According to official pickleball rules, the middle of the pickleball net is lower than at the ends:

2.C.4. Height. The net shall be suspended over the center of the court and shall be 36 inches (0.914 m) high at the sidelines and 34 inches (0.86 m) high at the center of the court.

Inernational Federation of Pickleball – Official Tournament Rulebook

The lowered portion of the net often provides a “safety factor” during the dink game where players try to dink at an angle across the center section of the net. During an exchange, a ball may pull a player very wide of the court because of the angle of the shot and leave that player with either a weak return or a very difficult return.

In the video below Mark Renneson, pickleball player and coach, demonstrates the technique of hitting the ball around the post.

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