{"id":1184,"date":"2026-10-25T01:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T01:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2026-10-25T01:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T01:26:01","slug":"crosscourt-dinks-mix-2hbh-pressure-with-heavy-slice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1184","title":{"rendered":"Crosscourt Dinks: Mix 2HBH Pressure With Heavy Slice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"You need these dinking strategies! #pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jeaucAFj9ac?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 (with Aiden Schenk) shows how to force a pop-up from crosscourt dinks on the left side. The key isn\u2019t one \u201cperfect\u201d dink \u2014 it\u2019s mixing spins so the opponent never settles.<\/p>\n<p>Hit an aggressive two-handed dink, then a heavy slice. The pace and spin difference makes them likely to pop one up or leave one short so you can finish early.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Crosscourt left: mix aggressive 2HBH dinks with heavy slice<\/li>\n<li>Spin + pace change \u2192 pop-ups or short balls to finish<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t telegraph one spin every ball<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Crosscourt dink rally: alternate 2HBH pressure and heavy slice for 2 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Call the spin aloud before each feed so the mix becomes intentional<\/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 (with Aiden Schenk) shows how to force a pop-up from crosscourt dinks on the left side. The key isn\u2019t one \u201cperfect\u201d dink \u2014 it\u2019s mixing spins so the opponent never settles.<\/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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,3,441,200,381],"tags":[72,1151,133,163,1243],"class_list":["post-1184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinks","category-kitchen","category-spin","category-strategy","category-technique","tag-dinking","tag-elite-pickleball-coaching","tag-pop-up","tag-slice","tag-two-handed-dink"],"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\/1184","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=1184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/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=1184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}