Pickleball Training
Tips, drills, strategies and guides to take your pickleball training to the next level.
At the kitchen line, your position should change with the quality of your dink. After a strong crosscourt dink, shade toward the…
Complimenting opponents in pickleball is good sportsmanship—as long as the timing is right. Wait until the rally ends, keep praise brief, and…
At 3.5, dinking is still important—but automatic dinking can make you too passive. If a ball is high, comfortable, and in front,…
A pickleball lob serve works best as a changeup, not a primary serve. Hit it high and deep to alter timing, push…
Pickleball endurance is less about long-distance running and more about recovering between short bursts while keeping your legs, footwork, and decision-making sharp.…
In pickleball’s transition zone, don’t reset automatically. If the ball is low or you’re off balance, stay soft. If it sits up…
Ben Johns has started using left-handed forehands in singles, giving him extra reach and another attacking option. For rec players, switching hands…
Screaming in pickleball isn’t automatically bad etiquette or a distraction. The key is timing and direction: celebrate toward yourself or your partner,…
A better forehand speed-up starts before contact. A small grip adjustment, contact out in front, forward momentum, and a compact brushing motion…
Cold weather changes both your body and your gear. Below about 50°F (10°C), pickleballs become more brittle, muscles take longer to warm,…
Better pickleball players often use more net clearance than intermediates expect. The goal isn’t to skim the tape—it’s to create a ball…
After 50, back-to-back pickleball is less about age and more about recovery. If soreness improves during a 5–10 minute warm-up and you’re…
Grip changes in pickleball should be situational, not constant. Use a neutral Continental grip during fast exchanges and at the kitchen. Rotate…
Most rec players say they’re fine playing with anyone. But internally? Playing with a random partner triggers uncertainty. You don’t know their…
Let me start with something I hear every coach tell an average 3.5 player: you’re not losing kitchen rallies because you lack…
If you’ve played rec pickleball long enough, you’ve seen it: a speaker shows up. One group loves it. Another group can’t hear…
If you flinch at the NVZ, you’re not “soft.” You’re human. Flinching is your threat response doing its job—your brain sees a…
Every few months, a clip goes viral claiming someone found the ultimate kitchen cheat code – the backspin volley (some call it…
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