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The Return of Serve: PICKLEBALL MASTERCLASS by Jack Munro

A pickleball court is small enough that you can run around most serves and take them as forehands. The pros build their whole return game on that fact, and you should too.

Shift your grip toward eastern or semi-eastern to strengthen the forehand side. With decent footwork you can cover roughly 70 percent of returns with your forehand, and if you are hitting more backhands than forehands, something is wrong.

That grip shift leaves your one-handed backhand open faced, so do not slice. A slice return floats back and hands your opponent an easy ball to convert into a heavy topspin drive.

The answer is a two-handed backhand return. It does not need to be pretty or loaded with topspin, it just needs to push the ball deep, and even flat and floaty it beats a slice.

Because of that, your ready position should always have two hands on the paddle. Watch the best returners and you will see both hands set before every serve.

Time your split step so you finish landing just as the server makes contact, and land on the balls of your feet, never your heels. That little hop carries your momentum forward into the return.

Make contact close to your body, near your front pockets at hip height, where you have the most power, control, and feel. On the backhand side, close your stance so your hips get you nearer the contact point.

Kill the big C shaped backswing. Instead, wind up like you are rowing a cable at the gym, pulling your elbow straight back, and start your forward swing the moment the serve bounces.

Finally, hinge your wrist back slightly, like the end of a handshake, and keep it there. A set wrist firms up the sweet spot, while power comes from your legs, core, and shoulder in one fluid forward motion.

Key points

Shift toward an eastern grip and run around serves so roughly 70 percent of your returns are forehands.
Replace the slice with a two-handed backhand return, since slices feed your opponent easy topspin drives.
Finish your split step landing on the balls of your feet just as the server makes contact.
Wind up by pulling your elbow straight back like a cable row and start the forward swing the moment the serve bounces.
Make contact near your hip pockets with a slightly hinged-back wrist and push through in one fluid motion.

Watch the full tutorial here.