Advanced pickleball isn't about hitting the same shot over and over. It's about reading your opponents in real-time and adjusting offensive and defensive strategy accordingly.
Jordan Briones just handed you the playbook. In a recent video from his YouTube channel, the pro-level coach walks through the exact offensive strategies he wishes he knew sooner.
And honestly? It's the kind of breakdown that makes you want to immediately hit the court and test everything out.
The video covers four core sections:
Offense Setup Targets Real-life examples
But here's what makes it different from your typical pickleball tutorial: Briones doesn't just tell you what to do – he shows you why it works, then demonstrates it in actual points against live opponents.
That's the difference between understanding pickleball and actually playing it.
- The Topspin Dink Is King (Everything Else Is Just Setup) Let's start with the foundation. Briones is obsessed with one thing: getting himself into position to hit a topspin dink. That's his offensive weapon.
Everything else, the lifts, the shovels, the slices, those are just survival moves when you're out of position. "When we talk about offense, I'm trying to do as much as I can to set myself up for topspin dinks," Briones explains in the video. "For me, it's the most aggressive thing I can hit."
This is where a lot of intermediate players get it wrong. They think offense means hitting hard. But Briones is saying something different. Offense... FULL ARTICLE FOUND ON: https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/modern-kitchen-strategy-4-offensive-tactics-youll-wish-you-knew-sooner/
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