{"id":1128,"date":"2026-10-20T01:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:22:09","slug":"faster-hands-elbow-tucked-paddle-out-front-finish-where-you-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1128","title":{"rendered":"Faster Hands: Elbow Tucked, Paddle Out Front, Finish Where You Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"8 Tips For Faster Hands In Pickleball #Shorts\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YwWvDITeYyo?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>Universal Rackets says slow hands usually come from two habits: taking the paddle back and flaring the elbow out, which gets you jammed. Tuck the elbow into the body to kill the backswing, and treat the space as backhand vs forehand zones without a big prep.<\/p>\n<p>Drills: hold a ball under the armpit so the elbow can\u2019t fly; wall tosses with the paddle always out in front \u2014 if it moves back, you cheated. Finish where you start so the paddle resets in the ready spot after every contact.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Elbow out + paddle back = jammed hands<\/li>\n<li>Tuck elbow; keep paddle out in front<\/li>\n<li>Start where you finish \u2014 reset to ready after every hit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Armpit-ball wall volleys: 30 reps without dropping the ball<\/li>\n<li>Partner soft-feeds; you must finish paddle in the same ready spot<\/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>Universal Rackets says slow hands usually come from two habits: taking the paddle back and flaring the elbow out, which gets you jammed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728,"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":[600,21,3,381],"tags":[1068,1176,706,76],"class_list":["post-1128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drills","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-technique","tag-backswing","tag-elbow","tag-fast-hands","tag-universal-rackets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128","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=1128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}