Principles of Pickleball

Principles of Pickleball ➡️ Father & son coaches (Dr. Tim & Asher Baghurst)
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➡️ Host clinics
➡️ Coach virtually

08/23/2026

When you're at the net, it's important to be patient. Anytime a volley opportunity is below the net, you're hitting up to your opponent if you attack. If they're ready, as in this case, you'll pay. Instead, a volley reset into the kitchen is probably your best option.

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08/23/2026

This is a fun game to teach basic dinking and hitting in pickleball. Simply make the court the size of the kitchen so that players must hit the ball softly. It's an excellent hand-eye coordination activity.

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08/20/2026

What do I mean by pure? They're clean. Calm feet. Calm hands. Compact swings. Maybe the guy that won the point had a swing that was a little big. But watch this a few times and appreciate quality volleying.

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08/20/2026

Especially in singles, we are trying to drive and crash the net. But we can't do that at the cost of technique. In this rally, Asher's two-handed backhand prep looks pretty good, but he doesn't establish his set position. Consequently, he doesn't drive through the ball enough and it drifts long.

We're not always going to be able to stop and hit, but we should when we can. The immediate (hitting) is more important than the future (getting to the net).

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08/20/2026

We dream of opportunities like this. Our opponent came in off their serve, had to back up, and then pops one up. What do we do? We get too excited and try to swing too hard.

That's what happens here. Instead of getting to wound up, we need to stay calm and hit a shorter punchier shot. Focus less on power and more on precision and smoothness and the ball will travel quickly, I promise you!

08/20/2026

I'm a fan of lobbing, but it does require touch. If a lob is not both high and deep, this is the outcome.

If you are going to lob, I recommend that you do it from the kitchen line rather from the baseline. Doing it from the baseline gives your opponents more time to recover and react.

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08/18/2026

I can't say loud enough how important communication is in pickleball. "I get so quiet on the court" I so often hear.

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When in doubt, speak. It'll make a huge difference to you AND your partner.

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08/18/2026

"But my drops are so high!" That's what I hear so often when coaching. It's not about the height. It's about how hard you hit it versus lifted it over. If you lift it, the bounce will be soft.

Also, drops don't have to be perfect. This one wasn't but it still forced a fairly defensive fourth shot.

Last, don't get sucked into the middle. Even if you're fast, and Gray is faster than most, you can still get caught.

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