Monday Kickoff (Week 6 of 2025)

📜 Context

• Background: Started playing pickleball in July 2024 and quickly fell down the rabbit hole of gear and wanting to improve. My athletic experience primarily consists of ping pong in the basement with my little brother, messing around on the tennis courts on occasion, but no formal training.
• Current Rating: 3.600 (9% Reliability)

🎯 Goals

• Choose shape for CRBN TruFoam Genesis paddle.
• Get comfortable with new CRBN TruFoam Genesis paddle.
• Take evaluation clinic #2.

🎨 Theme: Prep for Evaluation Clinic #2

I'm stoked cause this week I should be receiving my shipment for CRBN TruFoam Genesis!!! That said, this is also a week where I'll be participating in my second evaluation clinic where I'll put my DUPR rating to the test again.

As a result, this week will be heavily focused on getting comfortable with whichever Genesis paddle I end up choosing (I ordered the 2 and 3 shapes since I don't think I'm advanced enough to leverage the 1 properly because the sweet spot is supposedly smaller).

📋 Tasks

• Drills
  • Participate in clinics:
    • "Intermediate Skills & Drills"
    • "Drilling with PPR Coach"
    • "Stop Popping Up!"
• Gameplay
  1. Watch the ball the entire time when striking (as opposed to where I want it to go)
  2. Maintain active footing in-between shots (instead of being stubbornly planted)
  3. Be like water. Minimize twitchy movements and take your time.

💭 Closing Thoughts

It's still taking some getting used to as far as tracking goes, but I'm liking the routine of setting intentions for the coming week. My next steps will definitely need more mid-week updates as far as progress goes so I can provide a better perspective on how the journey is going.

Anyhow, that's all for today. Wishing y'all times on the courts and fun games!