Dinking Archives - Pickleball Coach Dave

Four-Player Cooperative Dink Ladder

Build patient, low dinks and coordinated kitchen movement through increasingly varied cooperative patterns.

Develop kitchen patience by earning the right to attack only after a controlled dink pattern creates a genuinely attackable ball.

To improve dinking control, touch, and shot placement by practicing soft, controlled dinks against a wall, focusing on consistency and…

To improve the ability to place dinks accurately cross-court, keeping the opponent off balance and creating angles. Focuses on hitting…

To develop the ability to attack longer dinks by knocking cones (“baby birds”) off the opponent’s net, focusing on quick…

To master the topspin dink, which creates a faster, quicker dropping ball, forcing opponents to respond with less time and…

To improve dink control, consistency, and placement by hitting dinks in a continuous figure eight pattern, forcing movement and varied…

To develop fundamental dinking consistency and control by practicing dinking back and forth with a partner, focusing on keeping the…