{"id":1208,"date":"2026-10-29T01:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2026-10-29T01:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:26:01","slug":"forehand-speed-ups-wrist-snap-shorter-swing-stop-pushing-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1208","title":{"rendered":"Forehand Speed-Ups: Wrist Snap, Shorter Swing \u2014 Stop Pushing Long"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Hitting Forehand Speed-Ups Long! \ud83d\udca5\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lI7H1CiTAG8?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 explains why forehand attacks sail long: the big push-swing launches the ball through the court.<\/p>\n<p>If spin is the priority on the FH attack, shorten the swing and snap the wrist through contact instead of shoving. The swing looks smaller; the ball dips and stays in. Big arm path = long; compact wrist = shape and margin.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Long misses often come from a pushy full swing<\/li>\n<li>Prioritize spin: shorter path + wrist snap<\/li>\n<li>Compact attack keeps FH speed-ups down and in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shadow 20 FH attacks: stop the hand earlier, exaggerate wrist snap<\/li>\n<li>Live: 15 speed-ups \u2014 only count ones that land short of the baseline<\/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 explains why forehand attacks sail long: the big push-swing launches the ball through the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732,"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":[373,21,3,381],"tags":[1006,648,463,1274],"class_list":["post-1208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attacks","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-technique","tag-forehand-attack","tag-richard","tag-spin","tag-wrist-snap"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/05-rec-doubles-outdoor-court-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208","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=1208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}