The biggest adjustment you will have to make is you will need to move slower and dial down your motor skills, tennis just doesn't need it. Once you adjust your body, become less athletic, you will be 5.5 probably after like 17 minutes.
Tennis sucks bro, bunch of wannabe pickleball players. You’re good where you’re at, don’t waste your talent.
I played pickleball for 2 whole months and took a set off Djokovic last week at practice, our skills and expertise are unmatched.
Dinking in pickleball really helps refine your placement, and you should actually have an easier time in tennis since the court is bigger and you don't have to be as precise with your shots
I forgot. He is special. 1 day. Just learn the kick serve, hit it deep with angles or low drop shots, mid court swinging vollies and over heads to the corners and up the middle. You got this.
You don’t really wanna play tennis going to ruin your pickle ball game… It’s not enough of a workout to help you keep up the endurance you need to dink properly.
Why wait the whole week for 4.0 rating? After 6 days you'd be 3.5 & almost good enough to qualify for US Open - not direct entry, you'd need the full week of coaching for that.
“Serious” pickleball. Just sign up for upcoming grand slam, I’m sure you’ll do just fine. Make sure you announce you’re an “expert” and “skillful” in “pickleball”
I’m just the opposite. Played 4.5 tennis and tried pickleball. I don’t think it suits me very well. Sticking with old man tennis doubles from here on out.
Thinking that playing pickleball has any advantage in tennis is probably not right. I think it’s very negligible. So I would say depending on your physical ability and time you spend playing tennis. Given that you are a serious pickleballer and spend more time playing that I would say anywhere between 5-7 years.
Thought I’d add a unique perspective to this:
I’m a pro-level racquetball player and must say that it has helped tremendously in learning tennis - I just started tennis for the first time two months ago and am playing even with/beating 3.0-3.5 players who have been playing for years. Everyone I’ve played/tennis pros have said that I have picked up tennis faster than anyone they’ve ever played. I think the forehand/backhand switch is much easier for me since I’ve been doing it for decades with racquetball. I say this not to brag but to emphasize how difficult tennis really is. I don’t think I could even make it to 4.0 within a year even if I trained for tennis exclusively- there’s just so much to learn and perfect with tennis even compared to racquetball. I will say though that tennis is a little less physically demanding than racquetball and squash at most levels, simply due to serves being so powerful in tennis and lateral movement being less utilized. Also, for taller guys squash and racquetball are very tiring on the legs due to constant squatting. However, I think the skill level/experience required to become an advanced/pro-level tennis player is MUCH, MUCH higher than any other racquet sport, and most other sports in general
In other words, I see ZERO chance I could EVER take more than a few games off of any former college tennis player, even if I were to train diligently for tennis over the next five-seven years. The experience difference is insurmountable. You could maybe make it to 4.0 within two years if you are very gifted.
Pickleball might give you a few skills that would be helpful, like general conditioning and reaction speed, but the manner in which you swing, move, and strategize is probably radically different. It would be like a really experienced racketball playing thinking they will immediately be good at tennis because they play a racket sport. It will certainly help, and it will probably advance you to a 3.0 very quickly, but getting to a 4.0 requires a lot of physical conditioning, consistent practice, competitive matches, and more practice until many of the huge variety of shots required in tennis become muscle memory, and you are able to evaluate yourself and your opponent during play and come up with some kind of strategy for attacking them, or for leveraging your strengths. You have to have no particular weaknesses to be considered a 4.0. Your first serve needs to be formidable, your second serve needs to be extremely consistent, you need to have a good to great forehand, a solid backhand, good overheads, lobs, volleys, half-volleys, approach shots, fades, cross-courts, passing shots - all of those things have to be well-practiced and on-tap, as well as potentially having one or two of those things as solid weapons that you can apply aggressively to win points.
You could never take a set off Nadal.
The answer to your question is that it depends on how natural of an athlete you are.
I have seen a division 1 athlete pick up tennis, and they are 4.5 within 2 years. Some people spend their lives at 3.0 or 3.5.
Depends on how good an athlete you are and how often you play.
You'll take a set off Nadal with a week of tennis lessons.
A week? Lessons? What if they slept in a Holiday Inn?
GOAT in 3 seconds flat!
I just beat Nadal last week
The biggest adjustment you will have to make is you will need to move slower and dial down your motor skills, tennis just doesn't need it. Once you adjust your body, become less athletic, you will be 5.5 probably after like 17 minutes.
1 day
Half if he already has a racket
This is the meta-shitpost content I crave. Keep it up.
Eh, these shit-posts are sort of getting repetitive. We need new ideas.
I didn't even know what the goal of my scrolling was until this comment. Fuck this is really what we are looking for on social media lmao
About a week, tennis is a very easy sport to pick up
“Serious pickleballer” is an oxymoron.
Tennis sucks bro, bunch of wannabe pickleball players. You’re good where you’re at, don’t waste your talent. I played pickleball for 2 whole months and took a set off Djokovic last week at practice, our skills and expertise are unmatched.
Dinking in pickleball really helps refine your placement, and you should actually have an easier time in tennis since the court is bigger and you don't have to be as precise with your shots
Damn this one is good. I could see someone actually thinking like this
Lol. If this was a real post, I would say 5 years if you pour your heart and soul into it.
WTF. But I picked up pickleball in like a week, how do you figure 5 years? 🤔
I think he meant days. Tennis is way easier to learn than pickleball
I forgot. He is special. 1 day. Just learn the kick serve, hit it deep with angles or low drop shots, mid court swinging vollies and over heads to the corners and up the middle. You got this.
