Left-Side Dinks: Go Wide, Don’t Aim Into Their Reach

Summary

Richard_pickleball fixes beginner dink aiming on the left side (especially with a righty partner): taking middle-ish balls and dinking into the crowded middle gives Alec (or any poacher) an easy offense look.

Instead, dink wide for space, then look to pull and flick when the ball is attackable. More room beats “safe” middle that isn’t safe.

Key takeaways

• Left-sider: prefer wide dinks over crowded middle
• Middle targets gift easy offense to the poacher
• Wide first, then pull/flick the attackable ball

Action items

• Left-side dink game: only wide targets for 10 minutes
• Count how often middle dinks get attacked vs wide ones