Looking for partner-based drills to sharpen your skills and make you a force to be reckoned with on the court?

These drills from Tanner Tomassi and Kyle Koszuta provide step-by-step explanations so you can integrate them into your practice routine immediately.

The Desert Sun pickleball columnist, Mary Barsaleau, shared each of the drills with readers in a story published as part of her "Coach Mary's Tip of the Week" series.

Here are Barsaleau's breakdowns from the article published on Sunday:

Drill #1
Dink down-the-line and speed up when you get an opportunity. This puts a whole game into one drill.

Drill #2
Cross court speed-ups and covering the middle. Start by feeding your partner a dink crosscourt. When he dinks it back, you will dink and then move to the middle. He will speed it up to the middle, and you will attack out in front with a strong volley. This skill is not practiced often, so this is a good way to set it up to work on covering the middle.  Tanner emphasizes that your paddle stays up in front of you, and you do not step back.

Drill #3
Resets from the transition zone:  Kyle moves back to the middle of the court. Tanner works fourth-shot speed-ups at Kyle, who tries to reset softly into the kitchen. Switch.  Variation: after three resets, move up to the NVZ line to attack. Be sure to watch Tanner demonstrate the wrong way to move to the NVZ, mimicking Looney Toons sound effects. It should be slow and go.

Drill #4
Crosscourt dinking game. Play to five. Catch: no speed-ups. Additionally, if you hit it into the net, you lose all your points. Making your drilling competitive is vital! Watch Tanner’s demo of the proper and improper way to move laterally to cover a wide dink.  Cut it off, using a cross step, instead of shuffling. One great aspect to this video: the pros answer questions. How to prepare for your first 4.0 tourney? Kyle says put in more competitive play right before the event, to work on strategy and teamwork. At the match, he says to spend the first five rallies evaluating your opponent. Then, call a timeout, and talk to your partner about what weaknesses you saw, and how you are going to attack them.

Drill #5
7/11. This is a common drill, working on third shots and approaching the kitchen, then playing it out. The variation here: you cannot follow the first third shot in. You must execute a second one before you approach the net. I love it. I like that they emphasize that players should not try to always reset or “out finesse” their opponent. When you can attack, you should attack!

Drill #6
Dead dink drill: Start by dinking, one, two, then intentionally give your partner a dead, soft dink. Get prepared to defend, anticipating the attack. This will help you get quick, soft, fast hands.