If you are teaching pickleball, the dink is one of the most important shots for your students to master. Here are the basics of the pickleball dink, dinking strategy, and many different drills you can use for your classes.
How to dink in pickleball, the RIGHT way: The definitive beginner's guide to dinking
In pickleball, a "dink" is a soft shot that goes up and over the net from the Non-Volley Zone and lands in your opponent's "kitchen." Sounds simple, right? Not so fast! There are many tricks and techniques to become a master of the art of dinking.
Pickleball teaching pros Barrett & Danea Bass are going to start your pickleball journey right with a definitive beginner's guide to dinking.
Pickleball dinking master class (with drills)
If you are a beginner pickleball player or are just looking to improve your pickleball skills, this video will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about the pickleball dink: What is a dink? How do you dink? What are the different types of dinks?
Plus, Barrett and Danea Bass will teach you pickleball dinking strategy & drills to work on with a partner.
5 DINKING mistakes to avoid in pickleball: Win more dink rallies
Confused as to when you should be dinking and when you should volley in pickleball? Learning when and how to dink is one of the things that separates a beginner from an intermediate player, or an intermediate player from an expert.
Learn some of the common pickleball dinking mistakes, including when and why you should dink, your court placement, and how to use the dink as an offensive shot to gain the advantage over your opponent.
2-person pickleball drills to create consistent dinks
If you want to improve your pickleball dinks, watch these 2-person pickleball drills to gain control of your pickleball dink, create consistency, and turn your pickleball dink into a drive. Learn the Figure 8 Drill to improve your dinking placement and the Battleships Drill to help you turn your dink into a pickleball speed-up.
Learn how to practice your dink, improve your speed-ups, and target the ball to exactly where you want it to go. Grab your cones and your pickleball paddle and master your dink before your next game.
5 tips to upgrade (and control) your pickleball dinks
If you lose a lot of pickleball dinking rallies, there are some small changes you can make that will greatly improve your pickleball game. Here are five tips (plus a bonus tip) that will give you an advantage over your opponents, including your body positioning on the pickleball court, pickleball paddle positioning, and when and where to hit the pickleball ball.
Barrett and Danea Bass will also teach you a pickleball dinking cheat code: deciding when to speed up your dink (and when you shouldn’t). Improve your pickleball game and learn the steps you can practice to master your dinking game and win every dink rally.
4 pickleball drills at the kitchen line: Dinking, speed-ups, resets, and blocking
If you want to play pickleball like the pros, here are 4 drills to improve your basic skills to crush it on the pickleball court: dinking, speed-ups, resets, and blocking.
Learn how to drill at the pickleball kitchen line so that you can be ready next time you are in a real-life pickleball game. Drilling is one of the most important ways to get better in pickleball, and these drills will help you master your game at the kitchen line.
3 lessons to perfect your pickleball backhand slice dink
When you are learning to play pickleball, your backhand slice dink will be one of the most important shots you can work on. The pickleball backhand slice dink will help you gain control of your pickleball rallies and give you an advantage when your opponents target your backhand.
Learn more about the basic mechanics of the pickleball backhand dink and mistakes to avoid when you are learning this shot, including how to avoid hitting the pickleball net with your backhand shots and controlling the amount of spin on your pickleball ball. Plus, a pickleball drill and a game to work on with a partner to help you master the backhand slice dink in pickleball (especially if you are a beginner pickleball player).