How to be a Traveling Picklebury
Resource to help you find courts wherever you travel to
In today’s issue of the Bite Size Pickleball newsletter:
How to be a Traveling Picklebury
This week in the Bite Size Podcast: Wicked: Defying Civility
Where’s the Best Place to Hit a 3rd Shot Drive?
Black Friday Sale
HOW TO BE A TRAVELING PICKLEBURY
Traveling this holiday season? Anxious to get your game on and escape the family for a few games and work-up a good appetite? Look no further than the Playtime Scheduler. You can find courts in most places in the world on it. A note of caution: In my experience 99% of the players overrate themselves. In other words, they think they’re better than they are. So, for instance, if you see a bunch of 4.0s, and 4.5s in a game that consists of players between 3.5 and 5.0, understand that most of those players will be closer to 3.5 than 5.0.
THIS WEEK IN OUR PODCAST: WICKED: DEFYING CIVILITY
My guess is that many more of you saw that awful video that went viral this week on the player that kicked an opposing player in the face than saw the opening of the movie Wicked. If you haven’t seen the clip, you can watch it here on Yahoo Sports.
In this week’s podcast, out on Sunday, I use the incident as a jumping off point to remind us all how important civility is, not only on the pickleball court, but in life as well. You can listen to all the Bite Size Pickleball podcasts here if you’re using an Apple device, or here if you’re listening on Spotify, and here if you want to listen on Amazon.
WHERE’S THE BEST PLACE TO GO ON A 3RD SHOT DRIVE?
For me, my favorite place to go on a 3rd shot drive, especially if I am driving a short and high 2nd shot from my opponents, is right down the middle (sans the green Riddler costume). When your opponents gift you a short and high ball, going down the middle is just a really difficult 3rd shot for your opponents to return. IF your opponents make a habit of pinching middle, after their 2nd shot, then by all means drive it down one of the alleys, but understand it is a riskier shot.
Please consider shopping my site this holiday season, there is a pickleball gift for everyone you know that can’t get enough of that funky pickleball stuff. You could also gift someone a yearly subscription to this newsletter, as well as gifting yourself, which would, of course, gift little ole me for continuing to put out some badass pickleball sass.