{"id":1228,"date":"2026-10-29T06:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:37","slug":"3-early-tips-paddle-in-vision-open-to-the-ball-tip-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1228","title":{"rendered":"3 Early Tips: Paddle in Vision, Open to the Ball, Tip-Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"3 Tips I Wish I was Taught Earlier! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7PtnGP-dycM?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>tanner.pickleball\u2019s three tips he wishes he\u2019d learned earlier:<\/p>\n<p>1) On soft shots, never let the paddle leave your peripheral vision \u2014 if you can\u2019t see it, the swing is too big. 2) Open shoulders and hips to face the ball so you\u2019re ready for speed-ups. 3) Paddle-track: point the tip at the ball so you\u2019re proactive instead of late.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Soft shots: paddle stays in peripheral vision<\/li>\n<li>Shoulders\/hips open to the ball for faster reactions<\/li>\n<li>Tip-track the ball \u2014 stay proactive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dink bucket: if the paddle leaves your vision, restart the rep<\/li>\n<li>Hands battle feeds: call \u201copen\u201d and \u201ctip on ball\u201d before each speed-up<\/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>tanner.pickleball\u2019s three tips he wishes he\u2019d learned earlier:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737,"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":[2,562,3,19,381],"tags":[94,1292,47,28,325],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-fundamentals","category-kitchen","category-soft-game","category-technique","tag-beginners","tag-paddle-tracking","tag-ready-position","tag-soft-game","tag-tanner-pickleball-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/09-ready-position-closeup-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228","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=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}