{"id":1109,"date":"2026-10-18T01:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T01:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2026-10-18T01:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T01:24:43","slug":"baseline-drops-topspin-pressure-instead-of-slice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1109","title":{"rendered":"Baseline Drops: Topspin Pressure Instead of Slice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Comment if this was helpful #pickleball #pickleballtips #pickle #pickleballhighlights \" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gw7Ywb2yWiU?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>Elite Pickleball Coaching: slicing a drop from the baseline is risky \u2014 if it does not bounce below the net, the opponent tees off as you come in and you cannot cover chest\/feet\/sides.<\/p>\n<p>Topspin the drop instead to put pressure on, then follow the shot in hunting a popped ball to put away.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid slice drops from the baseline<\/li>\n<li>Topspin drop \u2192 pressure + follow in<\/li>\n<li>Slice that sits up = free attack on the closer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>From the baseline, ban slice drops for one game \u2014 topspin only<\/li>\n<li>After each topspin drop, take two steps in before the next ball<\/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>Elite Pickleball Coaching: slicing a drop from the baseline is risky \u2014 if it does not bounce below the net, the opponent tees off as you come in and you cannot cover chest\/feet\/sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729,"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":[4,6,20],"tags":[1156,777,1151,124,499],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drops","category-third-shot","category-transition","tag-baseline","tag-drop","tag-elite-pickleball-coaching","tag-slice-drop","tag-topspin-drop"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/01-doubles-at-the-net-over-shoulder-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","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=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}