{"id":1162,"date":"2026-10-23T01:19:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2026-10-23T01:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:19:32","slug":"c-motion-drops-slinky-drill-one-continuous-path-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1162","title":{"rendered":"C-Motion Drops + Slinky Drill: One Continuous Path In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"The C-motion secret every pro uses for drops\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gVU8r-cHk_s?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>Pickleball Playbook says most rec players load back-then-forward on the drop and end up late. Pros use one continuous C-shaped path: draw a C, lift through, point where you want it \u2014 slow to fast, never stopping \u2014 so the ball lands in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Drill it with \u201cslinky\u201d: start at the baseline and take one step in between each drop so the motion gets more concise until it becomes a dink; partner mirrors by moving back (lobs\/overheads force that footwork at higher levels). Stay open\/semi-open to the net after contact \u2014 don\u2019t get stuck closed with crossed feet when they speed up.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Back-then-forward drop = late; C-motion = one continuous path<\/li>\n<li>Slow \u2192 fast through the C; never stop the swing<\/li>\n<li>Slinky: walk the drop into a dink (and practice moving back too)<\/li>\n<li>Face the opponent after contact \u2014 open\/semi-open, not stuck closed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shadow 20 C-path drops saying \u201cslow to fast, no stop\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Cooperative slinky: 10 steps in, 10 steps out, no winners \u2014 only clean continuous motion<\/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>Pickleball Playbook says most rec players load back-then-forward on the drop and end up late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729,"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":[600,4,381,6,20],"tags":[1222,118,777,120,1223],"class_list":["post-1162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drills","category-drops","category-technique","category-third-shot","category-transition","tag-c-motion","tag-continuous-motion","tag-drop","tag-pickleball-playbook","tag-slinky-drill"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/01-doubles-at-the-net-over-shoulder-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162","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=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}