Notes & Homework

Skill: Offensive Dinking

• Objective is to create Open Court, Off Balance Opponents and Opportunity balls.
• Hit well placed push dinks to move your opponents around.
• 2 Options to create offensive opportunities:
  • Chip away at one opponent
  • Mix it up between the 2 opponents.

Drill: Cross Court Dinking Target Cones

• Set out 3 cones with balls on top. 1 inside sideline and inside NVL, 1 on NVL in middle,and 1 behind NVL and just inside the center line.
• Players stand cross court at NVZ and dink rally to knock balls off the cones.
• Defend cones by taking balls out of the air.
• Players may need to be strategic to move opponent away from a cone in order to aim for it the next shot.

Drill: Send & Receive - Middle vs Outside

• Players set up at NVZ for double mini pickleball.
• Engage in mini pickleball competitive play.
• Players must call as they hit the ball where they think they will receive the next ball: Middle or Outside Quadrant.
• This brings awareness to what you get off of what you give.

 Skill: Dead Dink Options

• Dead Dink = bouncing high and not challenging your position or balance - ATTACKABLE.
• Option #1: Speed up at the person in front of you or at open court
• Option #2: Offensive cross court dink if there is open court available.