This podcast focuses on senior pickleball players and supports them on their pickleball journey. Whether they are a total beginner or a 4.0 rating, we help them both improve their game and help them maximize on their whole pickleball experience.
In this podcast Paddy educates, informs and entertains his senior 'pickleball friends' as he goes through each shot in some detail, but there are also interviews and guest appearances to mix things up a bit.
74. Third Shot for Advanced Beginners - Pickleball
Advanced beginners need to try and master their third shot. Without it - they just won't improve. Simple as that.
The third shot can be tricky - do you drive it or drop it? If your third shot drop isn't so great, what do you do? Just drive the whole time?
In this episode Paddy unlocks the secrets of the third shot.
When to drive
When to drop
How to decide between the two
How to improve your third shot drop
How your third shot will affect your partner
How you should both react to a good/bad third shot
It's all here in this episode. So buckle up and take a step towards improving YOUR third shot and see your game improve greatly in the next month or so.
The third shot and everything pickleball for seniors is developed further at our FREE Senior Pickleball Academy. Check it out here: https://www.skool.com/senior-pickleball-academy-9457/about
29 Sept 2026
73. Third Shot for New Beginners - Pickleball
If you're a new beginner (upto a DUPR level of 2.4) and you're wondering what all the fuss is about - regarding this difficult 'third shot' everyone is talking about - then this is the episode for you!
Paddy previously revisited the serve and the return for new AND advanced beginners together in the same episode - but he had a load of requests to do these revisits to the 10 essential shots as separate episodes. So here is the third shot for new beginners and the next one will be for advanced beginners.
But, if you are at a higher level than new beginner - it is still worth listening to this and 'get back to basics' as it were. Would do you no harm whatsoever!
So, for new beginners, Paddy explains the third short:
what it is
when to drive or try a drop
the difficulty level of the third shot drop
why simply driving it most of the time is perfectly fine
why it's worth trying the third shot drop sometimes
So give it a listen, get to understand all about this 'tricky' shot and see your game improve as you keep trying the drop in your own rec play.
Join the FREE Senior Pickleball Academy here: https://www.skool.com/senior-pickleball-academy-9457/about
22 Sept 2026
72. Recycling Pickleballs with Mille Smyth
In this episode Paddy interviews Millie Smyth, an enterprising young woman who started a pickleball recycling company based in the UK. She plays in various pro leagues around the world and is currently 'living the dream' in a campervan on the Gold Coast in Australia. She has played all over SE Asia (especially Vietnam which she loves) and runs her company remotely from her van!
Follow Millie's journey both in pickleball and sustainability, how she has cleverly mixed the two and is saving the planet at the same time!
And find out how your club in the UK can help by collecting old pickleballs and turning them into useful sustainable products.
Check out Millie's website here: https://www.wearecrackd.com/about
Her Instagram: https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrkEJYC_LBqZAIArmUM34lQ;_ylu=Y29sbwNpcjIEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1791193346/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.instagram.com%2fsmythmillie%2f/RK=2/RS=OENsC0rqNn9SIYLkGqoc8PPMI_c-
Join Senior Pickleball Academy for FREE: https://www.skool.com/senior-pickleball-academy-9457/about
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