It’s actually pretty simple and very effective. Popularized by Colin Johns, it allows you to cover your chicken wing aka jam spot from a speed-up. If you are a taller player, you have a larger jam spot, and a scorpion really helps cover that weakness.Very versatile and like a tomahawk, it can cover both sides …
Category Archives: Advanced Techniques
Christian Alshon Breaks Down Gold Medal Match Against Johns Brothers – Traditional Pickleball vs Modern Pickleball
As paddle technology increases allow players to hit harder and keep the ball in with spin, there has been an increase in power added to the pickleball game. This style of play is what is also called “modern pickleball”. Previously, most players would flat drop or backspin drop to get to the kitchen. And then …
Reset Drive – Advanced Technique
Got a hard poppy paddle? Don’t reset with paddle pointing up because it’s not going to drop in, your paddle is way too poppy. Instead aim make the reset low going fast over the middle of the net. If it’s low and fast, it basically acts like a drive and you can shake and bake …
Advanced Heavy Slice Return
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 …
Running Third Shot Drop
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 …