How to fix your dinks

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Paul from Pickleball Daily
September 02, 2025

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In this video, Tyson McGuffin demonstrates a dinking drill using a pickleball machine.

The drill focuses on three different dinking scenarios, starting with dinking off the bounce.

He also shows three types of dinks to hit out of the air: a neutralizing dink, a pressurized dink, and a slice dink.

McGuffin also demonstrates how to take a step back from the kitchen line to give yourself more time and be more aggressive with your dinks.

He introduces the acronym "SLY" (Stable, Location, Yellow) as a checklist to determine if you can be aggressive with a dink.

McGuffin also explains the difference between the "neutralizing zone" and the "pressurized zone" on the court.

He encourages players to progress from neutralizing dinks to more purposeful, pressurized dinks as they improve.

Key Points:

  • Dinking Off the Bounce: Use your shoulder and keep your hand position still.

  • Dinking Out of the Air: Hit a neutralizing, pressurized, or slice dink.

  • Step Back: Take a step back from the kitchen line to give yourself more time.

  • SLY Checklist: Use this acronym to determine if you can be aggressive with a dink.

  • Neutralizing vs. Pressurized: Progress from neutralizing dinks to more pressurized dinks.

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Paul