Intermediate players should favor a slightly backhand-ready position at the kitchen because many speedups target the body, paddle shoulder, or…
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A better pickleball contact point starts before the ball arrives. Keep your paddle spaced slightly away from your body, elbows…
Let the ball go out in pickleball when it is shoulder-high or rising, hit from below net height, struck with…
When nobody dinks in rec pickleball, don’t force soft rallies. Use deep returns, blocks, resets, low middle balls, crosscourt dinks,…
For most pickleball dinks, the best contact point is near the top of the bounce, when the ball is high…
A baseline reset in pickleball is a soft defensive shot used when you are deep, under pressure, and not in…
Learn how to hit the forehand slice drop in pickleball and when to use it. This guide explains the grip,…
Our friend and pickleball coach Will East recently shared a really useful tip about counter shots, and it gets at…
We recently heard the following advice from pro player Callie Jo Smith’s and is deceptively simple: make balls and get…
If you play pickleball a lot, you have probably had this thought before: How can I feel sharp, patient, and…