Pickleball Pro Zane Navratil Shares Wrist Lag Technique for Power

Imagine you're swinging a jump rope really fast.

Pickleball pro Zane Navratil says the secret to hitting the ball hard isn't just using your arm muscles.

It's about how you move your wrist!

He calls it 'wrist lag.'

First, you turn your whole body like coiling a spring.

Then, you let gravity gently lower your paddle a bit.

If your arm stays relaxed, your wrist will naturally lag behind.

When you swing forward to hit the ball, your wrist snaps forward like cracking a whip, giving the ball lots of speed and spin.

It's important to keep your elbow tucked in, like shaking someone's hand, to control the spin.

You also need to hit the ball out in front of you.

This trick works for almost every shot in pickleball, like serves and fast drives.