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Aggressive Angles Need Aggressive Feet — Recover Middle

Summary

All Things Pickleball flags the statue mistake after aggressive cross-court dinks: you hit the corner and stay there, opening a huge middle gap while your partner is on the line.

Pros hit the angle, then immediately get feet back to cover middle before the next ball. Without that recovery, a great angle just gifts an easy middle attack.

Key takeaways

  • Angle dink → recover middle right away
  • Staying wide after the angle exposes the middle
  • Aggressive offense requires aggressive feet

Action items

  • In cross-court dinking, touch a middle cone after every intentional angle
  • Partner only allowed to attack middle if you fail to recover

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