Here is a step-by-step guide on how to hit a lob shot in pickleball: Here are some additional tips: Here are some common mistakes to avoid when hitting a lob shot in pickleball: You might want to take a look at a few YouTube videos on the lob shot. I suggest these two as being […]
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Anna Leigh Waters, one of the top female players in professional pickleball, recently wrote a Facebook post in which she explained why she hits a 3rd shot drive instead of a 3rd shot drop. “My Pro tip is drive your third shot and drop your fifth. I suggest driving your third shot because for me
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Learn how to hit a dink in pickleball. Here is a step-by-step guide to help you get started: With these steps in mind, you should be able to hit a dink in pickleball. Just remember to stay focused, keep your paddle face flat and slightly open, and use your wrist to control the ball. Good
In the last post, I talked about the importance of the forehand, especially for beginners, and cited four YouTube videos that provide excellent instruction on how to hit a forehand. In this post, we’re going to talk about the backhand, which is equally important, but much harder for beginners with no racquet sports background to
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In my opinion, the joy of pickleball is keeping the ball in play and rallying with your partners against your opponents. The longer you can keep the ball moving back and forth across the net, the more fun you will have. This is why I teach groundstrokes first. Sure, the serve is important – you
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Dating back to 2014, when videos about pickleball’s third shot drop started appearing on YouTube, the first video describing a forehand topspin and backhand underspin was a video called Forehand Topspin and Backhand Underspin 3rd Shot Drop, by Ann Carney, sponsored by PickleballCafe, video by Toui Pomsouvan. You can see in the screenshot how Carney
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As a pickleball instructor and competitive pickleball player, I purchased the Franklin Sports ProShot Automatic Pickleball Launcher Machine from Pickleball Central to use for clinics and private lessons as well as for working on my own shots. I have used the machine a number of times with students and clinics, and by myself to drill.
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USA Pickleball has a page on its website called “Basics — Tips for New Players.” It is worthwhile looking at what this organization thinks are pointers that will help beginning pickleball players: Tips for New Players: This blog post is taken from the revised edition of my first book, Pickleball for Beginners Part I. I
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A good video to help you improve your game and be more accurate so that you win more rallies is CJ Johnson’s Pickleball Secret for Beginners Johnson talks about the #1 thing to think about when you are playing: court position. If you are not in the right position, you make it more difficult for
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As I am revising Pickleball for Beginners Part I, I came across an excellent video for beginners, called 6 Common Pickleball Mistakes New Players Make (And How to Avoid Them) with CJ Johnson from Better Pickleball. Johnson identifies six pickleball mistakes you may not even know you’re making, and how to avoid them. This is
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I hope you enjoy my books on pickleball and that my passion for the sport comes through in my writings. Don’t miss out on my latest book, “Advanced Pickleball Playbook: Techniques, Tactics, and Training.”