{"id":1110,"date":"2026-10-18T01:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T01:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2026-10-18T01:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T01:24:43","slug":"fh-drive-footwork-behind-the-ball-load-%e2%86%92-step-%e2%86%92-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1110","title":{"rendered":"FH Drive Footwork: Behind the Ball, Load \u2192 Step \u2192 Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Fix your footwork on the forehand drive\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JPWqyOgCYwc?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>Coach Jess (Athena Pickleball): the ball will not come to you \u2014 get to it. On the forehand drive, get the back foot behind the ball, then press\/load that leg.<\/p>\n<p>Sequence is load, then step, then swing. Avoid stepping and swinging at the same time, and avoid swinging in front of the step.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Get the back foot behind the ball<\/li>\n<li>Load the leg before the swing<\/li>\n<li>Sequence: load \u2192 step \u2192 swing (not together)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shadow 15 FH drives saying \u201cload, step, swing\u201d aloud<\/li>\n<li>Film and check whether the step lands before contact<\/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>Coach Jess (Athena Pickleball): the ball will not come to you \u2014 get to it. On the forehand drive, get the back foot behind the ball, then press\/load that leg.<\/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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2,381],"tags":[300,12,299,1157],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drives","category-footwork","category-technique","tag-athena-pickleball","tag-footwork","tag-forehand-drive","tag-load-step-swing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110","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=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/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=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}