HOW TO HIT A TWO-HANDED BACKHAND TOPSPIN DINK with Anna Leigh Waters: APP Pickleball Academy EP. 9

In this episode of APP Pickleball Academy, Anna Leigh Waters joins Coach Dominic Catalano to break down the two-handed backhand topspin dink. Anna Leigh explains how, why, and when to hit this devastating shot that will keep your opponents on their toes.

Anna Leigh: One of my favorite shots beside the drive, of course, is my backhand roll from the kitchen.

Coach Dominic Catalano: Everybody wants to know how you hit this shot. It is a cross court two-handed roll dink. When you are hitting this shot, what's the first thing you're thinking about?

Anna Leigh: Well, I'm thinking about where I want to hit the roll.

There are a couple places you can hit it.

You can hit it in the middle

You can hit it at their feet or you can bring them out wide.

The only trouble with bringing them out wide is you have to make sure that it's almost like a deep out wide and not so much an angle so that they can go around the post because there are some problems with that.

But, I have my partner here to block that shot if that does happen.

Coach Dominic Catalano: What you are talking about is when you roll the shot you almost want to roll it to the kitchen line sideline tee. Right?

Anna Leigh: Right! Exactly! What you're aiming for is that they are backing up and having to hit up on the ball.

Coach Dominic Catalano: Okay! When they hit up on the ball, you are trying to get it at their feet. Who are you setting up?

Anna Leigh: I'm setting up either my partner down the line to maybe hit an ernie or an aggressive shot that will set up the put away.

Coach Dominic Catalano: Are you trying to be offensive with that shot?

Anna Leigh: That's the great thing about this shot because you can hit it on the offense but you can also hit it on the defense. It's almost easier for me to hit the shot when I'm on the

defense because they're pulling me out wide so I have more angle to hit that shot back cross court.

Coach Dominic Catalano: Why do you prefer that shot on defense?

Anna Leigh: Well, I feel like as I'm almost taking the step back to hit the shot. I can accelerate more which is going to create more spin on the ball and it's going to dip even more and maybe even give me more of an angle to hit that shot which makes it harder for the opponent to get it back.