If You Keep Hitting Dinks into the Net, You're Probably Not Following Through Enough

Ever have one of those games where you just keep dumping easy dinks into the net?

Yeah, us too.

Maybe you're feeling extra nervous for some reason. Or your opponents are super aggressive at the kitchen line and you're struggling to keep up. Or maybe you're playing with a new partner and you don't want to let them down.

Whatever the case, playing tight at the net is a recipe for lost points piling up on you. Worse yet, your opponents will likely recognize your struggle and start singling you out. Not good.

So how do you hit your way out of this bad situation?

Simple: remember to follow through.

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Why Your Follow-Through Is So Important We all play our best when we're not overthinking every shot. Playing free is playing fun. And there's nothing more fun than when the ball just effortlessly glides right where you want it to.

But playing tight does the opposite. For any number of reasons, the second you start overthinking your dinks is the exact moment they'll betray you.

Just like that, you're in a cycle of self-sabotage:

You're chopping at the ball instead of swinging through it You're trying to will it over the net instead of guiding it there You're shaving every shot to the slimmest of margins instead of trusting your abilities and just going with the flow When you feel this start to happen, the simplest fix is to force ... FULL ARTICLE FOUND ON: https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/if-you-keep-hitting-dinks-into-the-net-youre-probably-not-following-through-enough/