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6 Ways to Play BETTER with ANY Pickleball Partner

Which side does your new partner favor? You can know that before the first point, and most people waste the chance.

Pro Zane Navratil has played with probably 50 different partners on tour, usually with only a little time to build chemistry. His point is that with a new partner the warm-up is your scouting report, not just a chance to loosen your own strokes.

While you hit, watch a few things. Which side do they favor, are they comfortable taking pace, and do they prefer to reset or counterattack?

Are they eager to speed every ball up, or content to dink all day? Do they move well, or are they stuck in one spot?

He says you can learn almost everything you need to know about a partner in two minutes of dinking. That only works if you're actually watching instead of going through the motions.

Then keep scouting once the match starts. After every point, ask why it actually ended, not why you won or lost.

Did your partner win the hands battle off your speed up, or bail you out of your pop up? Did you both go for the same ball, or did nobody go for it?

Those answers are a live diagnostic of how the partnership works. You're getting that information either way, so you might as well pay attention.

The video includes a live pro match clip where both partners call the same middle ball, which shows how fast that confusion happens with someone new.

Key points

With a new partner, the warm-up is your scouting report, not just a chance to loosen your own strokes.
Watch which side your partner favors and whether they're comfortable taking pace.
Notice whether they prefer to reset or counterattack, and whether they speed every ball up or dink all day.
Two minutes of dinking can tell you almost everything, if you're actually watching.
After every point, ask why it actually ended, not why you won or lost.

Watch the full tutorial here.