{"id":1172,"date":"2026-10-24T03:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T03:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2026-10-24T03:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T03:20:22","slug":"fourth-shot-pressure-chariot-whip-backhand-slap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1172","title":{"rendered":"Fourth-Shot Pressure: Chariot Whip + Backhand Slap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"CRUSH Your Fourth Shots! More Power, Spin &amp; Depth\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tIPs0Sf8jsk?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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Richard Pickleball breaks down aggressive fourths so opponents don\u2019t stroll to the kitchen. On out-of-the-air balls above the net (roughly waist-to-shoulder \u2014 not overheads), the goal is spin, depth, and pace so the next ball is harder to reset.<\/p>\n<p>On the forehand he prefers the chariot whip over a flat wrist-snap when reaching for above-net balls \u2014 more spin and a ball that comes down. On the backhand, a slap out of the air creates the same pressure with options to go deep, short, or redirect. Below-net air balls get softer treatment when they\u2019re close; save hard attacks for when they\u2019re back.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Above-net fourths (waist\u2013shoulder): prioritize spin + depth, not just pace<\/li>\n<li>FH: chariot whip over flat wrist-snap when reaching<\/li>\n<li>BH: slap out of the air for pressure and options<\/li>\n<li>Below-net air balls: softer when they\u2019re close; attack when they\u2019re deep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Machine or partner: 20 above-net FH chariot whips aiming deep kitchen\/transition<\/li>\n<li>Same feed on BH slap \u2014 track how many force a pop-up vs sail long<\/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>Richard Pickleball breaks down aggressive fourths so opponents don\u2019t stroll to the kitchen.<\/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,"_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":[388,381,20,192],"tags":[1232,1231,1058,100],"class_list":["post-1172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-offense","category-technique","category-transition","category-volleys","tag-backhand-slap","tag-chariot-whip","tag-fourth-shot","tag-richard-pickleball"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04-overhead-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172","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=1172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/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=1172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}