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Three Spins Every Pickleball Player Should Know

ByChief October 13, 2026

Ty Butson packs three essential pickleball spins into a quick short so players stop treating every contact as a flat ball.

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How To Hit a Pickleball Around The Post

ByChief October 10, 2026

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.

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