How many times have you said that you made a bad error? I have found that in playing pickleball I have made a lot of bad errors. I have also made a lot of good ones. Pickleball is a game that, compared to other sports, doesn’t require as much agility, speed, or strength. It helps, but isn’t required to play a winning game. What is important is where you put the ball. The idea is to put the ball wherever your opponent isn’t. After playing pickleball for a few years, I have actually been trying to place the ball (if it comes to me slowly enough). This requires thinking, something I don’t have time to do in the game. This is when I make bad mistakes, putting the ball exactly where my opponent wants it to be. Most of the time the ball comes flying and I have no time to think. Then I just stick out my paddle in the general vicinity of the ball and hope for the best. Most of these non-thinking moments I manage to contact the ball and send it into the court. That’s a good mistake. Often this move changes the trajectory of the ball and it lands someplace unexpected by my opponents. Happily that is another good mistake.
Hope you had a good mistake day.
Louise and Duane
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