{"id":1221,"date":"2026-10-29T06:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:32","slug":"drive-then-drop-use-the-drive-to-set-up-an-easy-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1221","title":{"rendered":"Drive-Then-Drop: Use the Drive to Set Up an Easy Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Drive to Drop: The Best Strategy in Pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uGaGw2N94Vw?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 drive-to-drop pattern keeps a strong drive as a weapon without giving free air volleys forever.<\/p>\n<p>A naked drive often hands opponents an out-of-air volley that pushes you off balance. Hit the drive to force a ball you can drop in front of you, then chain one to three drops to walk into the kitchen and finish from there. Goal: drive creates the easy drop window; drops get you to the NVZ.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Drive sets up the drop \u2014 don\u2019t expect the drive alone to win<\/li>\n<li>After the drive, take 1\u20133 drops into the kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Win from the NVZ once you\u2019re established<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Serve-return drill: drive \u2192 drop \u2192 drop until both feet are at the kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Count how often a lone drive gifts an air volley this week<\/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 drive-to-drop pattern keeps a strong drive as a weapon without giving free air volleys forever.<\/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":[5,4,200,6,20],"tags":[617,777,14,37,591],"class_list":["post-1221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drives","category-drops","category-strategy","category-third-shot","category-transition","tag-drive","tag-drop","tag-third-shot","tag-transition","tag-ty-butson"],"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\/1221","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=1221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/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=1221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}