{"id":1040,"date":"2026-10-15T01:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T01:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2026-10-15T01:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T01:22:48","slug":"rapid-fire-resets-soft-game-into-the-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1040","title":{"rendered":"Rapid-Fire Resets: Soft Game Into the Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"Titan Pickleball Drill - Rapid Fire Resets... John Cincola Rapid Fire drill for Titan Drills Pro\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/33jwxw6jB_c?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><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Cincola&#8217;s second Titan rapid-fire drill targets getting to the kitchen with soft resets. Put the machine in kitchen-dink right (or left), raise it on the volley stand so feeds come on a downward angle, and use a height range so some balls must be taken out of the air and others bounce.<\/p>\n<p>That mix forces the real decision \u2014 volley vs bounce \u2014 while you practice absorbing pace and moving forward. Getting to the kitchen line is the goal; the height variance keeps the drill game-realistic.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Raise the machine over the net for downward feeds<\/li>\n<li>Height range creates OTA vs bounce decisions<\/li>\n<li>Goal is soft resets while closing to the kitchen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Run one set kitchen-dink right and one left with the same height range<\/li>\n<li>Count how often you choose the wrong take (OTA when you should bounce, or vice versa)<\/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>Cincola&#8217;s second Titan rapid-fire drill targets getting to the kitchen with soft resets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734,"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":[600,18,20],"tags":[169,934,1060,424,1061],"class_list":["post-1040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drills","category-resets","category-transition","tag-john-cincola","tag-kitchen-transition","tag-rapid-fire","tag-resets","tag-titan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040","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=1040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}