In pickleball, every game is a puzzle. Each point is another clue. The best players don’t just react, they solve. Whether you’re facing bangers or defensive grinders, your job is not simply to hit good shots. Your job is to decode and execute your plan against the equation in front of you faster and more effectively than your opponents decode and execute against yours. Power, spin, pace, placement and positioning are not just physical skills, they are information. Every ball

As pickleball attracts more and more players from other sports, those new players bring shots from their former sports. There is much greater shot variety in pickleball than ever before. Some of the shots even have names, like reset, Erne, and dink. As overall play gets better, the need for variety, change of pace, additional spin, and deception increases. Why would you want to use a backhand serve? In the past, I have seen several players switch to a backhand serve when they