Solid fundamentals are critical to your success with pickleball. This is especially true at the no volley zone when you don't have time to react to a ball coming at you quickly. This is the first in a series of lessons on Defending Against Bangers (i.e. people that hit the ball at you hard when you are at the non-volley zone). Deb Harrison, of The Villages, FL, has taught pickleball for ten years and was voted Pickleball Athlete of the Decade having won 15 Gold Medals in the Florida State Senior Games over a ten year period. She has competed and medaled in the USAPA National Tournament in Buckeye Arizona: * Gold Medalist Mixed Age * Silver Medalist Women's Doubles Open * Gold Medalist Women's Singles Age She has also participated in the Huntsmen World Senior Games in St George, Utah winning a total of 9 medals in the last three years including: * Women's Doubles * Women's Doubles 5.0 Skill Level * Singles, and * Mixed Doubles To arrange private or group lessons, in The Villages or at your home courts, contact Deb at picklepongdeb@gmail.com.