by Andrea Fogarty | Apr 30, 2025 | Level Four
Tip 1: Topspin Drive Pace doesn’t phase strong players. That is a universal truth in pickleball. The stronger your opponents, the less likely it is that you will beat them simply by hitting hard. That’s where topspin comes into play on the third shot drive, and in... 
by Andrea Fogarty | Mar 30, 2025 | Level Four
Tip 1: How to Keep Your Overheads from Going into the Net There is nothing more painful than missing an overhead in the bottom of the net! Believe it or not, your off hand plays a huge role in how you hit the ball, even though you aren’t technically hitting with it.... 
by Andrea Fogarty | Feb 1, 2025 | Level Four
Tip 1: How to Get Max Power Contrary to popular belief, power on the serve does not come from the arm. It starts with the big muscles in your lower body, and gets transferred to the ball via your kinetic chain. In order to hit the ball as hard as possible, your whole... 
by Andrea Fogarty | Jan 1, 2025 | Level Four, Level Three
Tip 1: What Is a Speedup? Being able to create offense in pickleball is key to winning matches. Just because mastering the soft game is super important for your success as a player doesn’t mean that there aren’t times to hit the ball hard! Think about it this way: if... 
by Andrea Fogarty | Jan 1, 2025 | Level Four, Level Three
Tip 1: Speeding Up to the Wide Backhand If you want to have as much success as possible with your speedups, it’s imperative to have a good underlying strategy. That means that you should be selecting spots on your opponent’s body to speed up to in order to give... 
by Andrea Fogarty | Jan 1, 2025 | Level Four
Tip 1: Holding Your Dinks Adding deception to your speedups is a great way to make them as effective as possible. The less time your opponents have to prepare for their counterattack, the better! A technique that advanced players use to disguise their speedups is...