Entrenamos con PROS de la PPA: la diferencia es BRUTAL

0:02Good evening, dear residents. Here we are, the co-founders, the co-hosts of the Pickball house, David and the Pickball coach here, Carlos. And today we're going to talk about our experience, because what I haven't told you, David, is that today and last week I also trained with some players from the PPA. Okay, we'll be talking about that today. And before we begin, well, I got the money for the canon. David has the RPM Jate. They use the

0:37house code to buy the shovels. Uh, my favorite rackets are the Lost Canon, which I know I've liked because I've already seen very good reviews, and the Spartu Speedfire, and the 15th house to buy rackets from the RPM brand. David, well, how are you? Tell me how it went. Oh, look, there's C. How's it going with the RPM? Well, this one arrived about 4 days ago, it's the 14 mm.

1:05It's amazing. I mean, it took me two weeks to like this one, and anyway I played in the league that Force invited me to, where I practically had to cover for you and Angelo. And what I did was I was already playing well with this one, but I decided to change its weight. I put my slice cat back on, the one I'm used to using, and removed the weight here. Carlos, I'm

1:30not lying to you. I've never played so badly in my life, literally, right? We lost the first game against Angel and against Will. We lost 411 and in, that is, we were 5 C and I already had 11 unforced errors. And you know that I almost never make mistakes like that that aren't forced . In the end, I think I finished the first game with 14 unforced errors. In the

1:57second game we lost 8-11 and I had 15 unforced errors. which went from literally not being able to get a third shot in, I tried to do drops, they did n't work, I tried to do drives, they didn't work, I tried to hit shots which was the best thing about this racket, nothing worked. So what I did again , since I had a tournament the next day, I changed the weights back to what

2:24I was already used to and changed the paddle again. That seems very impressive to me because, you know, I never actually add weight to the rackets, the only thing I add is the Slicec because I have poor wrist mobility, and I was so impressed by how much a racket's weight can change in my opinion . And what I did with the 14, I put the same weights on it as I had it,

2:49as I liked it, and after 5 minutes I already thought it was a much better paddle. I mean, number 14 is really brutal, brutal. That's interesting because the same thing happens to me . I don't put weight on the paddles because every time I do , I literally get the famous " Jeeps," where I feel like my wrist [snort] shakes and my forearm shakes and I can't hit the ball. It's

3:20super weird, but what I want to do, uh, what I would do , I think I want to do it now, like in two weeks, because I want to test the loss this week and the RPM next week. After that, I want you to help me customize my paddle because when I used your RPMJ, something I noticed when adding weight to the throat is that it feels much more stable for

3:50the hands. I don't know how he'll feel about the other blows. The adjustment is mainly for the DINKs, uh, with the weight, but for the hands it does feel much better when there is weight in the throat. What, do you agree with me or what do you think about that? 100%. And I'm telling you, for me it's something new because I'm not used to adding weight, and the times I have,

4:16honestly, it's only because I copy some pro, I take a screenshot and do it, but it's not like I feel that much of a difference. But with these rackets, and I don't know if it's because of the foam that I'm also not used to using, it seems so impressive how much a racket can change. And I also think it's important to mention that these rackets are very lightweight. This 14-pack of

4:41wine contains 7.8 ounces of stock. I can more or less handle a shovel that weighs about 8.4-8.5 ounces. Right now, the one I have, the 14 I'm going to lend you so you can try it, also weighs about 8.3 and I feel like it's the best racket I've ever used. Now, for real. Ah, because, I mean, because you put the weight on it. Because I put it on, well, the truth is that I did

5:09n't try it without weight, that's for sure, who knows how it feels without weight, but the problem I had with the 16, as I was saying, was that when it made contact here I felt like I was dead. I feel like this 14th one doesn't have it. But you know something that also impressed me, and I don't know if that's normal. I have your new shovel here. The roughness

5:40changes quite a bit, I mean, I'm not going to lie, it's still super rough, but if I touch this one that I've had for 4 days, this one that I've been using for almost three weeks and yours, there is quite a difference in roughness, huh? Yes, I noticed the same thing with the Speed Fire. Apparently, with the tests that Jon and the other blade re-engineers did , the Speed ​​Fire has about 15% more

6:08surface area, which is still better than 28%, which is roughly what a carbon fiber loses. But it is interesting. Maybe, I don't know if it's because so far what we know is that the RPM Jade is a level one surface, uh, there are like four levels, the carbon fibers are like a level four, the Speedf is like a level two and the rackets that have a durable surface like the RPMJ, the Honolulu, the Hex 1164

