The Key to the Backhand Counter
Emma Cook’s tip for the backhand counter is all about economy: keep the swing very short and compact.
Fix Your Contact Point Before You Speed Up
Universal Rackets shows why so many speed-ups go wrong: the ideal contact point for a speed-up is out in front, but when the ball is close to your body you try to force it anyway and it fails every time.
Create Space for Kill Shots
Universal Rackets explains the difference between a ball you can attack and one you can only neutralize.
Learn to Put the Ball Away Early with a Short Angle
Preston’s Playbook tackles a familiar problem: you’re in control at the kitchen line with chance after chance to finish, but you keep hitting attack volleys straight at your opponent, who resets and gets back in the point.
Triangle Theory in Pickleball
Marshall Brown explains a lesson he learned against better teams: it’s easy to fall into their slow game and hesitate to speed up because you expect to get countered.
Stop Attacking the Wrong Balls
Briones Pickleball Breakdown reviews a short point and shows why attacking the wrong ball — or the wrong spot — costs the rally.
From 4.0 to 5.5: An Uncut Lesson on Slowing the Ball Down
Cliff Pickleball shares Chapter I of a real, uncut session with Ariel, a former D1 tennis player who went from 4.0-plus to around 5.4–5.5 in about six months. It isn’t a drill list; it’s live correction under pressure.
How to Short Hop Better
Richard explains why so many players struggle with short hops: paddle positioning. Hitting a short hop while standing tall makes the ball very hard to control.
The Most Common Pickleball Mistake Every Beginner Makes
Pickleball Daily walks through the most common rookie mistake newer players bring from tennis: the big backswing at the kitchen line.
Learn the Forehand Topspin Dink in Under 60 Seconds
Tanner shows how to hit the aggressive forehand roll dink quickly. The key is getting your outside leg behind the ball as it approaches, which lets you drop the paddle head and generate topspin.