How to Hit a Perfect Backhand Dink

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Glad you enjoyed the content! Advance happy birthday! Stay tuned for more 💪🏽

[@roguegaston]

Great tip with the wide stance and starting with the correct foot for the shuffle step!

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It was too much fun. I just shared this with a senior group.

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Phillip Phillips! What a great guy, humble, gifted musician and talented dude. On top of that he plays pickleball, what?! So cool that you guys met with him - thanks for sharing this!

[@BrionesPickleball]

Np !

[@ReadingQueen-is4uu]

So much fun watching the two of you dink!

[@BrionesPickleball]

👍🏻😊

[@hilarystanley3637]

I enjoy watching your instructions. Thanks for putting in practice drills.

[@BrionesPickleball]

Np!!!

[@johncristiano6168]

Great tips. Very detailed and it was great seeing your tips in play along with watching y’all having so much fun. Great stuff guys. Ty

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Np !

[@longtimelo]

Excellent, as always. Love to see you guys having fun too.

[@BrionesPickleball]

Thanks again!

[@trishfarren7425]

Shows how much fun drilling can be! Great video

[@BrionesPickleball]

You got that right!

[@user-hd2yl1gq8t]

Such an important topic. Loved all your points. Great the way you broke things down

[@BrionesPickleball]

Thanks!

[@juliehosh]

That was informative and super fun!

[@BrionesPickleball]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Arx9845]

Super compelling. Congrsts Jordan!

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👍🏻😊

[@user-rh3lb6cy1n]

I love the trash talk! that was my favorite part!

[@BrionesPickleball]

Lol

[@GammonMaster-PcP]

My one weakness due to back injury, going to my back hand dink on my left I’m still working on it, great tips 👌

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👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mddale]

Squat for the low ones. So many just sweep like a windmill standing tall

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[@adrienneb.528]

Love this vid. Thank you! Those deep backhand dinks always get me...

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👍🏻

[@granpadorey9189]

Watch this video again before I went to play today and most folks here don’t dink very much, but there was a more athletic young lady there and she did start pushing dinks outside to me and I was practicing the slice dink to take them back, forced her outside and she sent one wide enough for my 3d ATP, i told my friends that shot was called a Jordan

[@BrionesPickleball]

lol

[@huynh9883]

great teaching technique. I am going to use it to play against my 4.5 player friends

[@BrionesPickleball]

Sweet!

[@huynh9883]

great practice and sharing with great friends

[@BrionesPickleball]

Thanks for sharing!

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Lol...great video!!!😂

[@BrionesPickleball]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@JeffLandauer]

ATP's totally count in that game!

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Haha I know

[@natehendricksen3338]

That was great.

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🤙🏼

[@SarahArnoldTheAccidentalArtist]

Excellent-- thanks so much! I appreciate showing the variations on the footwork and how to reset the extreme side dinks. The only danger there for me is that the center dink has to be perfect or their partner will take it :)

[@BrionesPickleball]

Keep working on it !

[@SarahArnoldTheAccidentalArtist]

I will! Thank you@@BrionesPickleball

[@bretwallach9863]

Excellent and clear instructions for backhand slice dinks. A few years back you did a video for Primetime Pickleball showing topspin dinks (which I greatly prefer when possible). Do you have any new thoughts on backhand topspin dinks? Will you do a new video for that shot?

[@BrionesPickleball]

Yes…. Soon

[@user-zp6nv2jv8q]

Excellent

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Thanks!!!

[@gwood2002carrcom]

when's there going to be a video on how to spin the paddle? you know , on how to be cool.

[@BrionesPickleball]

lol Soon

[@Andy123Harris1]

I find crosscourt backhand dinks to be pretty straightforward. My technique is pretty much what you're demonstrating - I find setting up the cocked wrist for the backhand and swinging smoothly across to be very natural. However, I have a problem with the forehand dink because I get "wristy". Do you have recommendations for that shot?

[@BrionesPickleball]

Practice against a wall, and focus on your wrist stability, just like your backhand

[@davehansen1169]

Sometimes I see players cross over to hit a back hand shot that forces them wide (BJ for example). Is there a scenario when you would suggest the crossover to hit a backhand?

[@BrionesPickleball]

I prefer shuffle first, I’ll do a cross over video at some point t

[@alberts2208]

I saw a video by steve dawson who advises players to take dinks on the short hop if youre unable to volley dink. He encourages players not to dink the ball as the ball decends but to take it early. Callan dawson seems to play that dink style. Whats your opinion on that technique?

[@BrionesPickleball]

I teach the opposite. Short hop dinks should be your absolute LAST option.

[@huynh9883]

go Jordan

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🤙🏼

[@user-vb6mo9nn7k]

I don't see a link to sign up for the "Breaking the 3.5 Barrier" series? Did I miss it? Thanks!

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www.brionespickleball.com/breaking-the-3-5-barrier

[@bobdoe4689]

When do you take it out of the air vs letting it bounce?

[@BrionesPickleball]

That’s a great question. We’re going to dive deeper on this in a future video

[@jbmedia8882]

I have a two hand backhand. Do you recommend me doing slice with one hand ?

[@BrionesPickleball]

Yes

[@bretforfar6582]

What are your thoughts of changing the paddle to left hand instead of backhanded dinks?

[@BrionesPickleball]

It may be ok at times, but not recommended to actually play like that consistently.

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Is there a minimum rating/level for the 5-day intensive?

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No, we plan to run multiple 5-day trainings. We most likely will find a spot for you

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@@BrionesPickleball Okay. I thought, since I hadn’t heard anything after sending in my video, that the team was looking for a polite way to tell me “sorry, we’re looking for higher level players for this training”.

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We’ll be getting back to you shortly. Sorry, it’s a process we’re still trying to improve!

[@nilkamals]

How did you guys get winded dinking?

[@BrionesPickleball]

By talking and not breathing lol

[@watersdavis7499]

Next time talk about if you dink wide, it forces your opponent wide to cover a down the line shot and leaves the person hitting the dink vulnerable in the middle.

[@BrionesPickleball]

👍🏻

[@gwood2002carrcom]

only so so video. and STOP spinning the paddle. jesus!!

[@BrionesPickleball]

Amen. Jesus is the way, truth and life

[@gwood2002carrcom]

LOL.. but stop the irratating paddle spinning. Criminy ! @@BrionesPickleball