Wheelchair Playing Tips

Learn basic wheelchair pickleball playing tips including: how to angle your chair, two bounce opportunity, firm wrist but don’t flip your wrist, serving advice and more…

Video sourced from Mike O’Leary, Robert Elliott and Engage Pickleball.

Differences & Similarities

Understand the differences and similarities in the rules and playing strategies between wheelchair and standing players.

How to Serve

Learn the rules of the pickleball serve and various serving strategies.

The Non-Volley Zone

The “kitchen” (non-volley zone) is unique to pickleball and this video explains the rules and shares smart playing strategies at the kitchen.

Third Shot Drop

The third shot drop is the most important and most difficult shot to master in pickleball.

Backhand Recovery Shot

A more advanced shot for wheelchair players is to hit a rolling backhand and then maneuver the chair to quickly prepare for the next shot.

Warm-Up Exercises

This video shares stretches for shoulders, arms, core muscles, chair mobility exercises and tips for how to pick-up a ball on the court with your paddle.

Michael O’Leary had dreams of becoming a high-level pickleball player. His life changed when he was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia, a brain-to-muscle communication disorder that impacts a person’s mobility. As a wheelchair player, Michael is realizing his dreams of being a high-level pickleball player.

The 2023 English Open in Telford, England (United Kingdom) had 1,050 players competing over 4 days in various age/skill divisions. There was a wheelchair division and some of the play was streamed on YouTube. The following video showcases some of the wheelchair tournament play.