Pickleball Labs - Training Stand

A solo training stand that holds a ball at contact height so you can groove your stroke without a partner or a feeder machine. Set it up in the garage, the backyard or courtside and hit rep after rep of flicks, rolls, forehands and backhand drives.

Highlights

• Height adjusts from 75cm to 113cm, so one stand covers dinks through to drives
• Rubber cup holds a standard pickleball at a fixed, repeatable contact point
• Folding iron tripod base, packs flat when you are done
• 1.2kg, so it lives in a boot or beside the paddle bag
• Ball not included
• Part of Pickleball Labs, Pickld's own training range

How it works

The height adjusts from 75cm to 113cm, so you can drop it low to rehearse kitchen dinks and third-shot drops, or run it up for drives and resets. The rubber cup cradles the ball and holds it steady between swings, and the weighted iron tripod keeps everything planted through contact. Fold the legs down and it packs away flat.

The point of a stand is that it removes the feed. A partner's toss is never quite the same twice, so every rep changes two things at once: where the ball is, and what you did about it. Take the feed out and one variable is left, your swing. That makes a stand worth more for shape work (grip, contact point, paddle face at the moment of strike) than for anything needing a moving ball.

Height is set by a thumbscrew collar on the centre tube, so you can move between drills without tools. At the bottom of its range the cup sits about where a ball is when you take a dink out of the air at the kitchen line. Wound up to 113cm it is nearer shoulder height, the zone for a put-away or a punch volley. The cup is rubber rather than metal, so the shots you clip meet something soft.

The tripod folds like a camera stand, and at 1.2kg it travels to the court as easily as it stays in the garage.

Specs

What's in the box

• 1 x Pickleball Labs Training Stand

Why buy from Pickld

• Free Australian shipping on orders over $150
• 30-day returns on unused gear
• Pickup by arrangement from our Hornsby warehouse
• Part of Pickld's own Pickleball Labs range, built for reps at home

You will need balls to go with it: have a look at our pickleball balls, or see the rest of the Pickleball Labs training range.

Shipping. Free standard shipping Australia-wide on orders over $150. Flat $9.99 under $150 ($19.99 for bulky items like nets and ball machines). Order by 12pm Mon to Fri and it ships the same day from our Sydney warehouse. Pickup is an option at checkout.

Returns. Unplayed and still in its original packaging? You have 30 days to send it back. If you've played with it and aren't loving it, talk to us. We can't promise a return on used gear, but we'll do what we can to help you find the right fit. Anything faulty is covered separately, and we'll look after that with the maker. Full returns policy.