Drill

Drills

Pickleball

Singles Serve Placement Strategy

Use serve placement in singles to open up the full-court angle advantage

10 min
5 x 10 serves per target
Intermediate
Demonstration video coming soon

Instructions

  1. 1Serve deep to the backhand corner for 10 reps, noting return quality.
  2. 2Serve deep to the forehand corner for 10 reps, comparing return depth and angle.
  3. 3Serve body/middle for 10 reps to reduce the returner's angle options.
  4. 4Identify which target produced the weakest returns for match use.

What to focus on

Serve depth and placement dictating the returner's limited angles.

Common mistake

Serving the same predictable target every point in singles.