Pickleball warm-up for the kitchen line
Wake up your legs for the stop-and-go of the non-volley zone.
Most points are decided at the non-volley zone: a burst forward, a split-step, a stop, a lunge. Warm up for exactly that.
Two minutes: get warm
- Easy jog around the court.
- Ten bodyweight squats, slow on the way down.
Two minutes: the kitchen pattern
- Walk from the baseline to the kitchen line and split-step. Ten times.
- Side steps along the kitchen line, staying low.
- Ten forward lunges, reaching for an imaginary dink.
One minute: hands ready
Dink with your partner, both at the kitchen line, before you start keeping score.
Wearing a strap? Put it on before the warm-up, so you can check it stays put during the split-steps.