{"id":1147,"date":"2026-10-22T01:17:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2026-10-22T01:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:17:51","slug":"zero-%e2%86%92-forward-compact-forehand-volleys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1147","title":{"rendered":"Zero \u2192 Forward: Compact Forehand Volleys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Zero Fwd Concept\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k-rYNDhbEUc?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>All Things Pickleball pins missed forehand volleys on swinging too big. Pros use a \u201czero \u2192 forward\u201d idea: the paddle starts at zero (already out, no real backswing) and only travels forward through the ball.<\/p>\n<p>A big load mistimes the contact and leaves you late for the counter. Keep a short setup and a compact follow-through so you\u2019re already reloading.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Big FH volley backswing \u2192 mistimed contact and nets<\/li>\n<li>Zero = paddle already set; only move forward through the ball<\/li>\n<li>Compact finish = ready for the counter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wall feeds: if the paddle goes behind your hip, restart the rep<\/li>\n<li>One kitchen game: FH volleys only with a visible \u201cno-backswing\u201d start<\/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>All Things Pickleball pins missed forehand volleys on swinging too big. Pros use a \u201czero \u2192 forward\u201d idea: the paddle starts at zero (already out, no real backswing) and only travels forward through the ball.<\/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,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,381,192],"tags":[234,1068,1202,715,1201],"class_list":["post-1147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-technique","category-volleys","tag-all-things-pickleball","tag-backswing","tag-compact","tag-forehand-volley","tag-zero-forward"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-lunging-volley-dark-background-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147","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=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/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=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}