A well-hit pickleball will contact the paddle at its “sweet spot” and the paddle face will be properly positioned so that it is perpendicular to the intended direction of travel of the ball. This is especially true for volleys at the net, and is applicable to ground strokes, dinks, overheads, and serves. Throughout the course […]
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The serve and return are perhaps the two most important shots in a game of pickleball. On the serving side, a fast and well-placed serve can be played for an outright winner, or it can put the receiving team at a significant disadvantage by forcing them deeper behind the baseline or by making them hit
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Although there are several forces acting on a pickleball while it is flight, gravity is prevalent. It is considered to be the great equalizer because it acts on everything equally, and there is no way to avoid it – gravity always wins in the end. This is the second article in a series describing Pickleball
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It is important for you to be able to predict the path or the trajectory of the pickleball so that you can better orient your racquet or position yourself on the court to return the ball in the direction you intend. The field of Kinematics addresses various aspects of pickleball motion such as velocity,
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