Using VALD Technology to Improve Your Pickleball Game

Pickleball Performance Insights: Using VALD Technology to Improve Your Game  

Are you looking to rapidly elevate your pickleball performance? Has your progress hit a frustrating plateau?

Pickleball, like other racquet sports, demands a blend of skills to excel. Good tactics, sound technique, and physical, mental, and emotional fitness are all critical. Consistency is essential and the marker of success at all levels of play. 

The Traits of Consistent Pickleball Players

Consistent pickleball players share common characteristics. They excel in extended rallies and minimize errors. These players make high-percentage decisions, resist the urge to end points prematurely, and maintain dependable strokes—regardless of their technique.

Hitting the ball effectively requires more than proper stroke mechanics. Solid form and clean contact with the ball hinge on balance, which depends on arriving at the ball with enough time to set up. Achieving consistency requires physical traits like mobility, balance, agility, explosiveness, and strength.

How VALD Technology Enhances Consistency and Performance

VALD technology provides advanced assessments in the following areas:

  • Balance

  • Strength

  • Explosiveness

These metrics offer clinicians valuable insights to identify body asymmetries, weaknesses, and strengths that affect your movement on the court and your ability to hit the ball effectively.

The Role of Explosiveness in Pickleball

Explosiveness refers to your ability to generate maximal force in minimal time. On the court, explosiveness translates to quick and powerful first steps, rapid stops, speedy recoveries, sprints, and jumps.

VALD technology measures these movements, delivering key insights into how you move on the court. Enhanced agility enables you to:

  • Reach the ball sooner.

  • Stop quickly to prepare for the perfect shot.

  • Improve consistency and expand your options for ball placement.

 Power: The Foundation of Your Game

Power is different from explosiveness.  It is the amount of work done per unit of time. It can be quantified and usually describes work performed in very short increments of time.  Power is required in the arms to hit overheads, passing shots and drives that can end a point.  Leg power is essential for being able to move quickly around the court and add more velocity to your shots. VALD can measure your power output, compare them to others in your age group and reveal deficiencies in strength.  When training for this sport, you want to work smarter, not just harder. 

Balance: The Key to Precision and Recovery

Do you struggle with precision even when slightly off balance? Are you inconsistent when playing certain shots? Balance is critical in pickleball, where reaching, lunging, and quick directional changes are constant.

Good balance relies on the synergy of multiple bodily systems. It requires core stability, strength, and flexibility to stay balanced and recover quickly for the next shot. VALD data uncovers deficiencies in stability and strength, offering actionable insights to enhance this essential aspect of your game.

Elevate Your Pickleball Game with VALD Technology

Take advantage of cutting-edge technology to take your game to the next level. VALD assessments provide detailed insights into your physical strengths and limitations. Leverage these results to create personalized training programs that help you:

  • Move more efficiently.

  • Train smarter.

  • Achieve measurable improvements in your game.

Don’t let performance plateaus hold you back. Harness the power of VALD technology to take your pickleball game to the next level!

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Written By: Cecilia Chan, Registered Physiotherapist

Additional Resources

On The Blog: From Court to Clinic: The Role of Physiotherapy in Enhancing Tennis Performance 

 

 

 

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