Pickleball Tip of Week #17

Another "quick" tip this week. Todays tip is based on play that i witnessed today.

Lets say that you and your partner are up at the net. Your opponents are stuck at or near the base line. You and your partner are hitting smashes at your opponents. One thing that you need to remember is that it is MUCH better to smash the ball as deep as possible even if you take a little pace off the ball to do this. This is opposed to smashing the ball really hard , but it is hitting the court ten feet or so in front of the opponents. When you smash the ball way in front of your opponents, the ball now is much easier for them to return because it will bounce nice and high by the time it gets to them.

As opposed to hitting with a little less pace, but it will be within a foot or less of their feet. Now with this better smash , it will be much harder for your opponents to do a decent return.

So try and remember, deep near your opponents feet with a little less pace is much preferred to hitting the ball 110% ( which means less control ) way in front of your opponents.

jeff shank