Developing Lightning Fast Hands
These videos focus on increasing hand speed and reaction time specifically for battles at the net.
3 Mistakes Causing You to Have Slow Hands at the Kitchen Line:
Identifies common errors that hinder your reaction time. 3 Tips for Faster Hands:
Practical advice to increase your speed during hand battles.
3 Tips to Help Get Fast Hands at the Net:
Strategic steps to ensure your hands are ready for quick exchanges.
4 Tips for Faster Hands 4.0 Level:
Advanced techniques for higher-level competitive play.
A focused look at achieving quick reflexes.
Get Faster Hands Using This Strategy:
A specific strategic approach to improve your net speed.
Getting Faster Hands: Two Tips:
Two essential pointers for improving reaction speed.
A foundational guide on building hand speed.
How to Get Faster Hands at the Kitchen Line:
Specific drills or tips for speed while standing at the non-volley zone.
How to Get Super Fast Hands in Pickleball:
Techniques for achieving elite-level hand speed.
The Real Secret to Fast Hands in Pickleball (Try This):
An unconventional or "secret" method to unlock faster movements.
The Secret to Lightning Fast Hands in Pickleball:
Focuses on maintaining a slight elbow crease in your ready position and using short, compact swings powered by the elbow and wrist.
Defensive Mastery: Resets, Blocks, and Counters
This group covers how to handle aggressive shots from your opponents, including speed-ups and "bodybags".
Strategies to protect yourself and return shots aimed at your body.
Biggest Mistakes on the Counter Volley:
Common errors to avoid when trying to punch the ball back at your opponent.
Block Volley on the Backhand Side:
Specific techniques for defending your backhand wing.
Blocking/Resetting Your Volleys:
How to take the pace off the ball to neutralise a point.
Tactical advice for when an opponent suddenly increases the ball's pace.
Technique for driving the ball back aggressively from the forehand side.
Help Your Counter Be Powerful and Reliable:
How to make your counter-attacks more consistent.
How Pros Hit Consistent Resets From Middle Court:
Insights into professional-level defensive resets.
How to Hit a Backhand Counter Attack:
A guide to turning a backhand defence into an offensive shot.
How to Hit a Strong Backhand Counter in Pickleball:
Recommends hitting down toward the opponent's knees and using a wrist snap for power.
How to Hit Back at the Net Drives to You:
Techniques for handling hard-driven balls while standing at the net.
How to Hit Resets Like the Pros in Pickleball:
Suggests pointing the paddle tip down for balls between your legs and sideways for balls outside your legs to gain control.
Mastering the Transitional Zone After a Third Shot Drop:
Explains how to defend or attack based on the height and location of your drop shot.
Strategic Offense and Winning Tactics
Focus on how to take control of the point and force errors from your opponents.
3 Ways to Stop Losing Points at the Kitchen Line:
Strategic adjustments to keep you in the point longer.
5 Ways to Stop Losing Points at the Speed-up:
How to manage the transition into fast-paced play without losing the rally.
Aim for Weaknesses When Speeding Up at the Kitchen:
Tactical placement for offensive shots.
A summary of high-percentage shots to use at the kitchen line.
A highly effective, perhaps overlooked, tip for net play.
How to Be Aggressive From Below Net:
How to put pressure on opponents even when the ball is low.
How to Have Full Control Over Opponents at the Kitchen Line:
Methods to dictate the pace and direction of the game.
A guide on exactly where to aim your aggressive shots.
Essential Technique and Positioning
These videos cover the physical mechanics and "ready" states required to play effectively at the kitchen.
Changing Hands at the Kitchen Line:
Advice on hand transitions or perhaps switching the paddle between hands.
A specific pointer for winning close-quarters exchanges.
Here's Why Pro Players Have Their Ready Position Low at the Kitchen Line:
Explains the benefits of a low stance for better reaction and stability.
Master Deception With No Backswing at the Kitchen Line:
How to hide your shots by minimising your paddle movement.
Mastering Kitchen Line Technique in Pickleball: 3 Essential Coaching Tips:
Covers base positioning, weight distribution, and lunge mechanics.
Mastering the Kitchen Line Is What Separates Players in Pickleball:
A comprehensive look at the strategies and mindset used by lethal pro players.
Net Hand Battle Arm and Elbow Positioning Tip:
Proper limb alignment for maximum efficiency.
Focuses on the "11:00" paddle orientation for an optimal ready position.
Paddle Face Angles at the Kitchen:
How subtle changes in your paddle face affect shot trajectory.
How to move in tandem with your teammate to close gaps.
Proper Ready Position in Pickleball!:
Highlights holding the paddle at an 11:00 angle at belly button height and tracking the ball with the paddle tip.
Tips on how (or when not) to extend for shots at the net.
Avoiding Mistakes and Fixing Bad Habits
Videos dedicated to identifying and correcting the most frequent errors made at the non-volley zone.
5 Mistakes You Are Making at the Kitchen:
A countdown of common tactical and technical errors.
5 Mistakes You're Making at the Kitchen: (
Alternative version) Focuses on recurring faults at the net.
If You Keep Getting Slammed at the Kitchen Line:
Troubleshooting for players who find themselves vulnerable to attacks.
Preventing Pop Ups at the Kitchen Line:
How to keep the ball low to avoid giving your opponent an easy smash.
A Must-Have Skill in the Year 2026 for Pickleball!:
Teaches you to take a few steps back if your team pops up a dink, giving you more time to react to the incoming speed-up.