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Pickleball Singles winning strategy 🤾
Pickleball Singles winning strategy 🤾
1) Way more physically demanding than doubles. Tune up your body.
2) Deliver good passing shot.
3) Serve deep and return deep. With spin try to send your opponent out of the court for a while.
4) Upon return you must move to the kitchen immediately but be aware of the passing shots.
5) Return down the line or down the middle will be far better than a cross-court return. You need less angle to cover.
6) As a server try to find a good line to deliver a passing shot. Passing shot is very common with tennis players.
  Note: Passing shots are mainly four types:
    A) Hard down the line
    B) Softer angle or cross-court
    C) Harder angle or cross-court
    D) Short angle
7) Stick around the center line using both forehand and backhand. Too much shifting on one side will create a difficult situation to cover gap on the other.
8) Split-step (explanation at the end of the page) at the stroke of your opponent because you will have more angle to cover on either direction.
Bottom line: Find gap to deliver effective passing shots, approach the kitchen as soon as possible, keep your opponent back and split-step all times but mainly when you are at the net.
Pickleball Doubles winning strategy 👫
Pickleball Doubles winning strategy 👫
1) Service hard and deep with a side swing if possible to push opponents back, or aim to their weaker side to set up your net partner.
2) Get to the kitchen line quickly and stay there to limit opponent angles.. Until you are at the kitchen line, you may have the best defence but you hardly can take a winning shot.
3) At the kitchen line be ready to hit back and punch the ball instead of taking big swing motions.
4) Execute third shot drive or drop. If it is a drive most probably the fifth shot will be a drop as the opponents are already at the kitchen line. Shot Drop: A soft, high-arcing shot that lands in the kitchen, allowing your team to advance to the net.
5) Return deep mainly to the server who is still busy running towards the kitchen.
6) Drive, Drop or Dink to the backhand of the opponen.
7) Never start or engage into dinking if your partner is weak and cannot handle a dink battle. It is easy for your opponents to change the direction of the dink towards your weaker partner. Speed up instead as soon as possible.
8) Lob not to get the point directly but to exhaust and frustrate your opponents but you must be very good at defence against possible smashes.
9) Lob your opponennts back if you are in difficult position and and a good drop may not be possible or you or your partner needs time to recover.
10) Find opportunities to deliver ERNE and ATP.
11) Target Weaknesses: Aim for opponents' feet or their backhand side during dinks and volleys; this creates pop-ups or errors.
12) Communicate & Cover the Middle: Decide who takes the middle shots (often the forehand player on the left, or communicate) to prevent balls from going through the gap.
13) Play the Soft Game (Dinks): Use soft, controlled dinks to move opponents around and set up attacks, especially into the middle or to their backhand.
14) Attack When Possible: Look for opportunities to speed up (drive) the ball, ideally straight at your opponent so it comes back to you, or use spin to disrupt their rhythm.
15) Stay Tethered: Move as a unit with your partner, moving forward, back, and side-to-side together.
Bottom line: Make your opponents move to be off balance. Hold your ground at the kitchen line to take winning shots. Mix up dink and lob to become unpredictable. Do whatever possible but nevet lift. Your opponent should always touch the ball below net height or from far back of the court preferably with an awkward position so that return will be upward in your favour.
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What is split-step in Pickleball, Badminton or Tennis? 👣
What is split-step in Pickleball, Badminton or Tennis? 👣
The split-step is a fundamental footwork technique used in pickleball, badminton, and tennis to improve a player's reaction time, agility, and ability to move quickly in any direction.1
It is essentially a preparatory movement performed just before the opponent makes contact with the ball or shuttlecock.2
Here is a breakdown of what it involves:
👣 The Movement
👣 The Movement
The split-step is generally described as:
A small, quick hop or jump.3 In some sports/situations, it can be more of a rapid "drop" than a jump.4
Timing: The ideal timing is to land from the hop/drop right around the exact moment your opponent makes contact with the ball.5
Landing Position: You land on the balls of your feet (not flat-footed or on your heels), with your feet roughly shoulder-width apart or slightly wider, and your knees slightly bent (a loaded, athletic stance).6
The Goal: Landing on the balls of your feet with your muscles briefly stretched allows you to load energy (like a spring) and immediately push off explosively in the direction of the incoming shot.7
💡 Why It's Important
💡 Why It's Important
The split-step helps players for several reasons:
Prevents Being Flat-Footed: It prevents you from being caught flat-footed, which makes the first step slower.
Maximizes Reaction Time: By landing as the opponent hits, you are in a loaded, balanced, and ready position the very instant you see the direction the ball is traveling.
Stores Energy: The quick landing and immediate push-off utilize the stretch-shortening cycle of your leg muscles, making your first step faster and more explosive.
Breaks Momentum: If you are moving forward (like approaching the net in tennis or pickleball), the split-step helps you stop your forward momentum and reset your balance before the shot is returned.
In essence, the split-step is a "reset" that puts your body in the most athletic and ready state to react to an unpredictable return.
Would you like to know more about how the split-step applies to one specific sport, like pickleball?
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