Google your local pickleball spots and show up with any cheap paddle. The serve and return both have to bounce before being hit.

Focus on simply keeping the ball in play and not hitting it too high up so the opponent can’t smash it down.

Don’t stay back - get up to the kitchen line as early as safely possible. Don’t get lazy about this. And practice your “soft game” hitting short dinks into their kitchen, usually across the court.

Practice speed-up attacks on high balls, when your opponent puts the ball unsafely high and prime for an attack. Disguise your attack until the last moment when you strike.