6:42tend to lose only like 2 or 3% but I don't know if it's because it has a lot of residue from the balls and you've also played quite a bit with Lifetime balls, right? And you also played against Anwar. Yes, maybe that's because they say that when you play with hard balls like Lifetimes, they last much less time. Yes, I also know if my comment is a bit ignorant, because I haven't

7:15researched it that much either. It might be completely normal for it to fade, but I imagined, like in first grade, that it would stay like new all the time, but it might eventually change, you know? Yes, that's interesting. I don't know, I don't know how it works We'd have to see. I was thinking of writing to John Cu to send him my shovel. I was looking to buy one of those machines to test the

7:49spin of the paddles. Guess how much it costs. Like $000. 3,000. Yes. And maybe in the future we'll be able to buy it, but I can't spend $3,000 right now. Yes of course. Yes. No, it's interesting because, just as you mention the Speedfire, Nermin still uses that one, he loves it, and one of my students bought one a week ago and you can definitely feel the difference . Yes, yes, yes, yes.

8:19Look, and uh, let's tell you, I want to tell this anecdote to the residents. On Thursday I arrive at Dil Dinkers for both classes and I park and suddenly I see David getting out of the car with a top 40 player in the world, King Sten Pete, and I see him training. Tell me how, who you 're training with, and what you were doing. Well, it was the first time I trained with

8:46him. His name is Anwar Braham. which is from Tunes. It's called Tunes in Spanish. Yes, Tunis. Or Tunisia. I don't know if it's Tunisia in No, no, no. Tunes is Spanish. In Tunes. Exact. Do you know something? A really great guy. The only pro, the only pro in terms of how nice and humble they are, is my friend Dani de la Rosa. Greetings to Daniel, you have a surprise for the residents here, right?

9:22Yes, we're just talking about how a surprise will probably come after this episode. Let's record it today. But anyway, what impressed me first is his humility, because I congratulate him because if you residents don't know, Anart and his male doubles partner, one of whom is Chilean named Bruno Faleto, beat the best Pickerball player in history , Ben Jones, and a top American ATP tennis player named Jacksock. Yes. And I say to him, "Hey, that's impressive,

10:07huh? Really, very good. You know what?" He tells me, "Honestly, I feel a little strange because a lot of people are congratulating me, but I don't feel like it's such a big achievement because I was playing with Jack Sock. Jack Sock was nervous, he was making a lot of mistakes. I feel like if it had been against Gabriel Tardio, it would have been very different." And I tell him, whether I played with Jack Sock

10:29or whoever, you're talking about Jack Sock, who at one point was, I think, a top five doubles player in the ATP, you know? I mean, you weren't playing against a nobody, and Jack Sock has already won tournaments. I mean, at one point, the reviewers, these people who know a lot about Pickerball, were calling Jack Sock a future star, I mean, it's not like he played against just anyone. So, I really liked his

10:59humility and how nice he is, honestly. Then we started training, and since he didn't know me, the only time we had played before this was when a friend of mine, a student friend, first a student and then a friend who lives in Atlanta, about 9 hours from here, He was training with Anwar because Anwar lives—well, before he lived here, he lived in Atlanta. So, he came to visit and invited me to play against

11:29him. So, my friend Patrick Bond, Anwar, Sean, and I played, but Sean is like a 4.0. So, Anwar didn't take it seriously at all. The game was just really fun and all. He didn't know how I played, you know? So, we started training, and it was like, okay, we started hitting the ground, kneeling, and everything. And then I said to him, "Okay, I really want to feel your pressure, to really feel something." And what I

12:01did was, obviously, I wanted to record the whole practice, and I feel like for the residents, if they're interested, next time I'm more comfortable with him, I can ask him if he'll let me record the whole hour-long practice so they can see more or less what a practice with a professional player is like. But I felt like it was a little awkward to say to him, like, "Hey, you know what?" "First day, let me

12:24record you and let me monetize you almost ," you know? So, after we warmed up, like the last 20 minutes, I grabbed my phone and said, "I'm going to put you under pressure. I'm going to stay in the transition area, and I want you to beat me in less than five shots, because if you don't, I'm going to post on Instagram that I can reset your balls, right?" That's

12:50when I put my phone out, and he took it much more seriously. And yeah, I did reset some of his balls, but the biggest difference is that when you leave a medium-high ball, since it's also long and he's very powerful, honestly, I haven't seen anyone hit it harder than him. I think I could even make a bet that he's the PPA and APP pro player combined who hits the ball the hardest. And with the Boomstick, too.

