Dink

In this blog we're going to go deep on one of the most important aspects of pickleball - dinking. Specifically dink variety. Historically the pickleball dink has been viewed as a gentle shot hit from up at the non-volley zone line that is basically just pushed over...

Many players are out there making this #1 beginner pickleball mistake. We understand why many start this way at the very beginning when they’re just trying to get the ball over a few times. However, once you have that down you need to evolve away from this as soon as possible or else risk putting a ceiling on your game. Nobody wants that!

What separates the best from the rest is not only their ability to hit good shots consistently but it’s their ability to know when to hit what. What they do best that is often overlooked because we only remember the most spectacular shots is that they hit high percentage shots 99% of the time. That’s why they win! Here’s how to model pro dinking strategy.

Dinking is getting more and more aggressive, are your dinks keeping up or are they falling behind? The old way of dinking is dead. Here’s how to hit a great slice backhand dink to push your opponents back off the line and setup more pop ups that you can attack…

Are you hitting dead dinks? If you don’t know what dead dinks are then you need to watch this video immediately because it is costing you points and games. You’ll learn why why they’re bad, how to avoid them and what you should do instead so you can dominate dinking.

It’s one thing to be able to dink it back and forth over the net consistently and it’s a whole other thing to move the ball around in the box with control and accuracy. You have to be accurate and aggressive with you dinks. Here’s a great way to develop that skill…

In this video we are very lucky to be joined by Coach Daniel J Howard. Daniel shows a great drill to develop soft hands to improve your dinking. Unattackable dinks are an essential skill to develop in order to play winning doubles pickleball. Soft hands and knowing...

Is drilling enough? As you may know by now, we're big fans of drilling. It's very rare that we don't do some drilling when we go out and play. Like very, very, very rare. Basically, it never happens. It's pretty standard that we spend almost as much time drilling as...

There's a new dink in town... When we talk about pickleball dinks. We mostly are talking about a shot hit from up at the NVZ line that is basically just pushed over the net in a gentle arc with not much spin into the opposing kitchen. Or maybe it has a little backspin...