Pickleball Tip Of Week #25

This weeks tip is another tip on dinking the ball.

First off when you are up at the NVZ dinking the ball, DONT  bounce up and down. Stay down as much as you are able. Keep bent at your knees and slightly at the waist . If this is too tiring, it is ok to place your non paddle hand just above your knee for support.

If you dink and then come upright, you have to go back down again when you hit the next dink. When you go down to dink and then stand upright, you have much less control and are prone to pop the ball up. The less movement of your body the better. However it is not a bad idea to move your feet a little bit on every shot. I see many players that over reach for a shot instead of moving their feet to where they should be. Over reaching gives you less control.

So to summarize, when you are up at the net dinking, stay in the low, bent knee  position as long as possible. Dont bob up and down. But DO move your feet on each shot.

jeff shank