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Have you just started playing pickleball? Learn everything you need to know about the rules, strategies, and inside tips to play with confidence and win.

We are a passionate pickleball community with our diverse experiences in and around the game. Welcome to the community! What is our mission? To make the game better for all players, regardless of their level in the game, on the courts, and everywhere we can reach in all directions. Inclusivity is our jam!

The certified coaches here possess extensive knowledge of strategy, drills, and fitness. More than just helping players get better, they promote the kind of camaraderie that makes teams thrive. Our content creators serve up video and written tips that pack the kind of engaging energy that hooks players into a deeper understanding of the game.

We are a community, not just a resource hub. With shared knowledge and unwavering support, we turn pickleball not just into a sport but into a way of life.

Our platform supports players at all stages. The players still figuring out the fundamentals and those tackling the challenges of advanced techniques.

Instructional content that covers the basics: serving, volleying, and positioning, are available for beginners. Practical tips and drills that accompany this content foster steady growth at the beginner level. These tips engage the players, builds their confidence, and sharpens their skills.

Players who are between the intermediate or advance skill levels will find technical knowledge of the game and a variety drills to sharpen your shots. These tips will improve both recreational and professional play.

Inclusivity is our top priority. That’s why we ensure our resources cater to every aspect of the pickleball community, from young people to seniors and from recreational to accomplished competitive athletes. We want everyone engaged with the profound sport of pickleball to feel supported, empowered, and inspired in the pursuit of their pickleball passion.

Narrowing in on certain shots with dedicated drills is a first-class way to elevate your position in the world of pickleball. Practicing serves, volleys, and backhands will get you an even higher skill set, and that much closer to the top of your game.

These are some of the exercises we have to add to your training schedule:

Serve Exercise: Aim to serve at different spots on the court. Place cones around the service box and aim to hit each cone. This will work on your serve’s precision and control. Perform this exercise for 10-15 minutes during each practice session. As you get better, try playing with increasing difficulty, such as hitting to the box from five different places along the baseline, or incorporating your serve into the mix with other shots under timed “game” conditions.

Volley Drills: Pair up and stand at opposite ends of the net. The main goal of this drill is to have exchange rapid volleys while maintaining as much control and composure as possible. The purpose of this drill is designed to increase your reaction time and refine your movement to execute the volley with the proper technique. Have your paddle up and out in front of you with your body positioned correctly so that you can move for the volley as swiftly as you would move in other situation. Go for a set number of successfully controlled returns, then switch.

Backhand strokes: This can be practiced with a wall or with a partner. Stand a few feet away and start rallying with backhands. Concentrate on your grip and your follow-through, keeping your eyes focused on the ball and making sure your paddle hits the sweet spot. This isn’t just for backhand strokes, you can mix in the forehand strokes too. This will force your brain to remain adaptable and simulate real play.

In the end, working these pickleball drills into your workout is crucial for boosting your performances and overall play. Practicing them with attention to form and technique will ensure that you see some improvement when you play on the court.

To be great at pickleball, you must first conquer the basics: grip, stance, footwork, and the fundamental shots. Work first with the grip, specifically, the continental grip. It will serve you well for volleys, serves, and high-stakes groundstrokes.

A stance that is balanced and has bent knees, with a foot position that is about shoulder-width, allows for quick lateral movement. This is footwork needed to get you into position so that you can execute your shots better.

Practice your core strokes: serve, forehand, and backhand. Serve with underhand and topspin. Swing smoothly and controlled. These are your “can’t miss” and “minimal error” shots. Developing these strokes help for building accuracy and preventing injury in your elbow or shoulder.

These skills are improved by targeted drills that reinforce and eventually makes them second nature. The path from here to performance is straightforward: muscle memory to memory muscle. From the last drill to the next game, the gap is filled by performance. And the payoff from these drills comes not only in direct form, skills performed under game conditions, but also in the indirect form with complex decision-making and strategy.

Well beyond the Pickleball court are the benefits to be found. Cardiovascular health takes a boost, as does strength and coordination. Evidence of these benefits comes from the way people perform when playing Pickleball. Forcing human bodies to make powerful, lateral, and sprinting movements in dynamic ways is simply good, full-body exercise.

In terms of the social aspect, it promotes a friendly community in which individuals unite over their love of the casual game, or increasingly as leagues become more common, over the not-so-casual game of pickleball and establish a bond that we can only hope promotes emotional well-being.

If nothing else, it’s a stress reliever. You have to concentrate. You know you’re going to have to concentrate, even before the first serve, to play well, to have fun playing, and to not only escape the pressures of everyday life but to totally suppress them until after the last point in the last game in whatever super fun pickleball league you’ve joined.

With gameplay that welcomes individuals of all ages and skill levels, pickleball fosters a sense of belonging that pretty much every fitness regimen demands as a means of promoting overall well-being.

No matter your age or stage of life, whether you’re just starting out or have been playing for years, pickleball is a game for you. It doesn’t discriminate. It welcomes players of every skill level, from those still getting the hang of things to those who send the ball flying at 40 mph. Fast, yet easy to learn, it brings people together in ways that kind of surprise you and in some lovely ways, makes you think it really is the perfect pastime.