{"id":1120,"date":"2026-10-19T01:17:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T01:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2026-10-19T01:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T01:17:51","slug":"angled-overheads-beat-straight-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1120","title":{"rendered":"Angled Overheads Beat Straight Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Hit Angled Overheads, Not Straight Ones\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pABpRFdjQr8?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>Ty Butson\u2019s seven-second cue: hit angled overheads, not straight ones. Straight puts are easier to cover; the angle stretches the defense and raises your make-good rate on putaways.<\/p>\n<p>Next time you get a lob or high floater, look for the open angle instead of drilling it into the middle of their chests.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Angle the overhead \u2014 don\u2019t hit it straight<\/li>\n<li>Angles stretch coverage and raise putaway odds<\/li>\n<li>High ball \u2192 look for the open side first<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In drilling, only count overhead winners that land wider than the service box edge<\/li>\n<li>Partner feeds lobs; you must call angle side 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>Ty Butson\u2019s seven-second cue: hit angled overheads, not straight ones. Straight puts are easier to cover; the angle stretches the defense and raises your make-good rate on putaways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737,"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":[388,200],"tags":[162,161,591],"class_list":["post-1120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-offense","category-strategy","tag-angle","tag-overhead","tag-ty-butson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120","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=1120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}