Common Mistakes Tennis Players Make in Pickleball! How to Transition Well

If you are a tennis player looking to make the transition to pickleball, there are a lot of changes you will need to make - and habits you will need to break. We put together some differences between pickleball vs. tennis, mistakes tennis players make, and shots you will need to work on that do not exist in tennis (like the “third-shot drop” and the “dink”).
Solid tennis players will already have a lot of the basic racquet skills, but you will need to work on the small differences and major strategies, and get rid of a few tennis habits you have learned over the years.
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0:00 - Pickleball vs. tennis
0:38 - 4 Differences & similarities between pickleball and tennis
0:44 - Difference #1: The serve
1:00 - Difference #2: The return
1:25 - Difference #3: The drive
1:50 - Difference #4: The groundstroke
2:20 - 4 Common mistakes tennis players make when transitioning to pickleball
2:28 - Mistake #1: The serve
3:00 - Mistake #2: Backswing
3:15 - Mistakes #3: Paddle grips
3:44 - Mistake #4: Hitting the ball too hard
4:07 - Important shots to practice when transitioning to pickleball
4:24 - Shot #1: Third shot drop
5:08 - Shot #2: The reset
6:07 - Shot #3: The dink
6:40 - Shot #4: The speed up
7:50 - PlayPickleball.com

[@nadinafiveland3266]

I am a tennis player and found this video helpful. Thanks

[@PlayPickleballCOM]

Awesome! Thank for your watching and for your feedback!

[@Abbiedupre7]

Tennis players will be making videos soon showing non tennis players how to play modern pickleball. Players with no tennis background will struggle to keep up soon.

[@dellbertoo]

Really

[@potatoscrub716]

Tennis players need to stop switching to pickleball, it’s not a real sport, just stop

[@PlayPickleballCOM]

Hmmm 🤔

[@sdmit2000]

Tennis is just better. Pickleball looks like a kids' game that is played by adults.

[@PlayPickleballCOM]

Have you ever played before?