Pickleball Training
Tips, drills, strategies and guides to take your pickleball training to the next level.
A flat dink is best when you need control, margin, or recovery, while a topspin dink is more useful when you’re balanced…
At the kitchen, shift your weight toward the ball when your court position is already good. Shuffle only when the ball changes…
Pickleball players generally benefit from strength training at least twice per week. Focus on legs, calves, hips, trunk, upper back, and shoulders,…
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.…
There’s a moment in every pickleball game when you’re scrambling. You’re deep in the court, off-balance, and your opponents are parked at…
There’s a reason pros win points with dinks that don’t even make a sound. It’s not magic—it’s precision. And if you’ve been…
There’s a moment we all dream about: the perfect pop-up. Your opponent makes a mistake, the ball floats high, and it’s your…
There’s a reason top pickleball players make their warmups look so smooth—it’s not luck, and it’s definitely not just arm swings and…
There’s a moment in every rec game when it hits: your opponent hits to the middle, and you—left-handed, strategically placed—step in with…
So here’s the deal: our friend, pro player and coach Nicholas Wade dropped this little strategy bomb on us recently, and once…
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