The kitchen is no longer for dinking! Back in the day, when pickleball paddles were ultra soft and had no power or spin, all players could do was drop, dink, and wait for a 90% pop-up. As we’ve seen lately, that’s no longer the case. We’re now able to pull the trigger from places old […]

Have tournament aspirations, or are already playing in pickleball tournaments? If you have a safe spot to hit to, you have zero chance of becoming the best, and are slowly losing the war. Let me explain. Ben Johns is the best male player, and Anna Leigh Waters is the best female in the game, not […]

Today’s pickleball isn’t about blind attacks, it’s about intentional aggression. In order to know when to speed up in pickleball, you need to know who to attack, where to attack, when, and your opponent’s response to those specified attacks.  Of course, in milliseconds, one or more of these questions may be difficult or even impossible to answer. […]

In pickleball, who to attack, when to attack, and where to attack is determined within a 100th of a millisecond. Same for who, when, and where NOT to attack. Looking for “tells” or clues as to what strategy to take in that split second requires a ton of practice and doesn’t always happen consciously. You’ll learn […]

I was recently asked to write about how to respond after a bad line call, as many players unfortunately allow themselves to get mentally flushed down the toilet bowl after a bad call. *Full transparency: I’ve been known to lose my stuff at specific opponents when I think they’ve made bad calls on purpose. My […]