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BAD Pickleball Habits You Don't Notice

The habit that costs the most points at the kitchen line is a ready position that sits too low. If your first movement against a hard ball is lifting the paddle, you are already late.

Keep the paddle up around chest height, which is where opponents actually attack you. From there you can get on top of the ball and counter it back down at their feet, and that is the only reliable way to beat a banger.

Copying pros here backfires, because a pro who sits with the paddle near the waist is not facing the players you face. Their hands and their opponents are not yours.

The second technique habit is parking your off hand on your hip. That hand gives you counterbalance when you reach and helps you coil into a forehand or backhand, and it cannot do either job while it is locked in place.

Reaching for balls instead of moving your feet creates the next problem, which is wristiness. Once you are out of position you have to flick the wrist to steer the ball, and that is far less consistent than getting your body behind it.

On strategy, stop telling yourself to just get the serve in. Every shot carries a risk and reward tradeoff, and making 100 percent of your serves means you are giving away free returns, so aim for about 95 percent instead.

Dink with a purpose on every ball rather than dinking to dink. Decide whether you are on offense, where you are trying to force a pop-up you can attack next, or on defense, where you are resetting the rally.

Stop watching your own good shots, because unless you play below 3.0 that ball is coming back. Get straight back into your ready position instead.

Warming up is not optional, and skipping it costs you both points and health. The first ball of the day, after a long workday and a drive to the court, is when you are most likely to hurt yourself.

The math favors it too. You hit five to seven times as many balls drilling as playing, so a five minute warmup is worth 25 to 35 minutes of match repetitions.

On equipment, wear a pickleball or tennis shoe rather than a running shoe, because you need lateral stability and running shoes roll ankles. Put an overgrip on your paddle, stay with the same paddle for a few months instead of switching constantly, and keep it out of a hot or cold car.

The habits that matter most are off the court. Drill for one intense hour rather than four mindless ones, because reps you are not focused on are actively making your game worse.

Pick one thing and work on it until you can do it without thinking, then move to the next thing. Anything you have not taken to that point falls apart the moment pressure arrives.

Finally, stop chasing your DUPR, blaming or coaching your partner, apologizing for every pop-up, and making excuses. Everyone plays in the same wind on the same courts, and your rating follows your game rather than the other way round.

Key points

Keep the paddle up around chest height, which is where opponents actually attack you.
Making 100 percent of your serves means you are giving away free returns.
Drill for one intense hour rather than four mindless ones.

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