With any shot in pickleball, it is imperative that you strike the pickleball out in front of you. One of the most common causes for a missed shot or a mistake is overrunning the pickleball and hitting the pickleball behind your body. To keep the pickleball out in front of you, make sure that you perform a split stop or split step before your shot. You must perform a split stop or split step, set up, strike the pickleball, and then move and react to the next shot. If you do not hit the pickleball out in front of you (but rather move and hit at the same time such that the pickleball is behind you), your unforced errors and mistakes will amplify by tenfold. Keep the pickleball out in front of your body!

Key Takeaways:

1. Use your split stop or split step!
2. Keep the pickleball out in front of your body!