{"id":1197,"date":"2026-10-29T01:25:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2026-10-29T01:25:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:51","slug":"poach-discipline-dont-steal-your-partners-easy-forehand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1197","title":{"rendered":"Poach Discipline: Don\u2019t Steal Your Partner\u2019s Easy Forehand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"DON&amp;apos;T Poach This Ball in Pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J09KmzgGHMg?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>The Pickleball Daily reframes poaching: aggression is good, over-reaching is not.<\/p>\n<p>Poaching is easier on the forehand because you can move into space. On the backhand, if you have to fully extend to take the ball, your partner\u2019s forehand was probably the better option. Stay aggressive inside your zone; as soon as you would over-extend on BH, leave it for partner instead of taking an easy shot away from them.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Poach when you can move into the ball \u2014 not when you must fully extend<\/li>\n<li>Over-extended BH poaches usually steal partner\u2019s FH<\/li>\n<li>Own your zone; leave the stretch for your partner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Next doubles: verbal \u201cyours\u201d on any BH stretch toward partner\u2019s FH<\/li>\n<li>Review 1 match: count over-extended poaches vs clean middle takes<\/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>The Pickleball Daily reframes poaching: aggression is good, over-reaching is not.<\/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":[205,3,565,200],"tags":[218,1258,1257,1004,1259],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-doubles","category-kitchen","category-positioning","category-strategy","tag-doubles-positioning","tag-partner-fh","tag-poaching","tag-reach","tag-the-pickleball-daily"],"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\/1197","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=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/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=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}