Touch Your Non-Dominant Hand After Every Dink

Summary

Universal Rackets ties ready position and follow-through together with one cue: your non-dominant hand should touch the paddle after every dink. A lot of players stop the swing at contact, which sends balls into the net or up, and also leaves the paddle down so they aren’t ready for the next ball.

Touching the non-dominant hand forces the paddle to finish out in front. From there you’re already set whether the next ball is another dink or a speed-up, because you don’t have to lift your hands from your side.

Key takeaways

• Stopping at contact kills the dink and the ready position
• Finish so the paddle touches your non-dominant hand
• That finish leaves the paddle out front for the next ball

Action items

• Dink for five minutes with the only cue being paddle-to-hand contact after every shot
• Have a partner sneak in a few speed-ups to check you’re ready