{"id":1141,"date":"2026-10-21T01:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T01:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2026-10-21T01:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T01:16:39","slug":"topspin-in-3-steps-grip-dip-brush-low-to-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1141","title":{"rendered":"Topspin in 3 Steps: Grip, Dip, Brush Low-to-High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Generate Topspin in 3 Easy Steps \u2705 #pickleball #pickleballtips #topspin #pickle\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n5l_UI2jiWA?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>Preston\u2019s Playbook breaks topspin into three steps. First, shift from continental one notch (eastern) or two (semi-western) so the face is slightly closed. Second, dip the paddle head below the incoming ball. Third, brush up the back of the ball on a low-to-high path so the spin brings it down into the court.<\/p>\n<p>Scale the backswing to time and distance: short near the net, bigger as you get farther back and have more time.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Eastern or semi-western closes the face for topspin<\/li>\n<li>Dip below the ball, then brush low \u2192 high<\/li>\n<li>Near net = short backswing; farther back = bigger swing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hit 30 shadow brushes checking paddle starts below the ball<\/li>\n<li>One drill set near kitchen (short) + one from transition (longer)<\/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>Preston\u2019s Playbook breaks topspin into three steps. First, shift from continental one notch (eastern) or two (semi-western) so the face is slightly closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736,"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":[5,601,381,605],"tags":[1195,1194,639,1146,73],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drives","category-grip","category-technique","category-topspin","tag-brush","tag-eastern-grip","tag-preston-playbook","tag-semi-western-2","tag-topspin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141","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=1141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}