{"id":1207,"date":"2026-10-29T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2026-10-29T01:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:26:00","slug":"speed-up-targets-line-if-theyre-middle-middle-if-theyre-on-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1207","title":{"rendered":"Speed-Up Targets: Line if They\u2019re Middle, Middle if They\u2019re on the Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Where to go with your speedups #pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_lYXIxC8kmM?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 packs speed-up targeting into three reads:<\/p>\n<p>Opponent sitting middle \u2192 speed it down the line. Opponent covering their line \u2192 speed the middle. Opponent leaning in \u2192 speed it at the chest. Save it, send it to your drill partner, and pick the window from their body \u2014 not from hope.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Middle stance \u2192 down-the-line speed-up<\/li>\n<li>Line coverage \u2192 middle speed-up<\/li>\n<li>Leaning in \u2192 chest \/ body speed-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner calls a stance (middle \/ line \/ lean); you must hit the matching target<\/li>\n<li>10 reps each target before open play<\/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 packs speed-up targeting into three reads:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736,"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":[373,21,3,200],"tags":[1273,1151,308,492],"class_list":["post-1207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attacks","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-strategy","tag-body","tag-elite-pickleball-coaching","tag-speed-up","tag-targeting"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/08-forehand-drive-sunlight-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207","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=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}