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How to Play Those Awkward, Down-the-Middle Shots

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Part 1 – Call the Ball

Maybe you’ve heard the saying, “Down the middle solves the riddle.”  In pickleball, a soft or hard shot down the middle often leaves your opponents both thinking the other person was going to get the ball and as a result of a lack of communication, neither of them gets it. — Score one for your team!

Of course, it’s fantastic when it’s your opponents who are confused.  On the other and, it’s frustrating and sometimes embarrassing when you and your partner are the ones to be confused.

Equally as frustrating is the situation in which you are all set up to make an excellent shot and your partner goes in to make a less-than-stellar smash into the net.  (Not to mention–AHEM!!–the case in which you are the one to take a great shot from your partner…)

So what’s the answer to these pickleball conundrums?

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Pickleball Strategy – Cover the Line or the Middle?

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Want to improve your pickleball strategy? How many times have you had your opponents hit a great shot down the middle, where you and your partner just watch it go by? And how many times have your opponents hit a great passing shot down the line, while you were trying to cover the middle?

How ARE you supposed to know when to cover the middle and when to cover the line?? (Because, if you haven’t noticed, even as small as a pickleball court is, it’s hard to cover both at the same time.)

Here’s the secret:

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