{"id":1222,"date":"2026-10-29T06:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:33","slug":"two-hand-backhand-drive-contact-the-outside-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1222","title":{"rendered":"Two-Hand Backhand Drive: Contact the Outside Third"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Transform your two-handed backhand drive! #pickleballtips #pickleballcoach\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ilejsJxWkKA?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>The Pickleball Clinic fixes mushy two-hand backhand drives that hang in the air: you\u2019re contacting too close \u2014 by the outside foot \u2014 the same spot that works for dinks.<\/p>\n<p>Picture the ball in thirds. On the backhand side, aim the paddle at the outside third even when you\u2019re going down the line. That spacing lets you rotate, load topspin, and drive through instead of getting jammed. Dinks can be close; drives need room around the outside of the ball.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Drive contact \u2260 dink contact \u2014 don\u2019t hit jammed by the outside foot<\/li>\n<li>Aim the outside third of the ball for spacing + topspin<\/li>\n<li>Even DTL drives still \u201ccome around\u201d the outside<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Feed basket: call \u201coutside third\u201d on every 2HBH drive<\/li>\n<li>Film from behind: if the ball is at your hip\/foot at contact, step out and redo<\/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>The Pickleball Clinic fixes mushy two-hand backhand drives that hang in the air: you\u2019re contacting too close \u2014 by the outside foot \u2014 the same spot that works for dinks.<\/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":[374,5,381,605],"tags":[617,975,155,73,165],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backhand","category-drives","category-technique","category-topspin","tag-drive","tag-spacing","tag-the-pickleball-clinic","tag-topspin","tag-two-handed-backhand"],"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\/1222","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=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/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=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}