{"id":1131,"date":"2026-10-20T01:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:22:10","slug":"partner-calls-name-the-third-call-high-vs-good-before-you-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1131","title":{"rendered":"Partner Calls: Name the Third, Call High vs Good Before You Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"Communication Wins in Pickleball\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/53GpU4V15WI?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><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Marshall Brown (Selkirk TV) treats partner talk as a weapon against better teams. Before a third, a short call like \u201cdriving\u201d or \u201cgo\u201d tells your partner what to expect unless you\u2019ve logged years together.<\/p>\n<p>From the baseline, call the quality of the ball: \u201chigh,\u201d \u201cback up,\u201d or \u201cwatch it\u201d on pop-ups so you stay patient; say \u201cgood\u201d on a clean drop and only then work in together. Neutralizing points with shared info beats silent heroics.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Call the third before you hit it<\/li>\n<li>Baseline: high\/back up\/watch it vs good<\/li>\n<li>Only close together when the ball is actually good<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Next match: mandatory call on every third<\/li>\n<li>One game: no kitchen close unless someone said \u201cgood\u201d<\/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>Marshall Brown (Selkirk TV) treats partner talk as a weapon against better teams. Before a third, a short call like \u201cdriving\u201d or \u201cgo\u201d tells your partner what to expect unless you\u2019ve logged years together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734,"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":[205,3,200,6],"tags":[1178,1179,792,546],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-doubles","category-kitchen","category-strategy","category-third-shot","tag-communication","tag-doubles","tag-marshall-brown","tag-selkirk-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","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=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}