The Double Bounce Rule Explained for Dink Players
You'll learn to apply the double bounce rule on the serve and the return, and understand how it changes your play at the kitchen line.
Understand, Place, and Make Your Dink Reliable at the Kitchen
A French-language guide to the dink in pickleball: stroke, placement, kitchen strategy and rules for beginner and intermediate players.
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The vocabulary
All 1 entries →Each specialist term you meet here has a dedicated page: a short definition, what it does, an example and the usual questions.
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See all articles →Dink, Drop, Drive: Telling the Three Pickleball Shots Apart
You'll know how to choose between a dink, a drop and a drive based on your position and the ball you receive.
Where to Place Your Dinks: Targets and Trajectories to Unsettle Your Opponent
You'll know how to pick a target for your dinks and vary directions to create errors.
Ready Position and Footwork at the Kitchen Line: The Checklist
You'll know how to check your posture and footwork before every dink.
What Is a Dink in Pickleball? Definition and Role of the Shot
You'll learn to define a dink, know what it's for and spot one in a rally.
Nailing the Dink Motion: Paddle Grip, Swing and Touch
You'll learn to hit a short, controlled dink with a relaxed grip and a shortened swing.
Where to start
Each guide walks through one topic end to end, and leads to the pieces that dig further.
Playing the Kitchen: Dink Strategy in Singles and Doubles
Targets, patience and doubles play at the kitchen line.
Kitchen Rule in Pickleball: What's Allowed and What Isn't
Non-volley zone, double bounce and related faults.
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Kitchen Strategy
Place your dinks, build the rally, and know when to attack.
Rules and Faults
The non-volley zone and double-bounce rules, and the most common faults around the dink.