Never Pop-Ups the ball anymore….
Summary
Cliff Pickleball’s clip shows a target-based dink drill. The feeder aims at spots that bounce at your feet, forcing a decision on every ball: take it out of the air, or back up and let it bounce into a dink. Letting those foot-level balls bounce while standing still is what causes pop-ups, so the drill trains both movement and decision-making together.
Key takeaways
- Balls bouncing at your feet are pop-up traps
- Decide early: volley it, or back up and dink it
- Target placement in drills creates real decisions
- Movement and decision-making are trained together
Action items
- Partner dinks to cones placed near your feet
- Call ‘air’ or ‘bounce’ before each contact
- Pop-up = lose the point in the drill
- Film: are you standing still on foot-level balls?