Disguise Kitchen Speed-Ups: Open Feet, Hold, Then Accelerate
Summary
Aylex Pickleball (with 5.0+ Eugene) shows how to win kitchen points with speed-ups opponents can’t read: feet, timing, and when you accelerate.
The before look often swings too big and hits too hard — telegraphing the attack. The after look barely moves the hand, holds the dink shape to the last second, then adds speed. Open your feet on every dink so the setup for a speed-up matches a normal dink. Stock speed-up = small motion into fast; occasionally mix shapes, but the base is disguise over raw pace.
Key takeaways
- Open the feet on every dink so speed-ups share the same setup
- Hold the dink shape — accelerate late; small motion into fast
- Disguise beats raw power; big wind-ups telegraph the attack
Action items
- Kitchen: 10 dinks / 10 disguised speed-ups with identical foot setup — partner calls ‘dink or speed’ only after contact
- Film paddle path — mark big wind-ups vs hold-then-accelerate