EdJu was taught third-shot drops like tossing a ball into the kitchen — but in games opponents just let it bounce and attack anyway. He switched to drips: a drive-drop hybrid aimed just a few inches above the net.
John Cincola pins weak returns on starting too close to the baseline. Pros stand farther back because the worst first move on a return is stepping backward.
Ty Butson’s fix when you don’t have a fourth: play a full game with three. The solo player owns one side of the court the whole time — serve from that half and stay there even on returns.
Troy Akin pushes back on the default “let’s just rally down the middle to get warm.” He’s always more warmed up after sideline-to-sideline rallies that force real lateral movement.
Aylex cites USA Pickleball Rule 10.C.3: if the ball touches you or anything you wear or carry during a rally, it’s a fault against you — even if the ball was flying out.
John Cincola’s short is aimed at right-side players: how to run the cross-body combo as an attack option from that side of the court.
Tanner Pickleball compresses aggressive forehand dink mistakes into under a minute. First: cement feet — standing still and arming it.
Marshall Brown (Selkirk TV) on beating a better team by exploiting the middle.
EdJu’s Slowmo’s with Ed breaks down a full point: a deep serve pushes him off court and makes unwinding the stack hard; the opponents punish with a deep cross-court drop to the backhand so both partners are stuck in no-man’s-land.
Universal Rackets explains why spin serves win free points: you set up for a normal bounce, then the ball kicks, skids, or slides, and you’re late and off-balance. You don’t need better hands — you need an earlier read and more time.