Agressive Backhand Dinks 🔥

3 Key Points for Topspin Dinks out of the Air:

1. Keep your wrist firm. The more you release your wrist on dinks (especially out of the air), the more likely you will pop the ball up.

2. The less motion the better. This shot does not involve a lot of movement. You want to meet the ball out in front and use your opponents power to place the ball low.

3. Hit this shot when the ball is below the height of the net. The higher the ball goes, the more likely you are going to hit a backhand flick or roll. When the ball is below the height of the net you can start to bring out this shot.

Slice Dinks 💪

The new wave of pickleball is to hit the two handed backhand dink. Although we believe the two handed backhand is the best option, you also need to have a one handed slice dink. There are many reasons why having a slice dink will help your game.

1. Defensive Dinks: When the ball is pushed behind your body, it is important that you can hit a slice dink. It is easier to hit a dink as a slice when you are on defense because you can reach further with one hand on the paddle than with two.

2. Dead Dinks: When you are trying to keep the ball low, you want to be hitting dinks with zero spin. It is much easier to do this with a slice “dead” dink. You can use this dink when you are playing a team that is constantly speeding up the ball. If you can keep the ball below the height of the net, the opponents will have to hit speedups with an upward trajectory.

3. Aggressive Slice Dinks: Although you have an open paddle face, it does not mean that you have to push your shot. Sometimes if hitting an aggressive slice dink can be effective and catch your opponent off guard.

Defensive Backhand Volley 🔥

When should you be putting two hands on the paddle?

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