{"id":1199,"date":"2026-10-29T01:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2026-10-29T01:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:53","slug":"backhand-counter-fix-face-down-knees-soft-keep-it-compact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1199","title":{"rendered":"Backhand Counter Fix: Face Down, Knees Soft, Keep It Compact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Road to 5.0: The Backhand Counter\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8MnOCOvwYOA?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>Ty Butson\u2019s Road to 5.0 session targets counters that keep floating at tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Main adjustments: tip the paddle face down (not open), stay light on the feet with soft knees, and shrink a swing that got too big. He\u2019s also testing a two-handed counter option and shifting off the middle so the BH isn\u2019t forced. Simplify: face down, loose, compact \u2014 then add variety once the ball stays low.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Open face = pop-ups; tip the face down on BH counters<\/li>\n<li>Soft knees + compact swing beat a big arm swipe<\/li>\n<li>Position off-center so the BH isn\u2019t jammed in the middle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner feeds: 30 BH counters with a \u201cface down\u201d call before each<\/li>\n<li>Film: pause at contact \u2014 is the face open or closed?<\/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>Ty Butson\u2019s Road to 5.0 session targets counters that keep floating at tournaments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728,"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":[598,21,3,381],"tags":[40,139,41,1263,591],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-counters","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-technique","tag-backhand-counter","tag-compact-swing","tag-paddle-face","tag-road-to-5-0","tag-ty-butson"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/02-kitchen-line-through-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","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=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}