Offensive Backhand Dink With Topspin So You Can Earn Pop Ups & Attack

hi welcome to primetime pickleball my name  is nicole havlicek in this advanced backhand   upgrade series we're going to talk about three new  types of advanced backhand shots that you can add   to your arsenal whatever level you're playing  at right now you should always be learning new   things and putting new shots in your tool bag  so that you can keep your opponents guessing   because you always have different things  to throw at them even jordan and i   as five-o-level players are still today and  will always be learning from other players   as well as experimenting and being  innovative to learn new shots and skills   that will give us a competitive edge on the  court that's what you should be doing too   and that's what this series is all about in  this video we'll be covering shot number one   of the series the one-handed backhand topspin dink  cross court please see the description below for   links to the videos on shots number 2 and 3 of  this backhand upgrade series okay let's get to   it missing one of our videos is like missing an  easy put away don't let that be you subscribe now all right so this first shot i'm really starting  to like a lot and this is the backhand topspin   dink all right from odd side to outside all  right so this thing is really effective because   a lot of people don't see a top spin coming from  this side all right a lot of players will go for   hand to forehand hitting in those top spin  dinks but you don't see a lot of topspin from   the backhand side so this is something that i've  been working on and i'm noticing it that it could   give your opponents a lot of trouble alright so  i'm just going to kind of show you a few shots [Music]   the backhand topspin dink shot execution we'll  start by covering the grip for the backhand top   spin dink it would likely be easiest to execute  this shot out of an eastern backhand grip however   here and most often jordan is executing this shot  out of a continental grip for a few key reasons   first he may intend to hit a topspin cross-court  dink based on his early assessment of the incoming   ball but at the last moment he sees that it  will be very tough and he will have a later   contact than he planned or he would prefer  to hit a dink volley for a top spin dink   you need to have a well in front contact it's  extremely difficult to hit with a later contact   if he's in a continental grip then he can much  more easily make a quick decision to hit a slight   chip dink chip meaning with a bit of underspin  or a flat dink or a dink volley if you were to   make this last moment decision while holding an  eastern backhand grip then the chip dink flat   dink or volley dink would become harder to execute  as it puts your paddle in a slightly more closed   position and if you're already slightly later  on your contact than you would like to be then   turning the paddle more open will be tough using  an eastern backhand grip in addition to that since   a forehand dink as well as blocks on the forehand  and backhand side are most often hit out of a   continental grip he will have to do overall far  less grip switching in exchanges up at the line   which leads to more stable dinking and blocking  overall okay let's move into the swing execution [Music] all right so as you saw right there i do still  need a lot of practice but this is a shot that i'm   currently working on as you can see that it really  ascends and descends really quickly and it bounces   and takes off as that dink hits the ground so to a  opponent's backhand this is a really tough shot so   yeah i hope this video was um just an interesting  one and something really cool you know me as a 5-0   player i'm still constantly learning watching  film watching the top pros and and learning   a lot from them and just little things i could  pick up from them okay so whatever level you are   you always want to be pushing yourself to new  heights learning new shots and putting new   weapons in your toolbox so that you can take  on the court alright so thanks for watching   us in this video and we'll see in the next one  if you enjoyed this video please give it a like   thanks so much for watching  for more free video lessons   please visit primetimepickleball.com  but before you head on over there   make sure you subscribe to our youtube channel  so that you don't miss out on any future videos   also for prime time pickleball shirts like this  and other great apparel please visit ptpgear.com