{"id":1054,"date":"2026-10-16T01:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2026-10-16T01:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:21:06","slug":"space-creates-power-jam-the-dominant-hip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1054","title":{"rendered":"Space Creates Power: Jam the Dominant Hip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"How space creates power #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dyyHEuHAzys?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>Universal Rackets reframes power as space. A ball jammed into the body \u2014 theirs or yours \u2014 leaves only a block. With space off the hip or shoulder you have leverage to hit down and be offensive.<\/p>\n<p>Vs a right-handed player, aim the dominant hip or dominant shoulder so they get blocked and lose swing room. Create space for yourself; steal it from them.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Jammed contact = block only; space = hit down<\/li>\n<li>Aim a righty&#8217;s dominant hip\/shoulder to remove leverage<\/li>\n<li>Offense starts when either side has room to swing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In kitchen drills, only attack when you have space; otherwise reset<\/li>\n<li>Target dominant hip\/shoulder for one game and note block vs swing replies<\/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>Universal Rackets reframes power as space. A ball jammed into the body \u2014 theirs or yours \u2014 leaves only a block.<\/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":[3,388,200],"tags":[1086,1085,134,700,76],"class_list":["post-1054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen","category-offense","category-strategy","tag-dominant-hip","tag-jam","tag-power","tag-space","tag-universal-rackets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054","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=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/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=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}