13:24And because I imagine it's not that he has power because of the He's strong because he has forearms twice as big as mine. I'd say the Boom racket might even hurt him because it's slow, not that it's bad for him, but if he already hits it hard, he might not need one with so much pop, or maybe a UFO racket would be even better for him. I mean, I'm talking here without knowing his feel for

14:02the racket. Yeah, you know something else that impressed me? He's obviously very strong. I think he easily weighs around 100 kg. He must be about 85 cm tall, not 100 kg, but full of muscle, you know? Like, strong legs, he played Division I, you know? Strong legs, really strong, strong torso, but you also know how he grips the racket, really. He doesn't do a show-up at all. So, that's why he

14:35can generate so much whiplash, because he grips the racket from here. That's why I don't know if you see the videos of him playing against With Ben Jones, he literally does speedups, the way he hides his shot is impressive because it's all wrist work, the way he grips the paddle. So, that's something very controversial, and just now Carlos and I were talking about our junior students off-air, but I think we're reaching a

15:04point in the pick where fundamentals are important, but if you have a shot that works and you can do it under pressure, whether it's playing important matches or tournaments, and it doesn't break down, we're at the point where we're not going to change those shots, even if mechanically they're not correct. And I think this Anwar is the perfect example. You see Federico, you see Heiden, they're literally gripping the paddle like this, and Anwar is

15:33gripping it like this, you know? So I think the pick is changing so much with so much new talent coming up that as long as the shot works, I say stick with it . I do n't agree. Yes, he's 61, he looks taller. He's 185 like you said. I think you'd already seen it, and no [laughs], and he tells you how much he weighs. No, they don't tell me the weight here, they're progressives. [laughs] They

16:10don't put the weights so people don't get sad. And here I am, looking at some results, and he's been doing very well. Look, he beat them, he lost to them in the last two doubles tournaments. He lost to the champions, I think. No, no. Niveau lost. Nico lost that final, but last week, there's a player we wanted to do a video analyzing, it's Elliot Chup, the left-hander, who just the

16:44other day, which is part of my story I wanted to tell, supposedly has the fastest hands on the Tour right now, and I'm so glad that we 're finally seeing a left-hander who plays aggressively. Because for some reason, I think it's because all the left-handed players wanted to be good right-handed players to get good partners, like they all played the role of being very consistent and all that, and if you watch the match, which I haven't

17:17seen completely, but I've seen some highlights, Chup was the player The most aggressive player on the court when they played last week, I think it was in Chicago, if I'm not mistaken. Or in Virginia, he played in and the hands. Damn, brother, I've never seen anything like that. You were able to do that here, changing the subject, you were able to do hands with Anwar. Yeah. How did it feel? Really tough,

17:49but I feel like, I mean, to survive with him, I wish I had recorded it, but next time, I mean, there were 25-ball volley exchanges that were literally like that, you know? I mean, you do n't have, I mean, if you move even a little bit this way , a little bit that way, or a little bit that way , you lose the ball. So, you don't have it like the ball

18:11comes to you so fast, it even feels a little easy. I think obviously it's different because we're trying to get into a rhythm. If he wanted to kill me, he would kill me and bring the ball down, but to get into a rhythm, even for me, the only thing that hurt a little was my forearm from how heavy the ball is. The ball, but literally it was like that, just this.

18:31And the ball, I mean, I don't know if you heard it because you were teaching a class in the background, it sounded like this: "pi." That's what impressed me most about how heavy his hand is. And what you say about Elliot Shop doesn't surprise me at all because when I first learned about Pickel Bolazi, almost four years ago, I followed him because he made a lot of content practicing his hands on a

19:00refrigerator, in the refrigerator in his garage. So, I remember him perfectly , because I used to say, "This kid has really good hands, he's going to do something big, and right now he's already making a name for himself , but he's easily been training full-time for like four years." And right now I think he moved to Arizona and he's training with Briones Picogo. He's going to

19:32be something good too. You know, today, well, I went to teach a class here at this place called San Pia Cleric, supposedly, well, supposedly it was MBC or someone else. A media company named it the best Pable club, or the best pickball club in the United States, and I had a class, but before starting, a little bit with Conor, the Pable trainer, and how he 's doing a training session with Grista Ycheva, who is

