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Coach Mary's Tip of the Week

Back to dinking, but this time, we are making them aggressive! Catherine Parenteau demonstrates four ways to weaponize your dinks to create errors or weak responses from your opponents. Check out this great video!

Aggressive dink No. 1: Slice dink

Catherine emphasizes comfortable and balanced body position. Contact from high to low, on the side of the ball, with a firm grip. Lead with the shoulder and bend down on your paddle side leg to create more control and balance. Finish with your paddle under the ball. You should see the ball spin backwards, and it will stay low. Don’t forget to use your off arm to help you rotate and follow-through. After contact, recover to a ready position for the next shot.

Aggressive dink No.

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