How To - Pickleball Forehand Technique - 8 Step Tutorial to a Pro Like Forehand | Pickleball Lesson

Looking to find out how to hit a pickleball forehand like the pros? In this pickleball lesson, we cover forehand technique from the grip, to preparation, contact and the finish.
If you are serious about improving your forehand drive these tips will help you with increased power and control. Follow me through this tutorial for all the forehand technique fundamentals and tips along the way for a better forehand.
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This video is split into:
00:00 Forehand Grip
02:47 Ready Position
03:53 Takeback & Paddle Position
04:26 The Drop
04:49 The Acceleration
05:23 Swing Path
05:57 Contact & Extension
06:33 The Finish - Follow Through
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[@kabnis2022]

One of the best videos on forehand drive out there tailored to pickleball! A question I had was that I see your wrist is cocked back/hinged a little bit during the unit turn/takeback step. I see a lot of pros do this as well. Is this something we should be actively doing with our wrist to get into the right position?

[@anwarsadat6825]

Thank you once again.

[@pickleballxp]

My pleasure!

[@akbradley01]

This turn works great for Tennis or Pickelball. There is plenty of time to turn your shoulders for a baseline shot. Watch Anna Lee!

[@stroshow5]

You rarely if ever have the time to do a full unit turn like that in pickleball. Yes you might have time to turn your shoulder and load your hips a bit, but a full one like in this video you rarely get to do

[@stroshow5]

Nice but no top spin on that shot. Looks like a tennis stroke… very rarely do you have that much time to do a unit turn in pickleball

[@pickleballxp]

Thanks for watching! I do exaggerate some to help others visualize the technique of the forehand drive. What sports backgrounds do the top pickleball players tend to have?

[@stroshow5]

@@pickleballxp I just disagree with the paddle making contact at a straight line on contract… you just won’t generate any top spin like that in pickleball. You need to brush up like a windshield wiper or go from low to high. Every high level is putting tons of top spin on shots now Your unit turn looks nice but you just don’t have that much time if ever in pickleball to do it. Maybe if someone’s giving you a super slow serve…

[@pickleballxp]

Yeah, the technique covered is to help develop the fundamentals for a hard and deep forehand drive on an ideal ball. The backswing and swing path are going to very greatly based on factors such as time and shot selection.

[@victorbetancourt2876]

You absolutely have plenty of time to do a unit turn. You would obviously only use it on your return of serve. As pickleball continues to evolve, tennis players with good solid strokes like these will dominate the sport.

[@stroshow5]

@@victorbetancourt2876 nah they are charging to the net on returns with chips they aren’t doing full unit turns.