Center Court: Positioning and Observing

When you are good center court position, down and ready, you are on defense and your opponent who is hitting the ball is on offense. You have put yourself in the best possible position to get to whatever ball your opponent hits that is left up and getable. Remember good center-court position is located approximately in a 6-foot-by-6-foot area behind the dotted line because 80 to 90 percent of all balls that are hit wind up in the back half of the court. Therefore, center court is in the middle of the back half of the court. There are a

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January-February Update 2016 – HARD WORK = SUCCESS!

My "Adult Championship Racquetball Team" led by Paola Longoria and Rocky Carson, both started out the 2nd half of the season solid. [caption id="attachment_2414" align="alignright" width="150"] Paola Longoria wins The 2016 Mexican National Championships .[/caption] Paola Longoria In January at the 2016 kick off LPRT event in Cincinnati, OH  Paola cruised to titles in both the Professional Singles and Professional Doubles Divisions. The win in the Queen City was Paola's 66th career professional singles tournament title. The Queen of Racquetball only dropped one game all weekend long in both the singles and doubles divisions. In Overland Park, KS this past

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The Art of Doubles Service Game Strategy

With the National Doubles Championships just around the corner, I thought it would be apropos to cover some doubles “Service Game Strategy." Before you decide on what serve to hit, you want to know your opponents’ strengths and weaknesses, as well as your own, and take advantage of serving to your opponents’ weaknesses. (more…)

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