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 …
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Offensive Lob
Intro Alyce Jones shows How To Lob Example of Lob Used In Game Gabe Tardio Lob If you watch Gabe’s lobs, he always winds it up like a he is about to do a speed-up, and then he lobs the ball into the air. Another pro player to watch is Callen Dawson. He lobs frequently, …
Backhand Overhead Smash
Learn the backhand overhead smash from badminton players. Intro: Badminton players are especially good at this. We will be learning from them. They use the same grip, they just call it the bevel grip:https://badminton-insight.com/how-to-play-a-backhand-clear-drop-and-smash/ article also goes into footwork and positioning as well Badminton pro explains: Relax arm, don’t tense your arm. His arm is …
Overhead Smash
Intro – Like A Whip “Keep your arm loose like a whip” If you are like me and come from table tennis where we don’t smash like this, an overhead smash is a foreign concept to us. First understand how the whip works: Whip effect, goes supersonic: More analogies in other sports. In baseball when …
Erne
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 …