Learn to Play Pickleball
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Pickleball Drills for One Person
For this simple drill you’ll just need a pickleball and a paddle. Start by bouncing the ball lightly on the face of the paddle up in the air.
· First, keep it low and in control and bounce it for a while until you get the feel for it
· Next bounce the ball higher and higher, straight up on the same side of the paddle, always keeping it in control.
· Switch the paddle face on each hit
· Bounce the ball from the tip of the paddle up to the grip and back and forth
Pickleball Drills for Two
So now you’ve got someone else to drill with, great! Here are a bunch of options for getting warmed up and drilling to improve your game with a partner.
Diagonal kitchen volley, cross-court dinks: Set up diagonally across the kitchen (if you’re new to the game, that means, one player stands on the right hand side of the court just behind the line that is 7 feet from the net — the kitchen line). Now each of you stay generally where you are and play diagonally across to each other. Play both forehand and back hand. Then switch sides so you are both on the left. See how many times you can get it over the net.
Straight across the net: similar to the above, but this time set up right across from each other at the center of the net at the kitchen line. Volley back and forth without moving too much from your position. See how many times you can volley it back and forth without stopping.
Ground stroke to kitchen line: One player stands back on the base line and hits strong ground strokes to the opposite player who is standing at the kitchen line. See how many you can do and then switch positions.
Keep it in the air: Both players stand at the pickleball line and hit it back and forth over the net always keeping it in the air. Again, try to get a rally going as long as you can.
For this simple drill you’ll just need a pickleball and a paddle. Start by bouncing the ball lightly on the face of the paddle up in the air.
· First, keep it low and in control and bounce it for a while until you get the feel for it
· Next bounce the ball higher and higher, straight up on the same side of the paddle, always keeping it in control.
· Switch the paddle face on each hit
· Bounce the ball from the tip of the paddle up to the grip and back and forth
Pickleball Drills for Two
So now you’ve got someone else to drill with, great! Here are a bunch of options for getting warmed up and drilling to improve your game with a partner.
Diagonal kitchen volley, cross-court dinks: Set up diagonally across the kitchen (if you’re new to the game, that means, one player stands on the right hand side of the court just behind the line that is 7 feet from the net — the kitchen line). Now each of you stay generally where you are and play diagonally across to each other. Play both forehand and back hand. Then switch sides so you are both on the left. See how many times you can get it over the net.
Straight across the net: similar to the above, but this time set up right across from each other at the center of the net at the kitchen line. Volley back and forth without moving too much from your position. See how many times you can volley it back and forth without stopping.
Ground stroke to kitchen line: One player stands back on the base line and hits strong ground strokes to the opposite player who is standing at the kitchen line. See how many you can do and then switch positions.
Keep it in the air: Both players stand at the pickleball line and hit it back and forth over the net always keeping it in the air. Again, try to get a rally going as long as you can.
