Dink or Attack? This One Tip Will Greatly Improve your Pickleball Attack Game (Pause Your Game Pt 3)

Thank you, John. I keep getting better at this game and seeing nuances like this help in my progression.

Really good stuff! Thanks John! 👍🏻👍🏻

I love your stuff, John. I try to absorb everything I can find from top pros who are kind enough to impart their wisdom to us mortals, and your videos IMO really stand out in terms of giving us more things to consider beyond just how to hit X shot or Y shot. Your clear, logical and understandable approach to demonstrating the concepts is very much appreciated!

Where do you target in the speed ups? It seems like all these shots have a good chance of going out.

Why do you put your left hand on your hip? Is that for balance or what is the reason behind that?

👍 Thanks John. I learn so much from your teaching. Keep the videos coming please and thank you. 😎

I Ended up getting the Spin Shot, Love it! only used it once so far though

you should do a couple videos on how you utilize it for training for newer folks, I know there’s 12 drills built in

Maybe do a video or two and go over the best basic drills and then show the settings you’re using on the phone app for each drill or maybe do a video on a proper practice session with the machine to work on the normal basics. For noobs like me

Good videos though, you do lots of good angles.

Hi John...love your videos. Keep them coming. I see you wear Asics. What model do you recommend? Thx!

Hi John, are you still available for lessons? I don't see your info on the LGT website anymore?

The young folk will have a lot wrist issues down the road.

Do you recommend the Spin Shot machine over the Lobster?

Way to go John. Love your drills. Can’t believe I played for 5 hours today and I’m watching your drills now. 63 years old and I feel like I’m 22 lol

Another awesome video. What setting are you using for the Spinshot?

Hey John, curious about the following. What is your grip circumference? You are a bigger guy, like me, so I'm curious if you have a thick grip circumference because of our larger hand sizes? (I can't tell if thick is good for stability or thin because it allows for wrist movement). Thanks :)

It's nice, but if your opponent is always ready for your speedup then it doesn't matter if it looks like your dink or not.

Don't see the link to the first two videos? Should be right above Spinshot Machine.

Got a lot out of this 3 parter. Thanks !!!

I love your instructions. Please keep them coming. Would you please do a video on not hitting out balls? In particular, The out balls that I have trouble reading are the very hard hit balls close to the net when I am at the NVZ line. I think I have to decide on whether to let the ball go or not before the ball is stuck by the opposing player. What do you do? What do you look for?

John, I understand your rationale for disguise. However, I have a problem using my wrist to speed things up as I have some chronic injuries. Is there another way of speeding it up while maintaining the short backswing and making it appear like a dink is coming? Thank you.

John- For clarification, the speed up is always at the person in front, and always at a body part of that person?

Need a breakdown of when to have your partner on the same side when serving or have your partner stand off to the side of the court when returning. See it mostly in mixed and assume it is to keep the team at their strongest sides. But haven’t seen a strategy breakdown.

When building a practice wall would a 15% tilt upward be the best angle?

Great video, thank you John.

Great lessons! When do you decide is a good opportunity to speed up the ball?

Is this kitchen drill one of the preprogrammed ones on the SpinShot? Have a SS and trying to get dinks it dialed in. Thanx, I enjoy your videos. I love when you include the settings you use for the SS drills!!

Love your videos, especially the butterfly net drill. Can you talk a little about grip pressure particularly in part one.

Excellent video demo, John. I will adapt the drills, as I normally have to, to coach 2 players in their forties as we do not have walls or a PB machine.

I can see why the pause is an essential foundation. So far in my first year I really focused on structure and positioning, and I haven't given much thought to attacking balls in the yellow zone. Green balls arrive so quickly at my level without forcing the matter. Recently I discovered that even with great positioning, I struggle against a certain kind of banger who can consistently clear the net with barely any margin, over and over again. I've been trying to handle these with a block that's properly accomplishing its goal less than half the time. Lately I've added punch volleys and swing volleys to my PB tutorial feed and I'm thinking much more concretely about how to use footwork to prevent getting jammed up, and how to use my free hand to maintain balance. I feel like I'm getting to a level now where my new skills need to be incorporated with far more deliberation. In this case, the deception is actually an advantage, because the foundation for this skill is identical to the volley dink I'm already using, with one small extra motion.

When you are going to speed up the ball, do you aim for your opponent or will the ball have enough top spin to land inside the baseline?

Thanks man!

Good job John!!! Love it!

good series. my question, on the speedup you didn't mention if the ball has to land in, if say the opponent moves out of the way. or is the speedup really intended to be hit back or a body shot not returned. couldn't see where your speed ups landed.

Great video. I'm assuming when you speed up those are all in bounds? Speed up is not to actually hit your opponent but make them respond? Some of those balls are low I'm assuming there is a lot of topspin to them?

I've added the links to Parts 1 and 2 of this series in the description box. If you haven't seen those yet check them out.