The one critical shot every 3.5 player MUST get good at 

I just had a conversation with someone about how when my resets are on-point, I play my best. Being able to control the pace of play and slow the ball down in awkward situations is huge because it keeps you in the point for a much longer time. Great video man!

Good video. Coming into the game after years of high level tennis playing and training. With regards to your first 2 examples, I instinctively want to hit everything with pace and topspin. Problem is, I haven’t put in the hours and years of hitting those shots (like I have in tennis), and it’s VERY hard to consistently hit those. I’ve had to change my thought process for pickleball and become the dreaded thing I hate in tennis…become a pusher. But what that’s allowed me is to play much more high percentage shots and more often than not, my opponent will do too much and lose the point on his own. In my mind, the 3.5 player should absolutely be working and developing topspin, but until you can hit the shots consistently and at the right time, simply stay in the point by keeping the ball in play.

Outstanding instruction!

Thanks for the demo. Totally agree. Neutralizing the offense is the key.

I enjoy your passion for the game. Resets, in my mind, are an undervalued or under-discussed part of the game. It's not a sexy shot but you definitely need them to stay in the rally.

Thanks for showing a slowdown of the stroke. It's really helpful when illustrating spin. I don't know why so many other videos that people put up to demonstrate spin don't do the slow mo.

Thank you for this! I am new to pb, played a little tennis & badminton many years ago so swinging a paddle feels natural to me. However, I am having a lot of difficulties playing with former ( or current) tennis players as they have very strong strokes or tend to be bangers, and my returns are too strong and I get caught in a banging game. Of course I have heard about reset shots but hard to do in a game when you’re cursing yourself in getting caught up. I will focus on drilling this as you have wisely highlighted how important it is. The mental part of this game is way harder than the physical movement. Thanks again.

I call the "dive" a "drip". Like a drive that drops!

Helpful, thanks...

PB court IQ is when you have figured out what 'traffic light ' to apply to any response at any given moment. Eg. Green = good for attack shot, Yellow= time to decide to either attack or reset and red= time to defend, reset only.

Great video

Thanks again for your time and help. Could you please tell me what hand grip your using?

Thanks for this info, I know that the reset is one of the biggest shots I need to improve. That said, I do wish you went into more detail on HOW to actually accomplish it. You showed some techniques, grips and tips on those first few shots but I was hoping for a bit more regarding how to successfully pull off a reset. You mention how your partner is “pulling this off perfectly” but how? What is he doing that we can learn from? Just a bit of constructive feedback, I do appreciate the tips in this vid.

Well done. Of course the flashier shot is that topspin dink. Now I want to figure out how to do that one. :)

Good advice

I didn't learn much because hitting the net while trying topspin over and over isn't fun. Pickleball is mostly about keeping the ball in bounds and being patient and waiting for your opponent to make a mistake so you can capitalize.

Excellent. Ive seen hundreds of instructional videos and yours are consistently the best. One question I had was on the first scenario,. I think it was the topspin dink, I noticed sometimes your paddle ends up beside your right ear and sometimes it ends up on by your left ear. Is this due to wanting different amounts of lift or spin or other? Thanks again.

What about after the reset? Should we be trying to follow our reset to the kitchen? Also just how good a shot does the reset need to be cause I play against some players that will return a reset like that with a lot of angle and not much bounce.

Observing your opponent’s pace so you can reset sounds solid to me, a newer player to the game. The magic word is reset; spelled backwards it’s teser. (You teased us with the answer .) 🤓

You’re hitting the ball back to him but most players dink he’s standing back to baseline. They might also go cross court, so why do you think this would work?

Okay so misleading headline. Not "one shot" and not 'simple". Talking resets, we know. Not the easiest and situational. Video info is fine, headline completely misleading and not helpful

Really really bad advice...