{"id":1229,"date":"2026-10-29T06:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:38","slug":"counter-choice-scorpion-on-low-to-high-topspin-at-net-height","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1229","title":{"rendered":"Counter Choice: Scorpion on Low-to-High, Topspin at Net Height"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"What Counter Attack to Hit\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I2Et0c5jt5o?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>All Things Pickleball: not every speed-up gets the same counter. Read height and trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>Ball traveling low \u2192 high: sit scorpion so you can hit down on it. Ball arriving at net height on your paddle: sit a topspin counter so it clears the tape. Save the clip and practice both reads on court.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Low-to-high speed-up \u2192 scorpion \/ hit down<\/li>\n<li>Net-height speed-up \u2192 topspin counter over the tape<\/li>\n<li>Choose the counter from ball height, not habit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner feeds: alternate low-rising and net-height speed-ups; call the counter before contact<\/li>\n<li>Film counters: tag each as scorpion vs topspin and note misses<\/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>All Things Pickleball: not every speed-up gets the same counter. Read height and trajectory.<\/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":[373,598,21,3,381],"tags":[234,614,323,225,1293],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attacks","category-counters","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-technique","tag-all-things-pickleball","tag-counters","tag-scorpion","tag-speed-ups","tag-topspin-counter"],"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\/1229","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=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/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=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}