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Pickleball fundamentals  Cover Image Book Book

Pickleball fundamentals / USA Pickleball.

USA Pickleball, (author.).

Summary:

"This book details the basic skills and strategies of pickleball. It explains how to prepare for and perform essential skills, remedy common errors, and apply and expand on fundamental techniques. Hands-on drills and activities are provided to accelerate the learning process and make practice fun. Key strategies for making shot selections, mastering the mental game, keeping the ball in play, basic and advanced doubles play, and more, are also covered"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781718222205 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: xvii, 173 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Edition: Second edition.
  • Publisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2024]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Previous edition: 2015.
Formatted Contents Note:
Getting ready to play (and staying that way) -- Ready position, grips, and ball control -- The basics : forehand and backhand -- Serve and return -- Volley -- Dink -- Lob -- Overhead smash -- Drop shot -- Shot selection and the mental game -- Strategies for doubles and singles play.
Subject: Pickleball (Game) > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre: Handbooks and manuals.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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  • Gardners
    Turn to Pickleball Fundamentals to master the sport’s essential skills and compete with confidence. Develop solid technique for every shot with nearly 40 drills and gamelike activities to quickly improve your performance on the court.
  • Human Kinetics
    Turn to Pickleball Fundamentals to master the sport’s essential skills and compete with confidence. Develop solid technique for every shot with nearly 40 drills and gamelike activities to quickly improve your performance on the court.
  • Human Kinetics
    Master pickleball basics and play with confidence.

    Immerse yourself in a game of pickleball, and you’ll discover why it has quickly become one of the most popular sports in America. In addition to being enjoyable for all ages and skill levels, pickleball promotes meaningful relationships, exercise, and wellness.

    Written and endorsed by USA Pickleball—the national governing body for the sport—Pickleball Fundamentals, Second Edition, teaches you the basics so you can join the fun on the court quickly and with confidence.

    Learn proper execution of pickleball’s essential skills, and master the fundamental tactics. STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS with photos demonstrate how to implement each shot—groundstrokes, serve and return, volley, dink, lob, overhead smash, and drop—and provide the base for developing solid technique.

    NEARLY 40 DRILLS and gamelike activities will enhance your enjoyment while improving performance. You’ll also find competitive tactics for various scenarios and strategies for both singles and doubles play.

    Pickleball Fundamentals is the best way to master the basics and take your game to a higher level.

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