{"id":1151,"date":"2026-10-22T01:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2026-10-22T01:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:17:52","slug":"three-stamina-drills-dink-and-go-drop-and-crash-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1151","title":{"rendered":"Three Stamina Drills: Dink-and-Go, Drop-and-Crash, Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"3 drills for you to steal this week \ud83e\udec1\ud83d\udd25 Your shots aren\u2019t what fall apart late in game 3\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gN3c3risKmo?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>Troy Akin\u2019s point: late in game 3 it\u2019s often your legs, not your strokes, that fall apart. Three stealable drills for the week.<\/p>\n<p>(1) Dink-and-go: dink on the sideline, then go touch the middle line \u2014 shuffle, don\u2019t cross your feet. (2) Drop-and-crash: hit a good drop\/drip and move forward aggressively; if it sits up, finish the crash to the kitchen with power \u2014 then sprint back to the baseline to reset. (3) Butterfly: one player at the kitchen, one at the baseline \u2014 drives and volleys on the move so you\u2019re not only training perfect feeds. Stack a few rounds and you\u2019ll feel it.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Legs fail before strokes late in matches \u2014 train stamina on purpose<\/li>\n<li>Dink-and-go: sideline dink \u2192 touch middle; shuffle, don\u2019t cross<\/li>\n<li>Drop-and-crash: drop, surge in, then sprint back to reset<\/li>\n<li>Butterfly: on-the-move drives\/volleys (one up, one back)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Steal all three this week: 5 minutes each at the start of a session<\/li>\n<li>Track heart rate or just honesty \u2014 if you\u2019re not breathing hard, add a round<\/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>Troy Akin\u2019s point: late in game 3 it\u2019s often your legs, not your strokes, that fall apart. 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