{"id":1009,"date":"2026-10-13T01:23:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2026-10-13T01:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:23:52","slug":"neutralize-reach-lob-or-attack-the-open-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1009","title":{"rendered":"Neutralize Reach: Lob or Attack the Open Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Neutralize their reach! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eaBh_NjhDVA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Richard Pickleball addresses the opponent who creates offense by reaching early and often until nowhere feels safe. Reaching changes the map: some spots get harder, but others open.<\/p>\n<p>Two clean answers: lob while they are leaned in \u2014 recovering for the overhead is tough from that posture \u2014 or speed up through the middle (or their forehand) when they are stretched on a backhand reach and cannot get the paddle across in time.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Reachers open lob and middle\/forehand attack lanes<\/li>\n<li>Lob while they are leaned in; overhead recovery is hard<\/li>\n<li>Speed up middle or forehand when they are stuck on a backhand reach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In games, call &#8216;reach&#8217; out loud and choose lob or middle attack within one ball<\/li>\n<li>Drill: partner leans on a backhand reach; you only may lob or speed middle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tdd-newsletter\">\n<p><strong>Get the 5 best pickleball tips every week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/subscribe-forms.beehiiv.com\/v3\/loader.js\" data-beehiiv-form=\"0e5f3fe0-e4d3-4036-8d7f-c33b311980b2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe free<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Pickleball addresses the opponent who creates offense by reaching early and often until nowhere feels safe. Reaching changes the map: some spots get harder, but others open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,420,604,200],"tags":[1006,421,1005,1004,100],"class_list":["post-1009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen","category-lobs","category-speed-ups","category-strategy","tag-forehand-attack","tag-lob","tag-middle-speed-up","tag-reach","tag-richard-pickleball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}