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Practice Plan

Mastering Dinks

Kyle Whatnall

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  1. Dinking consistently and with intention is very important when it comes to prolonging the point and forcing a mistake out of your opponent.
  2. Rallying so close to your opponent and fearing making an error by popping the ball up can be stressful at first.
  3. Focus on keeping your knees bent and hitting the middle of your paddle with each dink.

Session Duration

60 minutes

Table of Contents

Suggested practice times.

How to Do a Pickleball Mini Figure Eight Drill

15 minutes – suggested practice time

Warm up your feet and dinks with this drill to begin the session.

Mastering the Switch Drill in Pickleball

15 minutes – suggested practice time

Incorporate switches to master cross court dinking from both directions.

Romanian Doubles Drill in Pickleball

15 minutes – suggested practice time

Dinking while on the move is important in both singles and doubles pickleball play.full

Full Court Kitchen Versus Half Court Kitchen Pickleball Drill

15 minutes – suggested practice time

Remember to incorporate dink volleys when applicable, to give your opponent less time to set up their next dink shot.