{"id":1142,"date":"2026-10-21T01:16:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T01:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2026-10-21T01:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T01:16:40","slug":"around-the-post-is-legal-through-the-gap-is-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1142","title":{"rendered":"Around the Post Is Legal \u2014 Through the Gap Is Not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Your Pickleball Shot Doesn&amp;apos;t Have to Go Over the Net\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cw141hzQ-OE?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 USA Pickleball Rule 13.C: a ball may be returned around the outside of the net post. When you\u2019re pulled wide, whipping it around the post counts if it lands in.<\/p>\n<p>Rule 13.D makes hitting through the gap between the net and the post a fault \u2014 around the outside only.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ATP around the outside of the post is legal<\/li>\n<li>Must still land in<\/li>\n<li>Through the net\u2013post gap = fault (13.D)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In the next wide-ball scramble, look for the ATP window before you bail cross-court<\/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 USA Pickleball Rule 13.C: a ball may be returned around the outside of the net post. When you\u2019re pulled wide, whipping it around the post counts if it lands in.<\/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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[168,167,921,1196],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy","tag-around-the-post","tag-atp","tag-aylex","tag-usa-pickleball-13-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142","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=1142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/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=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}