{"id":1106,"date":"2026-10-18T01:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T01:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2026-10-18T01:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T01:24:42","slug":"third-shot-guide-deep-drive-then-drop-medium-drop-short-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1106","title":{"rendered":"Third-Shot Guide: Deep Drive-Then-Drop, Medium Drop, Short Rip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Follow this 3rd shot guide! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GNG5EiCJ-Lg?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>Tanner\u2019s third-shot guide keys off return depth. On a deep return, drive the first ball to create an easier next ball to drop. On a medium return with no clear edge, just drop and work in slowly.<\/p>\n<p>On a short return, step in and rip. Depth chooses aggression \u2014 don\u2019t force the same third every time.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Deep return \u2192 drive first, drop the next<\/li>\n<li>Medium \u2192 drop and ease in<\/li>\n<li>Short \u2192 step in and attack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Call return depth (deep\/med\/short) before every third in drilling<\/li>\n<li>Ban dropping the first ball off clearly deep returns for one game<\/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>Tanner\u2019s third-shot guide keys off return depth. On a deep return, drive the first ball to create an easier next ball to drop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736,"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":[200,6,20],"tags":[617,777,126,14],"class_list":["post-1106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy","category-third-shot","category-transition","tag-drive","tag-drop","tag-tanner-pickleball","tag-third-shot"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/08-forehand-drive-sunlight-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106","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=1106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}