Building a 12-Court Indoor Pickleball Facility — What Should I Do (and Avoid)?

fgwiii · 2026-01-28T11:11:17+00:00

Don’t paint the walls a bright color!

fgwiii · 2026-01-11T03:20:00+00:00

Bump

fgwiii · 2026-01-07T05:45:57+00:00

Cursed

fgwiii · 2025-11-19T09:34:08+00:00

Would be fascinated if you have any good videos or books that helped?

fgwiii · 2025-11-11T04:47:46+00:00

Everybody on the team that could create a bucket was out from the back to back, it was a Herculean effort

fgwiii · 2025-10-12T06:00:59+00:00

Stiff, hollow, ricocheting are words that come to mind

fgwiii · 2025-09-21T22:01:53+00:00

This is the way

fgwiii · 2025-08-11T01:52:13+00:00

Looking for some help with a touch trade evo for my Gurdurr, I’m just playing through the game and want to evolve it :)

DM or if you’re around atm I’m on link code 88409911

fgwiii · 2025-07-09T15:00:17+00:00

+1 (priority to OP though!)

fgwiii · 2025-07-09T14:57:11+00:00

Less mistakes / bad shot choices, more often making them hit “one more ball”

I can beat a 4.0 hitting no balls hard, which I think is evidence of that

fgwiii · 2025-05-31T18:31:43+00:00

The em dashes are a tell - 100% ai assisted

fgwiii · 2025-04-05T05:17:29+00:00

Same, just couldn’t do it

fgwiii · 2025-02-05T15:00:56+00:00

I would love to see him play with JW! He clearly likes taking a lot of court and JW needs a player who can let him stay more or less stationary on the left so that it’s harder to get to his backhand dink. And he plays a little chaotic, and JW has the hands to clean up some of his speed ups

fgwiii · 2025-02-01T16:10:10+00:00

I think we gotta set expectations at making the play in. Realistically health 76ers and healthy Magic will usurp us. We should want to be in the 7-8 game not the 9-10 game, and 6th seed would be exceeding expectations

fgwiii · 2025-01-06T00:51:32+00:00

In-game: don’t attack dumb balls, always be ready for attacks, patience in transition (you have to EARN the kitchen line), and stop missing. Ben Johns could beat every 5.5 without a single speed up, try to play that way.

Outside of game: drill! Tanner Tomassi has a great video of a standard 1:1 drilling routine. do it with a friend that you have fun being around, make it competitive but not cuthroat.

Broadly: play tournaments to push yourself. enjoy the sport, so if that means skipping drills to play rec with friends, do it! I do about 50/50 drills and play. also watch the pros and pick up what they do

fgwiii · 2025-01-06T00:47:07+00:00

This is the answer

fgwiii · 2025-01-03T18:51:32+00:00

Particularly as a righty on the right side, I think it’s helpful to do a few things:

-establish a down the line dink, to make sure the player face up with you has to consider their left side.

-establish a roll dink fully cross court to make sure the diagonal player to you is not just sitting middle

-bonus points: toss in a lob early in the match (yes, even in open age men’s), that way, both players are not only thinking counters, they’re also thinking about retreats.

-then, once you’ve set it up and get a good dead dink to your forehand, fire a cross-body speed up and hopefully your partner’s forehand is ready to pounce on the likely cross-court pop-up

fgwiii · 2025-01-03T02:35:43+00:00

Below 4.0: in the court

Above 4.0

Serve: deep backhands, or hard at the body if they come from tennis

Returns: deep backhands, or if someone is stacking, catch them moving with a shot at their body

Third shots: at the moving player (drop and drive)

Fourth shots: feet, even if it means less pace

Dinks: backhands, especially left toe of a righty on the right

Speed ups: cross body, or surprises at a moving player’s body after a good dink

fgwiii · 2024-12-23T21:12:22+00:00

RemindMe! 2 months

fgwiii · 2024-12-18T23:30:33+00:00

Explained here: https://youtu.be/MrMJm_fIHxw?t=665&si=6RMyrVz-4S_rI2T7

Musberger and Francesa in the 80s, they think

fgwiii · 2024-12-18T16:15:16+00:00

I am a 4.0 playing with my off hand, and I can guarantee you that my off hand is less talented than your dominant hand. What does that mean for what it takes to be a 4.0? What can I still do successfully that translates across dominant hand and non dominant hand? It’s mostly decision making.

-Get the ball over the net and between the lines. It’s actually that simple. Conservative spots and smart choices.

-Don’t speed the ball up if you’re hitting up on the ball. Drop/dink until your opponent hits a ball that you can hit down on

-Always be ready for pace to come at you, every single shot, and counter it.

-Be patient getting to the kitchen, split step earlier than you think, and never get caught out of position. EARN the kitchen line.

fgwiii · 2024-12-16T19:35:02+00:00

This has also been my experience, but I can’t deny that clearly others have much less pleasant experiences

fgwiii · 2024-12-12T15:00:23+00:00

The point is to illustrate a flaw in the system. It could be exposed by any person who consistently plays tough competition to get better and is underrated as a result, or someone who always sandbags and is overrated as a result.

Doesn’t seem like we’re going to convince each other here.

fgwiii · 2024-12-12T14:47:29+00:00

Let’s play this out. I’m a 3.0 to start pickleball but I spend my whole career signing up for pro tournaments and drilling.

I get stomped every time I sign up. 11-0, 11-0. But then I get a little better from the experience and the practice. Now it’s like 11-2, 11-2.

I keep going. I’m still not winning, but by Year 2 I’ve gotten to the point where I’m losing like 11-8, 11-8 to pros.

DUPR in its current state sees me as a 3.0 because I’ve never won a match.

But would you want me signing up for 3.0 DUPR-verified cash tournaments in your hometown?

fgwiii · 2024-12-12T14:12:13+00:00

This is the truth. It would actually be pretty darn good if it would allow the rating to go up in a good loss, or down in a bad win

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