{"id":1024,"date":"2026-10-14T01:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2026-10-14T01:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:18:45","slug":"kitchen-footwork-shift-weight-before-you-take-extra-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1024","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Footwork: Shift Weight Before You Take Extra Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Elevate Your Footwork at the Kitchen in Pickleball (with Collin Johns)\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zTgZ-1EF-zY?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>Collin Johns (via Pickleball 360) reframes kitchen footwork as efficiency, not more steps. Plant outside the NVZ and arrive balanced early so you steal time from the opponent \u2014 a full step often costs more time than a simple weight shift.<\/p>\n<p>When a shift alone gets you there, use it. When you need more range, pair the weight shift with other footwork-family tools like a lateral lunge so you move the feet once, redistribute weight, and land set for the shot.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Weight shift beats extra steps when it gets you there balanced<\/li>\n<li>Goal is early, balanced arrival that cuts opponent time<\/li>\n<li>Combine shift + lunge when pure shifting is not enough<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In a kitchen drill, force the first adjustment to be a weight shift before any step<\/li>\n<li>Add a lateral-lunge-only round for wide balls and freeze on balance before you swing<\/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>Collin Johns (via Pickleball 360) reframes kitchen footwork as efficiency, not more steps. Plant outside the NVZ and arrive balanced early so you steal time from the opponent \u2014 a full step often costs more time than a simple weight shift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"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":[2,3,381],"tags":[1033,66,872,1034,217],"class_list":["post-1024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-kitchen","category-technique","tag-body-weight-shift","tag-collin-johns","tag-kitchen-footwork","tag-lateral-lunge","tag-pickleball-360"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024","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=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}