How to hit a better 3rd shot drive
Summary
Briones Pickleball Academy on a better third-shot drive: purpose and contact quality beat raw pace. Drive with shape to a target that creates a fifth-shot advantage; wild heat that sits up gets countered.
Key takeaways
- Purpose > pure pace
- Contact out front
- Shape to a target
- Drive should set up the next ball
Action items
- Thirds: drive to feet/backhand only
- Measure quality by fifth-shot ease
- Ban ‘hope’ drives down the middle long
- Film contact point on drives