20:14the player. Look, Anuar is 38th on the PP tour, and this is... well, maybe even higher in men's doubles, but since they merged the rankings, now it's like a universal ranking, and one that includes all the tours and all the formats. He's 38th, but I think he's easily top 10, top 15 in men's doubles. Now, on the right side, 100%. I played against... we practiced with Grista Ycheva, who is 48th in the women's world, and

20:53I realized, like, brother, if I don't... if I do n't practice hands twice a week, just hands, it's not even practicing doubles because... and I also practiced with Travis, who will mention it to you about it, like in doubles, yeah, maybe at the beginning... The ball is heavier, so you lift it a little higher, but then when you get into a rhythm and hit crosscourt shots, the difference with the dinks isn't that big. But

21:21the hands, you know, right? I mean, the difference between them and me is 25-30% better hands, even better. Maybe a year or two ago I felt like I could play and practice with any pro in the world, even Ben Jones, and give him a good practice. I'm not saying it's going to be the best practice in the world, but I feel like I can keep up with him,

21:45and I feel like I can handle most of the other shots, like drives, resets, and drops, which I think is the shot that has improved the most in the last year. But with the hands, I mean, if I don't practice hands twice a week, I don't think there's a chance I can play against someone at that level again. And because we were practicing, and when I hit the ball solidly, I mean, the paddle would come

22:14back, which is something that has never happened to me in professional tennis until now. Let's say this year. What do you think about that? No, I totally agree with you because you remember when I used to train once a week with my friend Nates, and we always said it, he didn't become a pro only because he's a very intelligent engineer and they promoted him very quickly, and the truth is he's doing much better than

22:43many pros are now, but otherwise he would have easily been very good in my opinion. So I used to train with him once a week and it would constantly happen that I would literally grab the ball and bam, my paddle would move because of how heavy their ball is, and the pros are much more 100%. Yes, but when you train with them in the kitchen, it's like they strip you bare because

23:09if you're playing a 7-1-1 or something, you can keep them back and maybe win a couple of points, but when the ball is high and you're in the kitchen and there's an opportunity for them to attack, or you attack them in the wrong place, and it's like, you know, no, I can't keep up anymore, and it was like an eye-opener because It's like, oh, crap. And we both know that the pickable players literally

23:40change a lot every week, like, maybe even every day. And it was like, wow, you know? And I think I owe it to myself as a coach, that we can't fall behind, that we have to keep training, especially at that level. Do you think if we tell Anor, "Look, we'll sponsor you and you train with us once a week," how much do you think he'd accept? Who knows? It depends on the

24:10player, you know? I mean, because there are people who, like, could charge $300, like Travis, for example, you know? I mean, if we talk to Travis, maybe he'll give us a discount, but if we want to train with him once a week, I think it costs $289 an hour, right? Right. But a lot of the pros who are trying to get into the top 10, top 15 don't like to give many private lessons.

24:44So, more than them wanting to charge you so much, it's whether you can keep up with them and give them a good pace. I think some might even do it for free because I feel like that's something that really impressed him about me . Obviously, we didn't play any kind of offensive game or anything; it was just me defending. I just really wanted to feel the weight of his ball, you

25:10know? And then, as we were finishing up, he said to me, "Wow, you're really good on defense, aren't you?" So I imagine if I text him another day and say, "Hey, I want to keep working on my resets. Can you come kill me from the kitchen while I stay in the transition zone?" He'd probably do it, you know? So, I think that and more, like, I met him after we went

25:35to practice. We went to Starbucks and had coffee, we stayed there for about an hour talking, and I got to know him a lot better. He's a really great guy, a really great guy . I introduced him to Lisa and Forest, the owner and the general manager there. Dinkers, from the club where we teach, offered him a free membership so he can train whenever he wants. So, if I were Lisa, I would

26:11sponsor Anwar or one of these pros. I don't know what kind of figure they might give him, but it's like, look, you can have this monthly STP for free, and you have to do a monthly event with us for the members. A pro, and it's literally that all he has to do, for $0, let's say, is spend 4 hours a month doing a corporate event. You know, something that really impresses me about

26:46professional players is that part of it might be that they're only focused on training , but they don't seem to know how to market themselves very well. Because a lot of brands call me, and you too, saying, "You guys attract a lot more than some pros and you can sell a lot more products because you're creating content, because you're interacting with a lot of players, a lot of students

