Category Archives: Pickleball

PB – serving like a pro

  1. Remind yourself that you want receiver to take a step back or side not forward towards the net. Aim for blank space and / or back hand
  2. Stand 2ft from center (to not telegraph where you will hit and provide option to hit down the t or wide )
  3. Front toe is pointing towards net post (to remind you to engage hips)
  4. Back leg follows through to open body to explode
  5. Paddle arm is not a pushing motion but snapping . Slow , slow slow and then snap. Arm is loose
  6. Wrist is loose and grip on handle is loose (to allow snapping ). No death grip.

Other items not mentioned : 1) bounce ball to help focus , get eye and hand coordination and mess with opponent ;

2) toss ball slightly to help with applying top spin; 3) couldn’t tell grip style used by Tanner but he talks about grips here https://youtube.com/shorts/-fQRXmTJ3lg?si=8qVRxTQt_ufCHHvs. It is most likely Eastern.