#1 Strategy to Get to the Kitchen in Pickleball 🏆 #pickleball #propickleball #pickleballstrategy
Summary
Preston’s Playbook shares his number-one strategy for getting to the kitchen: start the point with a third-shot drive, aiming to draw a weak volley that gives you a much easier fifth-shot drop.
Where most players go wrong is treating the third-shot drive as a point finisher. Instead of driving and crashing forward, drive, split step and hold your position, then step into the fifth-shot drop to propel yourself forward.
Key takeaways
- Use the third-shot drive as a setup shot, not a finisher
- A good drive draws a weak volley
- The fifth-shot drop is the shot that gets you forward
- After the drive, split step and stay put instead of crashing in
Action items
- Play a game where every third shot is a drive followed by a split step
- Look for the weak volley and step into a fifth-shot drop
- Note where you are on court when the fifth shot is hit