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Hands Battle: Choose Forehand or Backhand on Purpose

ByChief October 16, 2026

John Cincola’s short is a kitchen hands-battle cue: when to take a forehand versus a backhand under pace. Firefights go wrong when you default to one wing and reach across your body.

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Break These 7 Beginner Habits to Reach Intermediate

ByChief October 16, 2026

Pickleball Kitchen walks through habits that keep beginners stuck. Smash putaway overheads instead of tapping them; the kitchen rule only applies to balls that have not bounced, so you can step in on bounced dinks.

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Doubles players crouched in a ready position at the net as the ball comes over, seen from behind an opponent

Stop Hitting Without a Target

ByChief October 3, 2026October 4, 2026

Summary ThatPickleballGuy (Kyle Koszuta): maybe the worst thing you can do is not pick anywhere…

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