27:14in the community," but I feel like a lot of players don't even use their social media to market themselves. I mean, they'll accept collaborations for the videos that give them the PPA, for the good things they do and all that, but they don't really know how to sell themselves, you know? I mean, if I were, for example, someone of Anwar's caliber, I would already have 100,000 followers, you know? And, I mean, a great example

27:44is Hann Blat, who's starting to play a little better now, but for a long time she wasn't very good and had 100,000 followers, so I bet she has better sponsorships than many top 15 and top 20 players. This is a wake-up call for all of you in Latin America, Spain, and other countries watching us. Angola, they won't be Latinos in Angola. Create content and publish it. Create content and publish it. It doesn't have to

28:16be like mine, it doesn't have to be like David's, it doesn't have to be like Hann Blat's. But if you want to at least be brand ambassadors, you have to create content, especially in Latin America. And I think it's super important that we do that so that brands start to see that there is talent in Latin America. And also, if you're watching a video, David, that Hollywood actresses, like Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Aniston, are

28:49creating TikTok accounts because the studios have told them that if they don't have a following on TikTok, they won't get hired. Because? Because if you have a large following on TikTok, it's free advertising for any movie. If Nicole Kitman, who is an Oscar winner and Actresses Hall of Fame inductee, is creating content to get better business. What options are available to you, Oscar, who lives in Guatemala and wants a sponsorship with Selks? I do

29:25n't know any Oscars from Guatemala, but this is an example that is really super important to start with, even if it's just by putting their practices into practice. And you know what, I think one piece of advice we can give them is not to worry about it being the best content. When I started, sometimes I would get flashbacks of things you published 2 or 3 years ago and everything. There are times when I feel really

29:55embarrassed for what I used to post , but it was because of those videos, because of sharing my progress and my experience learning about pickleball and improving, that I was able to achieve and we are achieving everything we are doing right now, you know? If I had been ashamed and afraid of being judged by everyone at the beginning, I wouldn't have done what I 'm doing now. And I'm sure there are groups out there,

30:28groups in the internet orbit that make fun of our content, make fun of how I speak, I mean, and who the hell cares? Clear. Well, at the end of the day, what matters is the money, Dad. Clear. [laughs] And also, but oh well. Uh-huh . I'm listening. Listen, I'm listening. He/She is listening to you. No, what I mean is that in the end, as long as you do it with

30:53a good reason, which is wanting to grow and wanting to continue helping your community and that new opportunities arise for you as a result, I think people will respect it. And sadly, sometimes the best followers are the ones who aren't your friends. I mean, I feel like we're reaching a point where our friends are probably either following us or muting us because of all the content we're making, but we're getting closer to our goal. We're

31:24not so dependent on our friends anymore, you know? Yes, the world, the world is strange. Right now I feel like I have some people who write to me and my eyes light up because they say such beautiful things that it's like , damn, I mean, what a stranger sometimes makes you feel is weird. And then I have, well, what's happened here, what's happened to us here, uh, people who are supposedly our friends or who

31:58were at my wedding, whom I didn't invite or other people who nowadays, I mean, I would have invited without thinking twice, who don't share what I do , they never, ever recommend me, and it's like, ah, look, so you see how things are. And then you have a lady, a lady I started giving classes to two months ago and she already recommends me to all her friends, her family knows I exist. That's strange.

32:32We live in a strange stage of human history. Yes, but I also think that means you're reaching a stage where you no longer necessarily depend on your friends or family to share the content you create, you know? It's like you're already making a name for yourself in the world of pickling, which is the most important thing. Yeah, yeah, bro. Look, let's end this episode here. I just thought of something, but I might

33:05write it to you later. Here to [clears throat] finish the shovels and the Speedfire use the house code. We'll give you the links below. The RPM Jade, the RPM B2, which is still a tremendous piece of equipment that I imagine is still one of your favorites. Code La Casa 15. And if you want to collaborate with us, we already have clients everywhere , we have followers in Spain, many followers in Mexico and Venezuela.

33:35Obviously, I just got a message from someone in Baja California, David, saying, "I just got my residency, brother, we're going to Baja California, to Cabo San Lucas," I mean, those are the kinds of messages that make me really want to work. Yes of course. Vasse para aquí a hacer algunas clinics. We have a lot of people in Peru, people in Argentina, and on YouTube who follow us.