I have been playing a lot of pickleball with Ezra, Nicholas, and some friends! We usually meet on Saturday mornings and Tuesday evenings. At first, I could barely hit the ball and get it over the net—that's how bad I am at it! And my serves were terrible! I kept hitting the ball outside of the lines. Plus, I had no idea what the rules were. But now I know how to keep the ball inside the lines when serving, and I know the rules and whose turn it is to serve.
My serves have been getting a lot better than before because I have been doing some tight serves, where the ball doesn't simply go over the net slowly but is a fast and kind of tight ball to hit for the receiving person. But I want to practice a lot more and try doing more complex hits or different serves.
We played last night! Nicholas usually comes, but sadly, he was too busy with his work this time. So it was Ezra, French Jonathan, me, Caleb Mintz, and Zach Mintz. The Mintzes go to our church, and they are good friends with our family in general. And French Jonathan (aka French Frie) also usually comes, and he is a pro at pickleball! He will always spin the ball when he plays, so when it lands, it goes in a completely different way, so it throws you off a lot. And he's super good at doing fastballs, too. So basically, he's known for a lot of ball spins to everybody. And Caleb Mintz is known for always spiking the ball like crazy! He always spikes it on any chance he gets, and that's how he basically takes people out.
Nicholas, Zach Mintz, Ezra, and I aren't exactly known for anything because we do a whole bunch of different things. But I'm known for missing the balls a lot.😂 But honestly, everybody else is incredibly good at pickleball.
It's a lot of fun to play! I am always looking forward to playing every week. And sometimes, I will be practicing on our garage door.