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Hey Everyone!

I'm excited to let you in on some exciting information. . .

Right now, we have over 500 pre-orders of my book: Pickleball in 60 seconds!

The journey of writing a book is so fulfilling and I'm beyond thankful to have your trust in purchasing it.

It is going to know your socks off!

Now, let’s get to this week's video:

Top Serving Mistakes You’re Making in Pickleball

There are a few mistakes lots of players make on serves. Here’s how you can make sure that’s not YOU. . . in Under 60 Seconds.

This past week, I've really dissected my weaknesses and put together an active plan to turn them into strengths. 

For me, I wouldn't necessarily say I struggle with handling drives, but it certainly isn't one of my strong points. The conclusion I've come to is that if a team is driving, and you lose focus for even a second, they can rattle off 2 or 3 points in no time. That doesn't happen when players drop the ball; they have to earn the point when they drop it, rather than get a potential freebie on the drive.

I got my one friend who hits the ball hard, I put him at the baseline while I was at the kitchen line.

I told him, I want you to drive and crash on me, and I have to handle it. After doing countless reps on this, I discovered something that made this significantly easier.

I make the majority of my mistakes when my paddle-ready position is too close to my body.

When my paddle is out in front and I am "meeting" the ball, I am much more consistent than when it's close to my chest and I'm trying to punch the ball to generate power.

Secondly, the key is to hit the ball as close to your opponent’s feet as possible. This makes for the most difficult shot.

I spend so much time drilling, I often only do "maintenance" work.

For example, spending a bunch of time cross-court dinking/hitting third-shot drops.

This is necessary and all, BUT I would rather allocate a good portion of my time to working on clear weaknesses in my game to bring myself up to par!

Next time you’re struggling with drives, hold that paddle out there a little bit more and I bet you’ll be more consistent!

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-Tanner

PS. There are ONLY 40 days until my book comes out 🤯

That’s crazy to think about. I’d love it if you pre-ordered (so would my publisher 🤭). If you do, you get some pretty cool bonuses:

📗 Pre-order 1 book and you’ll get the FREE Video series. This is a companion to the book and shows you exactly how to execute everything I talk about.

📗 📗 📗 📗 📗 Pre-order 5 books and you get the video series, one autographed copy, and are entered into a drawing to win a CRBN Paddle (valued at $280)

📗 📗 📗 📗 📗 📗 📗 📗 📗 📗 Pre-order 10 books and you get all of the above plus a FREE live virtual match breakdown by me on an invite-only live stream.

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THANK YOU!

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