{"id":1232,"date":"2026-10-29T06:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:40","slug":"3-backhand-dinks-slice-low-middle-bump-attack-flick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1232","title":{"rendered":"3 Backhand Dinks: Slice Low, Middle Bump, Attack Flick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"3 types of backhand dinks #pickleball \" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V1SNXA9jEgQ?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>Elite Pickleball Coaching packs three backhand dink tools into one short:<\/p>\n<p>Slice to keep the ball low. Bump the middle to wrong-foot opponents. Flick when the ball is attackable. Simple menu \u2014 pick the tool from ball height and opponent spacing.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Slice BH dink \u2192 keep it low<\/li>\n<li>Middle bump \u2192 wrong-foot the pair<\/li>\n<li>Flick only when the ball is attackable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Crosscourt BH dinks: 10 slice, 10 middle bumps, 10 flick looks (only on floaters)<\/li>\n<li>Call the tool before contact for one full game<\/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>Elite Pickleball Coaching packs three backhand dink tools into one short:<\/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":[373,374,220,3,200],"tags":[1295,1151,98,731,163],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attacks","category-backhand","category-dinks","category-kitchen","category-strategy","tag-backhand-dinks","tag-elite-pickleball-coaching","tag-flick","tag-middle","tag-slice"],"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\/1232","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=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/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=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}