Kyle Yates

Pickleball – 2019 Minto US Open Videos

Jeff

Pickleball is a very popular sport and it is growing and growing. Although pickleball has been evolving for more than fifty years, it hasn’t reached full maturity. It is still finding its way in the sports and entertainment arenas.

The recent 2019 Minto US Pickleball Open, for example, had some of the best competition and numerous people would have like to watch many of the medal matches including bronze and gold contests in a variety of categories. Sadly, many of these were not broadcast live. Certain categories have not been placed on YouTube or Facebook, even though the championship was months ago.

To their credit, CBS Sports did televise some of the exciting gold medal matches (Thank You CBS Sports!). The unfortunate aspect of this scenario, as far s I can discern, is that this was not widely communicated in the pickleball world.

For those who might have missed the action and would like to view it, here (below) are as many videos as I could find online. Please bear in mind that the quality of the videos varies. I also want to point out that I tried to find matches in all age groups, i.e. women, men, young, senior etc. What I found was a limited sample of players represented in the current available videos. You can search on your own periodically as some of the videos may be released at a later date.

NOTE – Some of the Facebook pages have more videos listed and linked on the sidebar (right-hand side). You can watch those as well!

When weather or other obligations keep you from playing pickleball, you can watch exciting matches to see what the Pros do!

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Doubles

MEN’S DOUBLES 19+ Gold Medal match from the 2019 Minto US Open Pickleball Championships NOTE – Action doesn’t start until the 8:28 (+/-) mark so feel free to move ahead to avoid the “advertisements” and intros.

Kyle Yates and Brian Ashworth vs. Marcin Rozpedski and Aspen Kern

CBS Sports Broadcast – PRO Men’s Doubles Gold – Minto US Open Pickleball Championships

Kyle Yates and Matt Wright go head-to-head with Dave Weinbach and Marcin Rozpedski

FULL VERSION! PRO Women’s Doubles GOLD – Minto US Open Pickleball Championships

Now you can enjoy the ENTIRE Pro Women’s Doubles GOLD match including the missing points that didn’t air on CBS Sports Network. This exciting match goes to 3 games and features the top women’s pickleball players in the world. Lucy Kovalova and Irina Tereschenko square up against Simone Jardim and Corrine Carr for an intense battle for the gold medal.

2019 US Open Pickleball Championships – Pro Senior Women’s Doubles GOLD

Jennifer Dawson and Cammy MacGregor take on Kris Anderson and Lisa Naumu

2019 US Open Pickleball Championships – Pro Men’s Senior Doubles GOLD

Dave Weinbach and Barry Waddell take on Scott Burr and Brian Staub

MIXED DOUBLES 25+ Gold Medal match from the 2019 Minto US Open Pickleball Championships powered by Margaritaville with Catherine Parenteauand Joey Farias vs. Christine McGrath – Morgan Evans

Singles

2019 US Open Pickleball Championships – Men’s Singles PRO Gold Match

Tyson McGuffin and Ben Johns

2019 US Open Pickleball Championships – Pro Senior Men’s Singles GOLD

Scott Moore and Paul Olin

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Here is a link to all of the winners in each of the categories of the 2019 US Open!

2019 Minto US Open Pickleball Championships Winners

 

More Pickleball Videos and Information

To See additional Pickleball Videos & Information Click Here (primarily for beginners and less experienced players)

Check out Additional Pickleball Information and Videos! (for all players including average to more experienced players)


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Learn by Watching the Pros – Dink-A-Dink-A-Do!

Jeff

The video below has some longish rallies/volleys and I think we can learn a lot about Pickleball strategy when watching some of them.

I believe Matt Staub and Kyle Yates are in the left-hand court as you watch the video. As far as I can tell, Kyle is in the white T-shirt. Both Matt and Kyle have an interesting technique which involves stepping slightly off of the court to hit a ball in the air that appears to be headed for the kitchen. By stepping off of the court to strike a ball that is near the sideline, but in the playing area, they can assume a position close to the net that would be a fault if they were inside the playing boundaries. This happens a few times during the match. You can watch for it at the 2:34-2:37 mark of the video as Kyle slams a ball back at his opponents from the “near net, off court” position.

Also note how much each side relies on the dink shot. The soft game is used extensively in this match and is something I need to focus on more than I do!


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In an interview here, Kyle Yates had this to say when asked for any tips or advice:

“People like to complicate the game with all these different techniques and styles, but we tend to forget that the object of the game is to hit the ball IN the court. Pickleball is a game of errors, not winners. All you have to try to do is keep the ball in play longer than your opponents. Strategy is involved only after you understand that concept. Strategy is involved only to make your opponent’s job of keeping the ball in play more difficult. There is a very fine line of demarcation between going for a win, and forcing your opponent to make an error.”

When watching the video, you can see this theory in action. Most of the time, Kyle’s team just tries to keep the ball in play until an opportune moment or the other team makes an error.