How To Hit a Pickleball Around The Post
Summary
Shea Underwood treats around-the-post as geometry plus a few technique tweaks. The closer the ball lands to the net, the wider the available angle; balls that land deeper shrink the window and often produce net misses.
Get there early so you’re not reaching — contact with the outside foot outside the ball (practice by tossing and catching that way). Add sidespin rather than topspin so the ball curves around the post and back into court, and plant hard on the outside foot so you can recover into position after contact. Solo toss-and-hit or partner feeds both work for reps.
Key takeaways
- Closer-to-net bounces create a better ATP angle
- Arrive early; outside foot outside the ball
- Sidespin curves the ball around the post better than topspin
- Plant the outside foot so you can recover
Action items
- Toss yourself balls near the sideline and only go around the post when the bounce is close to the net
- Practice catch-then-hit so the outside foot is outside the ball before you swing