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Choose the Counter: Two-Hand Wide, One-Hand Body, Slice Chicken-Wing

ByChief October 18, 2026

Richard Pickleball maps counters to three situations. When the ball is wide to the backhand, add the second hand — one hand gets you jammed and off-balance on those stretch balls.

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Don’t Rush the Close — Split Step, Then Attack

ByChief October 9, 2026

Briones Pickleball Breakdown walks through a high-percentage transition: the team is already on defense, softens a ball, and instead of sprinting in blindly they take their time closing.

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5 Ways to Beat a Better Team From the Right Side

ByChief October 5, 2026October 5, 2026

Selkirk TV’s Coach Marshall Brown starts a series on beating a better team, and the theme is creating chaos, since you won’t out-dink stronger players. This video covers five speed-ups from the right side of the kitchen line.

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Stop that chicken wing error! #pickleball #pickleballtips

ByChief September 28, 2026October 4, 2026

Summary Richard on the awkward chicken-wing counter: if you’re not early, you get jammed and…

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Learn the Scorpion, in under 60 seconds!

ByChief September 18, 2026October 4, 2026

tanner.pickleball’s 60-second scorpion: when an opponent attacks a low ball out of the air, the…

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