{"id":1234,"date":"2026-10-29T06:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:38:13","slug":"one-stop-vs-two-stop-approach-dont-sprint-every-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1234","title":{"rendered":"One-Stop vs Two-Stop Approach: Don\u2019t Sprint Every Third"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"If you\u2019re a 3.5 player over 50, watch this video \" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WexGZjHnkPc?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>That Pickleball Guy (Kyle) rebuilds the \u201cget to the kitchen ASAP\u201d rule for 3.5s over 50: rushing through contact is why drops pop up.<\/p>\n<p>Short\/low third \u2192 one-stop approach: stop, hit, then step into the NVZ. Deep return or limited mobility \u2192 two-stop (or more): hit from depth, mini-split as the opponent contacts, then take the next ball calmly. Split step so your feet land as the ball hits their paddle \u2014 late = reachy pop-ups. Reward quality, not speed to the line.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>One-stop on short\/low thirds; two-stop (or more) on deep returns<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t run through contact \u2014 stop\/split, then move<\/li>\n<li>Feet land as the ball hits their paddle; late split = pop-ups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Label every third this week: one-stop or two-stop before you move<\/li>\n<li>Drill: deep return \u2192 drop \u2192 freeze for opponent contact \u2192 then step<\/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>That Pickleball Guy (Kyle) rebuilds the \u201cget to the kitchen ASAP\u201d rule for 3.5s over 50: rushing through contact is why drops pop up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729,"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":[4,2,200,6,20],"tags":[156,170,1297,32,37],"class_list":["post-1234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drops","category-footwork","category-strategy","category-third-shot","category-transition","tag-3-5","tag-split-step","tag-that-pickleball-guy","tag-third-shot-drop","tag-transition"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/01-doubles-at-the-net-over-shoulder-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234","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=1234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}