PB – “Modern” pickleball

  1. 3rd shot drive (vs drop)
  2. Attack at mid court if ball is above knee (vs reset when at feet)
  3. Aggressive dinks, like using two handed back hand with top spin to force pop up
  4. Focus drilling vs ad-hoc with no purpose). Check pballdrills.app for drills (I have no affiliation and haven’t reviewed)

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.