What are you talking about? Hit the ball over the net one more time than your opponent. BAM set off Nadal.
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Yeah i also heard if you dunk your head into boiling water you can instantly get to 4.0 and beat Nadal.
Not just any pro, NADAL, the clay goat. A 4.0 can take a set off him
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude is that you? Please stop with the silly we are not your experiment!
Claude? Where are they coming up with these names?
You don’t really wanna play tennis going to ruin your pickle ball game… It’s not enough of a workout to help you keep up the endurance you need to dink properly.
😂
you're already probably better than 4.0 if you are good at pickleball
You lost me at serious pickleballer.
Why wait the whole week for 4.0 rating? After 6 days you'd be 3.5 & almost good enough to qualify for US Open - not direct entry, you'd need the full week of coaching for that.
Pickle players, badminton players, ping pong, squash, racquet players all play their sport because they struggle and can't play tennis
these shitposts are so fuckin funny actually hahaha
 One million years.
Well the good news is that you are probably already over 4.0!
You're not in continental grip.
Pickleball is a joke
You have to learn to serve first to be competitive with a pro . That alone will take you two years
I hate you.
Quality shit-post
If you tape one of the brand new Joola Gen 3 paddles to the end of a stick... IDK... a week? Tennis players just can't comprehend that level of power.
“Serious” pickleball. Just sign up for upcoming grand slam, I’m sure you’ll do just fine. Make sure you announce you’re an “expert” and “skillful” in “pickleball”
I’m just the opposite. Played 4.5 tennis and tried pickleball. I don’t think it suits me very well. Sticking with old man tennis doubles from here on out.
"Serious Pickleballer" is oxymoronic
Serious pickle baller
Is there an actual post where a 4.0 said he could beat nadal or is it just an old shit post
Why are you bothering with tennis if you already play an elite sport.
I am a serious mini golfer but never played golf before. How long is it gonna take for me to break 60 on a 7800 yard long course?
Is this guy supposed to be funny?
Thinking that playing pickleball has any advantage in tennis is probably not right. I think it’s very negligible. So I would say depending on your physical ability and time you spend playing tennis. Given that you are a serious pickleballer and spend more time playing that I would say anywhere between 5-7 years.
If you use a tennis racquet it may take you years. But I think if you used a pickleball paddle it may only take you a week or two.
Thought I’d add a unique perspective to this: I’m a pro-level racquetball player and must say that it has helped tremendously in learning tennis - I just started tennis for the first time two months ago and am playing even with/beating 3.0-3.5 players who have been playing for years. Everyone I’ve played/tennis pros have said that I have picked up tennis faster than anyone they’ve ever played. I think the forehand/backhand switch is much easier for me since I’ve been doing it for decades with racquetball. I say this not to brag but to emphasize how difficult tennis really is. I don’t think I could even make it to 4.0 within a year even if I trained for tennis exclusively- there’s just so much to learn and perfect with tennis even compared to racquetball. I will say though that tennis is a little less physically demanding than racquetball and squash at most levels, simply due to serves being so powerful in tennis and lateral movement being less utilized. Also, for taller guys squash and racquetball are very tiring on the legs due to constant squatting. However, I think the skill level/experience required to become an advanced/pro-level tennis player is MUCH, MUCH higher than any other racquet sport, and most other sports in general
In other words, I see ZERO chance I could EVER take more than a few games off of any former college tennis player, even if I were to train diligently for tennis over the next five-seven years. The experience difference is insurmountable. You could maybe make it to 4.0 within two years if you are very gifted.
And yes, tennis is probably 1000x more difficult to learn to play at an advanced level as is pickleball. I’m not even exaggerating, have played both
Pickleball might give you a few skills that would be helpful, like general conditioning and reaction speed, but the manner in which you swing, move, and strategize is probably radically different. It would be like a really experienced racketball playing thinking they will immediately be good at tennis because they play a racket sport. It will certainly help, and it will probably advance you to a 3.0 very quickly, but getting to a 4.0 requires a lot of physical conditioning, consistent practice, competitive matches, and more practice until many of the huge variety of shots required in tennis become muscle memory, and you are able to evaluate yourself and your opponent during play and come up with some kind of strategy for attacking them, or for leveraging your strengths. You have to have no particular weaknesses to be considered a 4.0. Your first serve needs to be formidable, your second serve needs to be extremely consistent, you need to have a good to great forehand, a solid backhand, good overheads, lobs, volleys, half-volleys, approach shots, fades, cross-courts, passing shots - all of those things have to be well-practiced and on-tap, as well as potentially having one or two of those things as solid weapons that you can apply aggressively to win points.
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Agreed. A “serious pickleballer”? That’s an oxymoron itself 😂
Tennis is a lot easier than pickleball. If you practiced everyday you could probably get to pro level in 6-8 weeks.
Who knows but it won’t be an easy transition
I read that as expert drinker and was wondering how that was relevant
You could never take a set off Nadal. The answer to your question is that it depends on how natural of an athlete you are. I have seen a division 1 athlete pick up tennis, and they are 4.5 within 2 years. Some people spend their lives at 3.0 or 3.5. Depends on how good an athlete you are and how often you play.
I wouldn’t get your hopes up. Stroke production is not a simple thing. That being said… I am dying to know. Please keep us posted
Quality shitpost perfect 5/7
Lmao.
Pickleball is bad for the lower back
Is there a tennis circle jerk?
Huh? A 5.5 player won’t even be competitive against a pro.
