{"id":1201,"date":"2026-10-29T01:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2026-10-29T01:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:25:54","slug":"reset-ladder-transition-zone-soft-grip-10-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1201","title":{"rendered":"Reset Ladder: Transition Zone, Soft Grip, 10 in a Row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"The Drill That Fixed My Resets  #pickleball #ad\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9TP-_zaevoU?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>Shea Underwood\u2019s reset drill: stand in the transition zone (halfway baseline to kitchen) and earn 10 resets in a row that land in the kitchen \u2014 any miss restarts the count.<\/p>\n<p>In a real point the drive is on you in about a second, so the paddle has to already know what to do: soft grip, paddle out in front, let the ball hit you. A ball machine (or tireless partner) keeps the pace honest.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Train resets from transition, not only from the kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Soft grip + paddle out front \u2014 let the ball hit you<\/li>\n<li>10 kitchen lands in a row; miss = restart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Run the 10-in-a-row ladder twice this week from mid-court<\/li>\n<li>Cue out loud: \u201csoft \/ out front\u201d before every feed<\/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>Shea Underwood\u2019s reset drill: stand in the transition zone (halfway baseline to kitchen) and earn 10 resets in a row that land in the kitchen \u2014 any miss restarts the count.<\/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":[600,18,19,20],"tags":[1134,424,246,79,37],"class_list":["post-1201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drills","category-resets","category-soft-game","category-transition","tag-ball-machine","tag-resets","tag-shea-underwood","tag-soft-grip","tag-transition"],"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\/1201","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=1201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201\/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=1201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}