{"id":1195,"date":"2026-10-29T01:25:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2026-10-29T01:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:49","slug":"left-side-middle-balls-slide-bh-open-fh-dont-eat-the-chicken-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1195","title":{"rendered":"Left-Side Middle Balls: Slide BH, Open FH \u2014 Don\u2019t Eat the Chicken Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Getting Chicken Winged! \ud83c\udf57\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FUi7DOXGos0?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>Richard Pickleball fixes the left-side chicken wing when the ball sits in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>Read bounce vs air: out of the air, slide heavy into the middle and accept the jam if needed. Off the bounce, pivot and give yourself space so you can sit on the backhand and open the forehand \u2014 instead of getting jammed. The cue is space first, then cover both sides of the middle ball.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Off the bounce: pivot for space before you cover the middle<\/li>\n<li>Sit BH and open FH rather than absorbing a chicken wing<\/li>\n<li>Out of the air: slide heavy middle \u2014 sometimes you accept the jam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Drill: feed middle bounces to the left player \u2014 call \u201cpivot\u201d before contact<\/li>\n<li>Film 10 middle balls from left: mark jammed vs space-created<\/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 fixes the left-side chicken wing when the ball sits in the middle.<\/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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,3,200],"tags":[324,376,682,648,1253],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-strategy","tag-chicken-wing","tag-left-side","tag-middle-coverage","tag-richard","tag-slide"],"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\/1195","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=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/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=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}