{"id":1239,"date":"2026-10-29T06:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1239"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:38:15","slug":"deceptive-speed-up-flip-the-bh-face-then-wrist-through-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1239","title":{"rendered":"Deceptive Speed-Up: Flip the BH Face, Then Wrist Through Middle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Learn this super tricky speedup to impress your friends! #pickleball #pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/npHgFKlLV5s?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 deceptive kitchen speed-up: on a dead ball in front of you, use a backhand grip and flip the paddle so the face points away from the court \u2014 opponents can\u2019t read the line.<\/p>\n<p>At the last moment, wrist-flip through the middle for the winner. Disguise first; commit late.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dead ball + BH grip with face flipped away = disguise<\/li>\n<li>Late wrist flip through the middle finishes it<\/li>\n<li>Readability dies when the face isn\u2019t showing early<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dink feeds: hold disguised face for a count, then flip middle \u00d715<\/li>\n<li>Ask a partner if they can read direction before the flip<\/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 deceptive kitchen speed-up: on a dead ball in front of you, use a backhand grip and flip the paddle so the face points away from the court \u2014 opponents can\u2019t read the line.<\/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":[373,21,3,200],"tags":[724,366,225,140],"class_list":["post-1239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attacks","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-strategy","tag-backhand","tag-deception","tag-speed-ups","tag-tanner"],"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\/1239","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=1239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239\/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=1239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}