20 Drills and 10 Games to Play Better Pickleball (Digital and Hardcopy)

This guide is the result of frequent requests.

We’ve had people from all over the world ask us to share some tips on good drills for improving your pickleball game.

Some of these requests came from people in our clinics, others came from people who watched our YouTube videos. All of them came from people who want to play better pickleball!

We used three criteria when selecting the drills and games included here:

• Is the activity useful? Does the drill or game actually help players to work on the skills for which it is designed?

• Is it realistic? How well do the activities simulate situations that actually occur during pickleball points?

• Is it meaningful? Do the drills and games focus on valuable skills that will have an impact on how well people play pickleball?

If you are going to spend your time and effort training — and money on this guide — it was vital for us that the drills and games met all three criteria. We think they do. And we hope you find them worthwhile enough to make a little extra space in your pickleball bag.

Mark Renneson and the team at Third Shot Sports.