Blocking Level 2: Redirect Pace to Center, Sideline, and Their Backhand
Pickleball Kitchen’s Level 2 builds on Level 1 blocking: once you can absorb pace, learn to redirect it and turn the tables on bangers.
Stop Blasting Counters Long: Keep Backhand Counters Short and Compact
Elite Pickleball Coaching’s cue is simple: stop taking huge swings on counters — that’s why they sail.
Drive Power Trick: Load the Body Behind the Swing
Athena’s short cues a power trick for drives: get more pace by using the body behind the swing, not an arm-only slap.
Stop Hitting Long: Close the Face, Drive Forward, Contact Out Front
Tyler (Universal Rackets) breaks the soft-then-net / hard-then-long loop: power usually isn’t the cause. Geometry is — paddle face, swing path, and contact location.
Stop Popping Dinks: Feet First, Weight on Toes, Outside Foot Behind the Ball
This Universal Rackets short targets the classic pop-up: flat feet and reaching for dinks.
Kitchen Arrival Rate: Deep Serve, Dip-and-Lift Drop, Split-Step Fifth
Troy Akin frames winning as kitchen arrival percentage, not ace serves. Most amateur rallies die around four shots — miss the serve or third and you never reach the high-odds kitchen fight.
3 Serve Targets: Backhand, Short-Wide Switch, and Body
Richard Pickleball’s short is a three-target serve checklist so you stop feeding a comfortable return.
Pickleball Hips: Assess Mobility, Then Build Strength Around It
Selkirk TV’s hip session targets the mobility and strength pickleball’s lateral movement demands, taking pressure off knees and low back.
Masterclass Gems: Tempo on Contact — Don’t Rush Drops and Drives
Connor Garnett and That Pickleball Guy pack years of leveling-up advice into a masterclass. An early standout theme is tempo — not just game pace, but the rhythmic flow of the ball into your paddle.
Stop Wasting Practice: Boring Dinks, Hands, and Drops Beat Flashy Drills
Ava Pickleball calls out flashy Instagram drills that look interesting but don’t transfer.