Pickleball Strategy

Are You a Good Partner?

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Mixed Play

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A Confident Partner is  a Great Partner

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Couples That Play Together

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Quick Hands Beat Quick Feet Every Time!

For the players that are coming to pickleball from other racquets sports, many of your skills are transferable. A few are not, as an example your swing length will have to be modified for pickleball. Squash and tennis take a long full stroke to generate lots of momentum being delivered with a long, heavy racquet onto an object that has some mass to it. Even badminton with its light racquet and shuttlecock which cannot touch the ground at all employs a long full stroke. Racquet technique in these sports is biased towards generating the maximum amount of power.

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Using the Short Swing Tactically

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What About Overheads?

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Slicing the Ball

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Adding Variety to Your Serve

Of all the things you want to create from your serve, keeping your opponent deep should be the main one. When your opponent is kept deep, they will have a tougher time hitting an accurate deep return.

1) Choose a Target

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2) Vary the Delivery Angle

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3) Use Your Body to Create Pace

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4) Using Spin

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Keeping It Legal

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Summary

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Options for an Effective “Third Shot”

When serving,  your goal is to set the stage for an effective shot. Here is a serving strategy that sets the stage for your team to have a great chance at hitting an effective shot:

  1. a deep serve from Player A forcing
  2. a return deep into the middle of the court by Player C leading to
  3. the third shot by Player B has three distinct options based on a number of factors

This is an effective strategy and yes, it requires some racquet skills by the players involved. We”re going to dig into the options your team has when hitting the third shot but before we do that, let’s take a look at how to set it up.

Set Up for the Third Shot

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Options for the Third Shot

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Three Things Keys to an Effective Third Shot

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