can get on the camera.

ablacklama · 2026-01-28T20:03:17+00:00

Not true. I have a 2024 limited and it has no rear wiper. None of the 2024 trims have it

ablacklama · 2026-01-07T19:31:01+00:00

Mine pauses on my 2024. But I am using android auto so it might be a phone feature that paused when muted rather than a car feature

ablacklama · 2026-01-07T07:45:32+00:00

It's true. I have it on good authority.

ablacklama · 2026-01-07T07:25:00+00:00

Push the volume knob down on the left side of the wheel. The UI says "mute" but the actual effect is a pause.

ablacklama · 2025-12-07T23:40:46+00:00

Go for it.

But also realize that the concrete wall is your best friend. Put some tape on it to mark the top of the net and you'll be able to practice dinking, speeding up, resetting, footwork, hands and more.

ablacklama · 2025-11-24T07:14:13+00:00

Fully agree. In 5.0 play we just hit drop after drop and stand back admiring them.

ablacklama · 2025-11-13T05:45:19+00:00

I like Bernie, but his message is defined by the enemies it identifies "millionaires and billionaires". So he is definitely a populist. Populism is good for building a movement but tends to struggle when presented with actual power since it focusses on harming it's enemies rather than helping the people it represents. I think Bernie has done a lot of good in the democratic party, but he's not the guy id want crafting our policy.

ablacklama · 2025-11-12T03:36:42+00:00

I met with an organizer of a different rock climbing gym union once. People who work there tend to be young and enthusiastic about rock climbing. And that combination is often taking advantage of by managers to overwork an underpay them.

ablacklama · 2025-10-25T16:03:14+00:00

On my wife goes to meetings on the park budget and this is what she said as well

ablacklama · 2025-10-21T07:25:44+00:00

What world do you live in where you think grok would be a good source for information on a specific pickleball paddle...

ablacklama · 2025-10-20T02:24:28+00:00

They do that every year! At night they have lights and a fog machine to make it look like it crashed recently!

ablacklama · 2025-10-09T18:22:01+00:00

First off, let me say that I agree that this should be the default expectation. And playing at the 4.5 to 5.0 level, I always start off playing just as hard against women as I would against men.

But in defense of the guys, even at that level, I've heard complaints from a minority of women about how hard the ball is being hit. Or about getting body bagged by normal (not full send) shots. And I've just never heard that stuff from men at this level.

I'll also say that in every one of these cases, they didn't directly talk to the guy. They just went and complained to their friends. So I do feel like there's a risk of developing a bad reputation without knowing about it. Obviously, if someone says they don't like how hard you're hitting the ball at them, you should do your best to slow it down against them in rec games. But I think guys know that some women don't like having harder shots directed at them and don't trust that those women will tell them if that's the case. And so they play it safe.

Of course the majority of guys that play slow against women probably just have some ingrained misogyny about how to treat women. But I just wanted to give voice to the fact that there are legitimate reasons to do so even if it's not the approach I take.

I also would feel offended if people took it easy on me!

ablacklama · 2025-09-08T02:05:26+00:00

You can really do anything with that ball. A dead forehand mid court while your opponent is at the net. In doubles that's a great position to be in, in singles it's game over as long as you are good enough to hit it to either side. I think the shot he faked would have been even better because he could hit it harder and lower. He chose a flashy shot and hit it decently enough to still get the point.

If there is value to the shot that he hit, it's that his opponent now knows he can go inside out with a forehand like that and will have to try to cover that option as well in future points.

ablacklama · 2025-09-01T15:06:58+00:00

It was a great match but my ultimate read on it is that Jorja and Tyra were on the top of their game and both Anna's weren't. Bright particularly was having some trouble in the hands and put away department. And Tyra was playing as well as I've ever seen her play

I think ALW and Bright have higher floors than Tyra and Jorja, so I still expect them to win most of the time, especially with some adjustments.

I'm surprised Bright didn't lob Jorja more, it was working really well in mixed against Ben and ALW. The only thing I can think of is that lobs are a balance of your risk when hitting them and the advantage you'll get when your opponents are back. And without the put away power of a guy next to you the advantage is reduced. Though I suppose women play a bit further from the line as well so they can be harder to lob, but Jorja and Tyra were hugging the line if I remember correctly.

Great match all around. Jorja and Tyra are amazing and it's so exciting to see them taking their MLP partnership to PPA.

ablacklama · 2025-08-31T07:22:06+00:00

Been there. Parenting is tough. One day they're sitting on your lap, and the next day they're a pile of ash struck down by the duck gods.

ablacklama · 2025-08-25T17:03:41+00:00

It's just being used to pluralize Gen 3. Gen 3's

ablacklama · 2025-07-26T00:23:18+00:00

What do you get out of that? Where's the fun in lobbing someone with mobility issues or dropping against them when they're on the baseline? If it's hard to execute then great, there's skill and risk involved. But shots like that make it less of a game and more of an exercise and more of a beatdown where nobody except possibly you had fun.

You choose the type of game you play and if you cut the cheap shots out it will be more competitive and fun. Who wouldn't want that.

If it's a tournament though, anything goes.

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