How to Use Your Wrist to Generate More Power

Top 5 pro player James Ignatowich

Hey guys, this is James Ignatowich and I’m going to cover the wrist snap. So when you play tennis, you know that when you serve, you’re always snapping your wrist, as you see Ben Shelton, ATP rank #13, do here.

Same thing with the overhead, but in pickleball, a lot of these players are arming the overhead, so they’re not getting all the way up and they’re not extending.

The drill to fix this is to actually exaggerate the wrist snap, and only snap your wrist. If you want to do it right, take a basket, go out there and drill. Stand in an open stance and just all wrist snap. Don’t do anything else, totally focus on the snapping of the wrist, going from high to low, being loose with it.

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James Ignatowich is a top 10 professional pickleball player originally from Connecticut, now residing in Delray Beach, Florida. A former Division 1 tennis player at Vanderbilt University, James made a transition to pickleball, quickly rising to prominence in the sport and often playing doubles with Tyson McGuffin and Anna Bright. In addition to his athletic achievements, he runs his own podcast, where he shares insights into the game and interviews other professionals. jamesignatowichnewsletter | PPA | MLP | My paddle