Guide to pro-quality forehand drives

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This video, featuring former UCLA tennis player Drew, provides a step-by-step guide to mastering your pickleball forehand.

Learn how to achieve increased power, spin, and consistency for both your drives and serves.

The techniques are rooted in tennis and expertly adapted for pickleball.

The video breaks down the forehand into key components like "The Loop" for momentum.

It then details the "Flashlight Technique" for acceleration and power.

Generating topspin is covered with "low to high" and "windshield wiper" motions.

Finally, the importance of body rotation and weight transfer for ultimate power is explained.

Key Points:

  • The Loop (Takeback): Take the paddle back with the tip pointing up, creating a "C motion" for momentum.

  • Acceleration (Flashlight Technique): After the loop, snap the paddle through the ball like a whip, using the "flashlight technique."

  • Topspin (Upward Trajectory and Windshield Wiper): Accelerate the paddle from below the ball ("low to high") and use a "windshield wiper technique" with your wrist for topspin.

  • Rotation and Weight Transfer: Turn your shoulders sideways, uncoil towards the net, and lean into the ball for power.

  • Serving Specifics: Apply forehand drive techniques, but adjust for a lower ball toss and consider an open stance for more aggressive rotation.

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Happy pickling,

Paul