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Essential Pickleball Serving Techniques

The document discusses four pickleball shots: the serve, lob shot, dink shot, and drive shot. It provides the rules and technique for serving, and describes when and how to perform each shot, including getting in position, paddle angle, follow through motion, and situations to use each shot.

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Essential Pickleball Serving Techniques

The document discusses four pickleball shots: the serve, lob shot, dink shot, and drive shot. It provides the rules and technique for serving, and describes when and how to perform each shot, including getting in position, paddle angle, follow through motion, and situations to use each shot.

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  • Serving
  • Lob Shot
  • Dink Shot
  • Drive Shot
  • Smash

PICKLEBALL HITS:

SERVING
SERVING RULES:
-must be underhand
-hit below waist
-paddle face must be below wrist when you
hit the ball
-must serve to opposite box
-must serve from behind green line

HOW TO SERVE:
1. get “set” (ball on paddle)
2. paddle back
3. hit ball with middle of paddle
4. follow through to target
5. take a step with front foot as you hit
the ball
PICKLEBALL HITS:
WHAT IS IT?: LOB SHOT
-a shot that travels high and far (like a rainbow)

HOW TO PERFORM IT?


-Ready Position
-Turn, Side to Target
-Paddle Angle: Up
-Lift the Ball Low to High
-Follow Through: to opposite shoulder

WHEN TO USE IT?


-pushes your opponent back away
from the net
-gives you time to travel close to the net
-hard for your opponent to get a good
shot
-slows down the ball
PICKLEBALL HITS:
WHAT IS IT? DINK SHOT
-softer shot, should land near the net
in the non-volley zone

HOW TO PERFORM IT?


-Ready position
-Paddle Angle: up or towards net
-Follow Through: push the ball instead of swing
(no full follow through)

WHEN TO USE IT?


-if your opponents are far away from the net
-on the 3rd shot (so your opponent cannot
hit it out of the air)
PICKLEBALL HITS:
WHAT IS IT? DRIVE SHOT
-A drive shot is hit straight across the net
and should land somewhere in the middle
or back of the court
HOW TO PERFORM IT?
-Ready position
-Side to Target
-Paddle Angle: facing net
-Follow Through: straight across body

WHEN TO USE IT?


-pushes your opponent back
-attacks the middle of the court
-is a fast shot so it is hard to return
PICKLEBALL HITS:
WHAT IS IT? SMASH
-a hard shot that quickly goes at a downward
angle across the net

HOW TO PERFORM IT?


-Ready position
-Side to Target
-Contact the ball over your head
-Paddle Angle: down to ground
-Follow Through: snap your wrist,
follow through down to ground
WHEN TO USE IT?
-if your opponent hits the ball high and close
to the net

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