{"id":1258,"date":"2026-10-31T05:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T05:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2026-10-31T05:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T05:02:11","slug":"when-they-target-your-backhand-run-around-to-the-forehand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1258","title":{"rendered":"When They Target Your Backhand: Run Around to the Forehand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Deceptive Strategy if People Target your Backhand! #pickleballtips #pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bthvQ9bV-Kc?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 shares a deceptive kitchen pattern pros use when opponents keep targeting the backhand.<\/p>\n<p>Anticipate the pattern and run around to take it on the forehand. That change-up throws them off, opens attack angles, and leaves them unsure what\u2019s coming next. Don\u2019t just survive the backhand target \u2014 flip the look.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Anticipate repeated backhand targets at the kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Run around to the forehand to disrupt their pattern<\/li>\n<li>Use the new look to open attacks they aren\u2019t set for<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Kitchen: partner feeds 15 to your BH side; take at least 8 by running around FH<\/li>\n<li>Live games: note how often you break a BH-target pattern with a run-around<\/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 shares a deceptive kitchen pattern pros use when opponents keep targeting the backhand.<\/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":[373,2,3,200],"tags":[1015,366,77,61,1319,140],"class_list":["post-1258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attacks","category-footwork","category-kitchen","category-strategy","tag-backhand-target","tag-deception","tag-forehand","tag-kitchen","tag-run-around","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\/1258","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=1258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/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=1258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}