If you’re constantly popping up your dinks and giving your opponent an easy attack, focus on these 3 things:
Stay low through the shot
Don’t rise up while you’re hitting the ball. Stay low throughout the entire stroke, then rise after contact.
This is super important because if your body pulls up, the ball will follow.
Keep the paddle in your peripheral vision
This is one of my favorite tips.
On any soft shot in pickleball, you should always be able to see your paddle in your peripheral vision. If you lose sight of it at any point, your swing is probably too big.
It’s a simple way to make sure you’re keeping your backswing short and controlled.
Loose grip. No wrist.
Keep your grip pressure around a 3/10 and push through the ball with your shoulder.
Your shoulder gives you a simple, repeatable motion. The more wrist you add, the more variables you introduce, which makes it much harder to control your dinks consistently.
Here’s today’s video:
In under 60 seconds…
Never Pop Up Another Dink Again!
Till next week,
-Tanner
P.S. I’m currently in Detroit, Michigan, competing at the APP tournament. I’ll keep you in the loop for WHEN I do some damage 😁 and I’ll let you know how you can watch!
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