Just my personal notes and scribbles from learning pickleball
Common misconception: “No mans land”. There is no such thing in pickleball like there is in tennis. Get comfortable in the transition zone. Attacking if the ball is high, resetting if it’s low. Short hopping balls in transition zone. Hot take from this guy and I have to agree. “There is no split steps in …
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Quick warning: with slice return you are basically allowing your opponents to generate more topspin off your backspin and get the ball dipping hard over the net. This is why a lot of pros generally don’t recommend it. Because if you mess up and pop the slice up too high, they can really wreck you …
Advanced Dropping Tech: Put your weight forward on to your front foot when dropping. Move forward into the ball like you would on a return. You are taught to always split step before you drop. Once you master that, the next level is to ignore that. If you can consistently topspin drop while moving through …
Being able to do the Erne on defense shrinks the court down and forces them to have to drop / dink towards middle. It’s one of the strongest moves in Pickleball that is often underutilized at the 4.5 and below level. If you don’t Ernie, a low aggressive topspin drop to corners (especially to your …
Due to my table tennis background, since starting pickleball I had faster hands than basically anyone else on the court. People on the court have often commented on my hand speed and asked how to get fast hands. Most people think hand speed is just pure reaction time, they think how fast your hands are …