{"id":1224,"date":"2026-10-29T06:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:34","slug":"avas-3-daily-pro-drills-dink-game-srt-and-favorite-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1224","title":{"rendered":"Ava\u2019s 3 Daily Pro Drills: Dink Game, SRT, and Favorite #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"3 Pickleball Drills I Do EVERY DAY as a Pro (Steal These!)\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/03dIumFhOi8?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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Ava Ignatowich (PPA) shares three unflashy drills she uses every day \u2014 useful at any level.<\/p>\n<p>Drill 1: the dink game \u2014 start a dink at the kitchen, then play it out (speed-ups, lobs, anything). Drill 2: serve\u2013return\u2013third \u2014 serve, return, hit any third (drop\/drive\/roll), then reset; don\u2019t play the point out so you stack reps on the three big shots. Drill 3 is her personal favorite (watch through for the full pattern). Keep them in the weekly routine even when they feel boring \u2014 that\u2019s the point.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dink game: start soft, then anything goes straight-ahead<\/li>\n<li>SRT: serve + return + third only, then reset for volume<\/li>\n<li>Pros grind simple reps daily \u2014 add all three to your week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Block 30 min: 10 dink-game points, 20 SRT reps, then Ava\u2019s #3<\/li>\n<li>Log which third you chose on each SRT so drops\/drives stay mixed<\/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>Ava Ignatowich (PPA) shares three unflashy drills she uses every day \u2014 useful at any level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728,"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":[220,600,3,7,6],"tags":[671,749,184,1287,1286],"class_list":["post-1224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinks","category-drills","category-kitchen","category-serves","category-third-shot","tag-ava-ignatowich","tag-dink-game","tag-drills","tag-practice-plan","tag-serve-return-third"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/02-kitchen-line-through-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224","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=1224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}