{"id":1053,"date":"2026-10-16T01:21:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2026-10-16T01:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:21:05","slug":"kitchen-flicks-use-the-bunt-to-stay-attack-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1053","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Flicks: Use the Bunt to Stay Attack-Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"How to Find MORE Flicks at the Kitchen Line!\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i_glMvKbaL8?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>Parth Mody says pros find more flicks because they stay attack-ready. The cheat code is the bunt: set the wrist down in the same position you use for a flick so you can take time away even on low balls.<\/p>\n<p>From that prep, a low ball gets a shoulder push (bunt). When they pop it to flick height, snap from the same shape. Same preparation hides intent and keeps you hunting the next attackable ball.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wrist-down flick prep on every kitchen ball<\/li>\n<li>Low = shoulder-push bunt; higher = snap flick<\/li>\n<li>Same shape takes time away and hides the attack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In a dink rally, only allow bunt-prep \u2014 no open ready position<\/li>\n<li>Count how many flicks appear after a string of bunts vs flat dinks<\/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>Parth Mody says pros find more flicks because they stay attack-ready. The cheat code is the bunt: set the wrist down in the same position you use for a flick so you can take time away even on low balls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730,"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,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,388,381],"tags":[1084,1083,98,61,434],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen","category-offense","category-technique","tag-attack-prep","tag-bunt","tag-flick","tag-kitchen","tag-parth-mody"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/03-low-dink-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053","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=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}