{"id":1126,"date":"2026-10-20T01:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:22:08","slug":"transition-volley-ladder-fh-bh-then-alternating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1126","title":{"rendered":"Transition Volley Ladder: FH, BH, Then Alternating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Volley drill from transition zone\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IFK4Cu4A-Oc?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>Ed Ju\u2019s transition drill starts four steps off the kitchen. Hit 20 forehand volleys with a full follow-through and consistent sweet-spot contact, then switch to 20 backhands.<\/p>\n<p>On backhands: one hand when the ball is into the body, two hands when it\u2019s away. Finish with 20 alternating FH\/BH so you practice the mid-point switch under pressure.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Four steps off kitchen \u2014 transition-zone range<\/li>\n<li>BH: one hand center, two hands when wide<\/li>\n<li>Alternating set builds fluid FH&#x2194;BH switching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Run the 20\/20\/20 ladder before open play this week<\/li>\n<li>On every BH feed, call \u201cone \/ two\u201d 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>Ed Ju\u2019s transition drill starts four steps off the kitchen. Hit 20 forehand volleys with a full follow-through and consistent sweet-spot contact, then switch to 20 backhands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"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":[600,2,20,192],"tags":[350,37,1174,1173],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drills","category-footwork","category-transition","category-volleys","tag-ed-ju","tag-transition","tag-two-hand-backhand","tag-volley-drill"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04-overhead-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126","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=1126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}