{"id":1243,"date":"2026-10-29T06:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:38:18","slug":"wide-ball-atp-around-the-post-winner-is-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1243","title":{"rendered":"Wide Ball ATP: Around-the-Post Winner Is Legal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"You need this insane atp shot! #pickleball \" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n4GtOsUsDBc?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 clears the myth on super-wide balls: you don\u2019t have to go back over the net. An around-the-post (ATP) shot that nullifies the net and lands in court is legal \u2014 and often a clean winner because opponents aren\u2019t ready for it.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re dragged wide, look for the ATP window instead of a desperate cross-net recovery.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ATP around the post is legal if it lands in<\/li>\n<li>Wide balls can be winners \u2014 don\u2019t force back over the net<\/li>\n<li>Catch opponents off guard when geometry opens the post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Feed wide balls and attempt 10 ATPs per side<\/li>\n<li>In rec games, call \u201cATP?\u201d once when dragged wide \u2014 build the look<\/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 clears the myth on super-wide balls: you don\u2019t have to go back over the net.<\/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":[373,3,200],"tags":[168,167,1151,1305],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attacks","category-kitchen","category-strategy","tag-around-the-post","tag-atp","tag-elite-pickleball-coaching","tag-winners"],"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\/1243","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=1243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/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=1243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}