Month: April 2023

The Difference Between Being Committed to Improving & Just Wanting to Complain Okay, here’s a little bit of a rant… Ready? Getting Better Takes Effort You have to practice to get better. You have to play against different players to get better. You have to pay for your mistakes in order to get better. You […]

The Pickleball Lob Shot: A Winning or Losing Strategy? This may be the first time I’ve dedicated an entire article to a single shot, and it’s not even about the dink or the drop shot. This month, we’re talking about The Sometimes-Boring-and-Annoying-But-Sometimes-OH-SO!-Gratifying Pickleball Lob Shot. Of course, whether it’s boring or whether it’s gratifying usually […]

How to Play Pickleball With or Against a Lefty A question I hear a lot is: “Prem, do you have any suggestions for what to do when I’m playing with a lefty? “What I don’t hear quite so often is: “Prem, how do I play against a right-left combination?” and the reason I don’t hear […]

Top 3 Reasons You Must Play at The No-Volley Line If you want to improve your game (and not just keep beating the same people you always beat) you HAVE to get up to the kitchen and play from right behind the no-volley line. You life-long tennis players — Yes, I’m talking to you! You’re […]

How to Play Against Someone Who Spins the Ball Those pesky tennis players with such beautiful ball control, smooth strokes, good footwork and tricky spin… Do you ask yourself, “How ever do I play against them?” When you diagnose the problem, it’s quite simple actually, once you know these two secrets. Secret 1: Wait until […]

Pickleball Drill: Walk the Kitchen Line The effects of the outdoor environment can really affect your game Whether you’ve been freezing your derriere off all winter & are heading outside to enjoy the beautiful weather or you’re a “poor soul” like me who is suddenly facing hotter temps down in the sunshine states, thousands of […]

Pickleball Drill: Walk the Kitchen Line Pickleball practice drill written by Jacquee Ware, a fan of the Pickleball Guru. Two players start at the opposite ends of the kitchen line across the net from each other. Then doing nothing but dinks, using both the forehand and backhand shots, walking the kitchen line placing the ball […]

My Top 2 pickleball strategies If you’ve been following my articles for some time now, you (hopefully) understand the importance of hitting a drop shot for the “critical third shot.” I’ve written about WHY this shot is so important in this article getting up to the net. I’ve even written about HOW to hit a […]

The Dink Shot: Part 3 – How to Perfect the Dink Pickleball Strategy from the Pickleball Guru Get Your Paddle Up, Out & In Front of Your Chest Before & After Every Shot This is true for every shot, of course, but especially when you are at the net, you need to be ready for […]

The Dink Shot: Part 2 – Why You Need the Dink Why You Need the Dink Shot In my article, The Top 3 Reasons You MUST Play at The No-Volley Line I talk about how important it is to get up to the net and stay there. The dink shot is an essential element to […]