Covering the Middle in Pickleball: 4 Rules That End the Confusion

Covering the Middle in Pickleball: 4 Rules That End the Confusion

Most players think the forehand always takes the middle, but that is costing them points. Here is the real system for covering the middle in pickleball.

Covering the middle in pickleball is where more points die than almost anywhere else on the court.

Two paddles reach for the same ball. Or worse, neither does, and it splits you clean down the seam.

You have probably heard the fix a hundred times: the forehand always takes the middle.

It sounds clean. It feels official. And it is wrong of... FULL ARTICLE FOUND ON: https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/covering-the-middle-in-pickleball-4-rules-to-end-confusion/

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