Pickleball owes some of its origins to tennis, and ex-tennis players are making the switch to pickleball. In tennis this year (2011) for men's doubles the points leaders are a set of brothers born 3 minutes apart named Bob & Mike Bryan. If you have ever watched them before, or any other great doubles team you'll know of the need for communication on the court. far too many times in pickleball I see a player encroach on his partners space, leaving a wide empty space for the opponents to hit the ball to. We might go across the front for a quick poach, or maybe our forehand smash is lined up better on our team members side, or even if we go for that baseline lob, we should be communicating with our partner by yelling "SWITCH." Then our partner knows that they should get into the other court to protect it as normal. Once the play is finished we switch back to our usual places. Watch some top ranked tennis doubles, or any other doubles racquet sport like badminton, squash, racquetball and see how the partners communicate with each other effectively. "SWITCH!!!"
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