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The Pickleball Dinking Strategies That Separate Pros From Amateurs

A lot of players dink just to dink, because that is what you are supposed to do at the kitchen line. PPA Tour pro Ava Ignatowich says the purpose of dinking is to create patterns and generate pop-ups, and it starts with knowing which of two dinks you are hitting.

The clue is your balance. If you are pushed back, off the court, or hitting on your back foot while your opponents are centered and leaning forward, hit a defensive dink.

A defensive dink has three jobs. First, clear the net with a higher dink, because you are already off balance and a super low one risks the net.

Second, land it shallow, close to the net, so your opponents cannot speed it up or hit an aggressive dink back. Third, recover to the kitchen line as soon as the ball leaves your paddle, so you go from off balance to balanced.

Where it goes matters less, but her favorite target is the middle. She calls a shallow dink to the middle the most neutralizing dink you can hit when you are off balance.

When you are on balance, with your feet behind the ball, the dink gets aggressive. Mix up your targets and spin, aim low over the net, and hit just a little faster than your opponent, never too hard.

Her go-to aggressive targets are deep wide, deep middle, and the left or non-dominant foot. Do not go so wide that you risk an ATP, and never dink right to them.

Taking dinks out of the air is a staple of the aggressive version. Every time you do it, your opponent has to make a split second call on whether you are speeding up, and they will usually take a step back.

To practice, dink crosscourt with a partner and call out defensive or aggressive before every shot you hit. It feels a bit silly out loud, and that is the point, because it makes you think about your dinking strategy on every ball.

Watch for what the text cannot show: in the drill her calls follow her feet, so you can see exactly what off balance looks like when she says defensive.

Key points

Hit a defensive dink when you are on your back foot and your opponents are centered and leaning forward.
Land a defensive dink shallow, close to the net, so your opponents cannot speed it up.
When you are on balance, aim low over the net and hit just a little faster than your opponent.
Aim aggressive dinks deep wide, deep middle, or at the left or non-dominant foot.
Dink crosscourt with a partner and call out defensive or aggressive before every shot.

Watch the full tutorial here.