{"id":1145,"date":"2026-10-21T01:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T01:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2026-10-21T01:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T01:16:41","slug":"fourth-shot-topspin-to-the-feet-dont-blast-the-chest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1145","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Shot: Topspin to the Feet, Don\u2019t Blast the Chest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Learn this 4th shot secret #pickleball #pickleballtips #pickleballvietnam #pickleballhighlights \" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v8uaTmKRy4M?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>Elite Pickleball Coaching flags a common fourth-shot mistake: when the opponent pops up a third and you\u2019re taking it out of the air, most players try to crush it at the person still in transition.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, put topspin on the fourth and land it at their feet. Players drill chest\/waist resets constantly but struggle more with balls that die at the toes \u2014 force that reset, earn the next pop-up, then finish.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Fourth after a pop-up \u2260 maximum pace at the chest<\/li>\n<li>Topspin to the feet makes the hard reset<\/li>\n<li>Harder reset \u2192 likelier next pop-up \u2192 putaway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner feeds floaty thirds; your only goal is feet with topspin<\/li>\n<li>One game: fourth-shot winners only count if they bounce at or below the knee<\/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>Elite Pickleball Coaching flags a common fourth-shot mistake: when the opponent pops up a third and you\u2019re taking it out of the air, most players try to crush it at the person still in transition.<\/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":[3,388,605,20],"tags":[1151,132,1058,73,37],"class_list":["post-1145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen","category-offense","category-topspin","category-transition","tag-elite-pickleball-coaching","tag-feet","tag-fourth-shot","tag-topspin","tag-transition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145","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=1145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/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=1145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}