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Angled Overheads Beat Straight Ones

ByChief October 19, 2026

Ty Butson’s seven-second cue: hit angled overheads, not straight ones. Straight puts are easier to cover; the angle stretches the defense and raises your make-good rate on putaways.

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Through-the-Legs Off Bounce: Legal, but Ref May Call Hindrance

ByChief October 18, 2026

Ty Butson shows a through-the-legs putaway: perfectly legal when you hit clean off the bounce and never touch your partner (or their clothing). You are outside the kitchen; they are not contacting the ball.

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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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Return Deep, Then Sprint to the Kitchen #pickleball

ByChief October 9, 2026

Ty Butson pins the reason players get stuck off the kitchen to return depth. When the return lands short, the server steps in and you never catch up.

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Double bounce rule #pickleball #shorts

ByChief October 5, 2026

Ty Butson explains pickleball’s double bounce rule: both the serve and the return must bounce before anyone can volley.

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Improve your dinks #pickleball #pickleballtips

ByChief October 5, 2026October 5, 2026

Ty Butson shares his favorite game for building a kitchen-line game. You keep normal pickleball scoring to 11 and serve diagonally, but every rally must start with five dinks in a row.

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Can you stand in the kitchen? #pickleball #pickleballtips

ByChief October 3, 2026October 4, 2026

Summary Ty Butson answers whether you can be in the kitchen before the ball bounces….

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How to Increase power and accuracy with your serve #pickleball #pickleballtips

ByChief September 25, 2026October 5, 2026

Summary Ty Butson short on increasing serve power and accuracy at the same time. Focus…

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