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Basics and Serves

The most important skill in pickleball is simply the ability to hit the ball back over the net, to serve successfully and keep the ball in play.

 

These​ videos show you these basics and demonstrate some skills and drills you might find helpful.

Some great ideas for improving your game at any level.

Serve and Stay, Return and Run

Good intro to serve basics, but does NOT include the drop serve.

Some more advanced serve techniques.

This video covers court positioning; to hit the ball, get to the ball.

Here's what you need to know about the drop serve.

Breakdown of how pros serve - all of this guy's videos are excellent.

Rules and scoring overview. If you are in my class, please don't watch until we cover scoring! 

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