{"id":1236,"date":"2026-10-29T06:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:38:14","slug":"serve-setup-chair-pose-then-kick-the-paddle-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1236","title":{"rendered":"Serve Setup: Chair Pose, Then Kick the Paddle Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Keep it simple\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oMEH33M65I8?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>Troy Akin keeps the serve simple: find chair pose in the legs, keep the wrist relaxed, and kick the paddle out to the forehand side instead of a straight-arm cup around the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Stay compact and tight; use the legs. You\u2019re not snapping the wrist up \u2014 you\u2019re using a small wrist kick outward while the lower body stays loaded in the chair.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair pose first \u2014 legs load the serve<\/li>\n<li>Kick paddle out to FH side; don\u2019t cup with a straight arm<\/li>\n<li>Compact + loose wrist, not a big snap-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shadow 20 serves: check chair pose before every toss<\/li>\n<li>Film: if the arm is straight-cupping, restart with the kick-out cue<\/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>Troy Akin keeps the serve simple: find chair pose in the legs, keep the wrist relaxed, and kick the paddle out to the forehand side instead of a straight-arm cup around the ball.<\/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":[2,7,381],"tags":[1302,139,406,160],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-serves","category-technique","tag-chair-pose","tag-compact-swing","tag-serve","tag-troy-akin"],"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\/1236","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=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/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=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}