Pickleball Video – Defend the Wide, Angled Dink

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According to official pickleball rules, the middle of the pickleball net is lower than at the ends:

  • 2.C.4. Height. The net shall be suspended over the center of the court and shall be 36 inches (0.914 m) high at the sidelines and 34 inches (0.86 m) high at the center of the court.

    • Inernational Federation of Pickleball – Official Tournament Rulebook

    The lowered portion of the net often provides a “safety factor” during the dink game where players try to dink at an angle across the center section of the net. During an exchange, a ball may pull a player very wide of the court because of the angle of the shot and leave that player with either a weak return or a very difficult return.

    In the video below Mark Renneson, pickleball player and coach, demonstrates the technique of hitting the ball around the post.

    Is this something you think you would like to try?

     

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    STATUS QUOtes — 20170309

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    Olmsted Point and What Else? – Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 241

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    What is out there?

    The Olmsted Point parking area is relatively large for its location and there was quite a crowd when we stopped to take in the scene. Moving around the area, there were many striking views.

    In the picture above, this mountain covered with trees and very pretty rock formations was worthy in its own right. I wondered how many people might stop off here and not realize that lurking in the distance is perhaps the most famous Yosemite feature, Half Dome.

    Among so many beautiful areas to stop and appreciate nature’s beauty at Yosemite National Park, the best sighting may not be obvious to visitors.

    Half Dome above the trees Lake

     
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    Half Dome Everywhere – Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 240

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    Can you locate Half Dome in the picture below?

    Half Dome from Olmsted Point

    Half Dome plays hide and seek

    I feel that most people who have knowledge of our national parks have heard of Half Dome. I knew of Half Dome long before I visited Yosemite National Park. My Macintosh desktop had Half Dome as its default image at one point.

    This large monolithic feature has become a symbol to a number of businesses, sports enthusiasts, etc., but it remains hard to grasp how omnipresent it is at Yosemite National Park. It reveals itself time and time again.

    There were instances when we looked up above the trees and there it was. No fanfare or spectacular view, just Half Dome towering above it all. There were other times when it was somewhere along the horizon, but had to be sought out. From Olmsted Point without any visual aides, it might be difficult to discern, but it was there for sure! (see below)

    Half Dome above the trees Lake

     
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    STATUS QUOtes — 20170308

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    More Pickleball Strategy & Tips from Jeff Shank – Video

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    Things to watch for in this video

  • Why would Jeff want to “fake” poach a ball?
  • What is a good ready position? Where should the paddle be?
  • What paddle adjustment needs to be made when a ball is hit at your feet?
  • What adjustment to your stroke do you need to make if you are back-peddling?
  • Listen to Jeff’s explanation regarding how to defend a shot going around the post. (see the note below)

    • NOTE – Some players may not realize that a ball does not have to go over the net to be a valid shot in pickleball. If your team hits a ball wide so that it pulls the player to the side of the court and your opponent is able to hit the ball around the post (i.e. without it going over the net) and it lands on your team’s side of the court in bounds, it is a legitimate shot.

  • What does Jeff suggest is a key to getting a shot to go deeper, especially the serve?
  • Watch and listen to how Jeff suggests a player can avoid hitting the ball into the net on an easy, high ball when you are moving forward to the net.

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    Half Dome – Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 239

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    Half Dome above the trees

    Half Dome rises above the trees

    Yesterday’s post, YOY Day 238, we showed Half Dome’s across-the-street-neighbor, North Dome (located northwest of the Yosemite celebrity), rising above the trees. Well Half Dome obviously rises above the trees as well.

    This is one of more than a dozen photographs I snapped from the meadow area between Yosemite Village and Half Dome. It is one of the best vantage points for a ground level photo of this icon.

     
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    STATUS QUOtes — 20170307

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    “Love builds highways out of dead ends.” — Louis Gittner

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    “If I have learnt anything, it is that life forms no logical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?” — Margot Fonteyn

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    North Dome – Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 238

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    orth Dome rises above the trees

    North Dome rises above the trees

    As far as I can discern, North Dome is one of the less touted features at Yosemite National Park. The photograph above was captured as we hiked the trail(s) around Mirror Lake.

    North Dome is impressive in its own right although it does have to compete with Half Dome, the grandaddy of Yosemite Domes, Sentinel Dome which is very impressive for its views and Lembert Dome in Tuolumne Meadows.

    Apparently there is a fantastic view of Half Dome from North Dome. You can read more about that hike at Yosemite Hikes.

     
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    STATUS QUOtes — 20170306

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    “When you drink the water, remember the spring.” — Chinese Proverb

    “The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago… had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.” — Henry Havelock Ellis

    “The waking have one world in common; sleepers have each a private world of his own.” — Heraclitus

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