Pickleball Training
Tips, drills, strategies and guides to take your pickleball training to the next level.
You can volley a dink below net height when you can reach it comfortably, stay balanced, and still make the reply bounce.…
To handle losing in pickleball, focus on what the match exposed rather than what the score says about you. Use specific self-talk,…
Counter a pickleball banger when you’re balanced and contacting the ball at or above net height. Use a compact punch toward the…
If your pickleball partner is struggling, avoid overcoaching or taking over. Simplify patterns, use short supportive cues, poach selectively, and help create…
Pros sometimes squat for a pickleball overhead to lower their body beneath a head-high ball, creating more arm extension and a steeper…
A reliable pickleball overhead smash starts with footwork, not power. Turn sideways, get behind the lob, use a throwing-style weight transfer, and…
A pickleball drip shot is best used as a controlled, topspin-heavy third shot between a drop and drive. It works especially well…
In pickleball, keep applying forward pressure toward the kitchen, but don’t rush. Advance when your shot forces an upward or uncomfortable opponent…
To overcome fear of getting hit in pickleball, improve your ready position, read attacks earlier, and rebuild confidence with controlled body-shot drills.…
A short-angle pickleball serve uses reduced pace, topspin, and sidespin to pull the receiver toward the outside corner. Aim inside the sideline,…
When you try to fix a pickleball habit, old movements resist change because they’ve become automatic. Fixing them requires temporarily making the…
If your pickleball drop keeps hitting the net, you may be hitting it too flat. Add more loft, use a soft grip,…
A lot of rec players assume higher-level partners get annoyed by missed shots. Not really. Better players can live with misses when…
Our friend and pickleball coach Will East recently shared a really useful tip about counter shots, and it gets at a mistake…
We recently heard the following advice from pro player Callie Jo Smith’s and is deceptively simple: make balls and get to the…
If you play pickleball a lot, you have probably had this thought before: How can I feel sharp, patient, and in control…
A lot of beginner and early intermediate players think popped-up dinks are mostly a hand problem. They blame the paddle face.Or their…
A lot of rec players think the answer is simple: “Just poach everything.” Sometimes that works. A lot of times it does…
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