How to hit SOLID volleys like the PROS | Briones Pickleball

Hi, welcome to Breonis Pickleball and in today's video we're going to talk about a common mistake that players make when they're volleying. You're not going to want to miss this so now let's jump right in. Alright so for this lesson I'm going to talk about something that I see a lot in beginner and intermediate levels of play. So this usually happens up at the non-volley zone line and whether your opponent is attacking you or you're just in a nice volley exchange and you are getting hit balls right at your body. Okay now I'll show you kind of what I see happens and this leads to a lot of popped up balls and a lot of errors. Alright so like I said I see this a lot in that beginner or intermediate level of play when balls are getting hit straight at their body towards their body or their waist or anywhere around here they default to their forehand and then what happens as you can see hopefully from this angle if I'm trying to block balls with my forehand here naturally my paddle is kind of popping up and also this is just an awkward shot to hit. Hi if you're really liking this content go ahead and give this video a like it really helps us out now let's get right back to the video. Alright so any shots near your body area should be hit with this backhand here this is why I teach in that ready position you really want to be slightly favored to that backhand side around 10 or 11 o'clock and especially if you have a ball that sits up a little bit or that your opponent can attack you really want to get low do your best to get as low as you can and get in more of a block position on your backhand side because all these balls that are hit towards your body around here you should be able to kind of block or defend or reset if you need to on your backhand side. So now we're going to volley a little bit and I'm going to show you that you should be able to a lot easier block with your backhand side as opposed to hitting this awkward forehand which pops balls up for your opponents to put away. Alright so like you've seen in those examples if I see the ball pop up I really want to get low and get into this backhand block position. Alright many many times especially in that lower level and also intermediate level of play they are aiming right at your torso or right around your body okay as you get into higher levels they're going to have a lot more accuracy hitting it to the sides right here and hitting it over here trying to get your chicken wing but generally when most people see the ball popped up they're going to go right at your body so to play percentages we really want to be able to block all the balls around this area and as you can see my backhand side this is why you see volley exchanges even at the highest level they're mainly on their backhand side because a lot of balls are coming here. So if you pop up the ball whether it's you or your partner get low get into this backhand position and try not to jump try not to to flinch like this just try to stay low and just meet the ball out in front with a pretty firm grip so that you can block it over. Alright so hopefully this video is very helpful to you and we'll see you in the next video. you