Pickleball Obsession

The Serve Myth — What Every Pickleballer Gets Wrong

Tracie Hotchner

Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.

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#1009: Coach Thomas Yelloweyes of Night Train Pickleball in Wilsonville, Oregon says the most important thing about the serve is not to dazzle (hoping ESPN is coming out to shoot a highlight reel of your killer serve!). Forget spin, slice and miles-per-hour — the serve needs to be three things: consistent, deep — it has to go in every time!