Welcome back,

There are only 33 days left until ThatPickleballSchool launches on October 1st.

With that said, make sure you’re on the priority list because our team decided we will make a special offer to a select group before October 1st, but only to the people on that list. 🙂 

In today’s ThatPickleballSchool Newsletter 😀 

1. Improve your 4th shot decisions 🧠

2. I ❤️ Friday Pickleball (and you should too)

3. Updates on my Pro Journey 🏆

Let’s get to the good stuff!

MAKE BETTER 4TH SHOT DECISIONS

When the opponent hits a third-shot drop at you, players often get caught trying so hard to take the ball out of the air because they want to “keep them back” at the baseline.

It’s a good strategy, no doubt.

BUT, what about when the opponent hits a good 3rd shot drop? One that won’t be so easy to take out of the air and smash. One that will force you to hit UP on the ball.

Well, that’s typically where problems occur. 

IF you’re about to hit your 4th shot and reaching into the kitchen with a straight arm while off balance — that’s not good.

You’ll most likely “try to keep them back” from a bad physical position, which will lead to you missing into the net or popping the ball up for your opponent to smash.

So, you might be thinking, what should I do instead? OR how do I know when to let the ball bounce or when to take it out of the air?

Both are good questions. I’ll answer both questions for you (with visuals) in the video below. 🙂 👇

Give it a shot and let me know if it helps the next time you go out to play.

FOLLOW FRIDAY PICKLEBALL

This week, I’m giving a shoutout to the guys from FridayyPickleball.

Honestly, they’re my favorite pickleball account, and a couple of weeks ago in Kansas City, I met up with them to film some content. Here’s the first video we made that just posted:

This video has nearly a million views on TikTok and over 300,000 on Instagram. It’s pretty funny. Check it out and give those guys a follow.

FridayyPickleball on TikTok

FridayyPickleball on Instagram

Their content is binge-worthy if you haven’t seen it in the past. 

Did you see the NEW REFERRAL PROGRAM? 👇

You can learn about the rewards here —> REFER FRIENDS. RECEIVE REWARDS 🎉

UPDATES ON MY PRO JOURNEY

I’m heading to the airport for my 3rd tournament this month.

That’s the most I’ve ever done, and it’s been a good run. I’m flying to Chicago today to play Men's Doubles on Saturday with Tanner Tomassi.

Tanner and I have been doing really well together. Over a month ago, we got 4th in the APP Newport, then made it through the qualifier in Kansas City before losing to the #1 team in the world in the first round. 

I’m so excited about this partnership and the chemistry we’re developing.

I love his game style, and we plan to play all the APP tournaments together for the rest of the year.

I’ll do my best to film some of these matches to provide more breakdowns in next week’s newsletter.

Wish us luck!

Kyle

PS: Don’t forget to sign up for the priority list if you’re not already. I’ll be announcing a special offer to everyone on that list in about two weeks :)