The PERFECT 15 Minute Pickleball Warm Up! (Taught By a Pro)
Top-10 pro Connor Garnett walks a ~15-minute pre-match warm-up: get the body loose with light laps and active stretching (especially rotation, since power comes from turning), then start with about two minutes of straight-ahead dinking. Early dinks are about low legs, sliding feet, and a consistent contact point — elevating focus before you escalate the rest of the warm-up into match intensity.
Action items
- Block 15 minutes before matches: loose body → rotational stretch → 2 min straight dinks
- Cue low legs + sliding feet + same contact point in those first dinks
- Treat warm-up as focus-building, not just hitting hard