{"id":1137,"date":"2026-10-20T01:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:22:12","slug":"drop-serve-unlimited-bounces-natural-height-drop-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1137","title":{"rendered":"Drop Serve: Unlimited Bounces, Natural-Height Drop Only"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"On a Drop Serve, Bounce It as Many Times as You Want\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XXrAyhveZas?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>Aylex flags Rules 7.D.3 and 7.D.4: on a drop serve there is no limit on how many times the ball may bounce before you hit it, and no limit on where those bounces occur.<\/p>\n<p>The constraint is the release \u2014 drop from a natural height without throwing or pushing the ball. Take your time; it\u2019s legal.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Drop serve \u2260 one-bounce only<\/li>\n<li>Bounce anywhere before contact<\/li>\n<li>Must be a natural drop \u2014 no toss or push<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Try a two-bounce drop serve in warm-up to feel the timing<\/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>Aylex flags Rules 7.D.3 and 7.D.4: on a drop serve there is no limit on how many times the ball may bounce before you hit it, and no limit on where those bounces occur.<\/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":[7],"tags":[921,1186,1123,1187],"class_list":["post-1137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serves","tag-aylex","tag-bounce","tag-drop-serve","tag-usa-pickleball-7-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137","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=1137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/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=1137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}