Pickleball Training
Tips, drills, strategies and guides to take your pickleball training to the next level.
So, you’ve been playing with the same open play group for a while. Maybe it started out perfect—laughs, friendly matches, a few…
You’ve probably heard your coach say, “Hit with purpose!” and wondered, “Okay… but what does that actually mean?” In everyday terms, it’s…
Prehabilitation (or “prehab”) is exactly what it sounds like: preparing your body before you need rehabilitation. This proactive approach is simple but…
When I started playing, spin shots felt like magic: one moment the ball seemed to head straight, the next it bounced sideways…
Imagine you and your partner locked in a rapid-fire dink rally at the kitchen line—paddles popping like popcorn, adrenaline surging. You fire…
Remember the mantra “placement over power”? It’s solid advice—yet some shots still slice right through even a sturdy 3.5 defense. After charting…
Let’s talk about one of those pieces of advice you may have heard floating around the pickleball world: “If your opponent gives…
You love playing pickleball. You’ve been improving steadily and maybe even playing a few days a week. Then one morning you find…
Pickleball has always lived in the space between friendly and fierce—but lately, that line’s getting harder to see. Case in point? The…
As players level up, raw consistency isn’t enough—you need to time your shots to take control of the rally. Whether you take…
So you’ve climbed to the NVZ and your opponent starts firing rockets. You know the feeling: ball blurs, paddle whiffs, and—boom—another point…
Picture this: You’re locked in an intense rally, diving for what could be the winning shot, when suddenly you lose your footing.…
Some doubles partnerships feel like smooth jazz. Others feel like two people trying to freestyle over different backing tracks. What’s the difference?…
If you’re a solid 3.0 to 3.5 pickleball player, few things feel more frustrating than facing a sharp, spinning third shot drop…
Drilling in pickleball can sometimes feel like a chore. We all know we should do it, but when the game is so…
If you’ve been following our newsletter, you already know that we’ve talked trash about dead dinks before. Most of the time, they’re…
So you’re sitting comfortably at a 4.0—and by “comfortably,” I mean uncomfortably. Because something’s nagging at you: you’re good, but you’re not…
You miss a simple dink. No big deal. Then you rush a return, overhit a drive, and suddenly you’re down 7–3 and…
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