{"id":1263,"date":"2026-10-31T05:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T05:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2026-10-31T05:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T05:02:17","slug":"pickleball-hips-assess-mobility-then-build-strength-around-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1263","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball Hips: Assess Mobility, Then Build Strength Around It"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Build Mobile, Powerful Hips for Pickleball\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wHpUQD98YzM?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>Selkirk TV\u2019s hip session targets the mobility and strength pickleball\u2019s lateral movement demands, taking pressure off knees and low back.<\/p>\n<p>Common complaints \u2014 stiffness, arthritis feel, gluteal\/side-hip pain \u2014 often improve when you balance flexibility and strength. Start with assessments you can also use as homework (e.g. hip circles beside a chair with level shoulders\/hips), then add strength so you\u2019re not just floppy-flexible. Mobility without support still leaves you exposed on court.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hip mobility + strength unload knees and low back for lateral play<\/li>\n<li>Assess with controlled hip circles \u2014 keep shoulders\/hips level<\/li>\n<li>Flexibility without strength is incomplete \u2014 train both<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Daily: 5 slow hip circles each leg beside a chair, shoulders level<\/li>\n<li>Add 2 hip-strength moves from the video after your next play session<\/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>Selkirk TV\u2019s hip session targets the mobility and strength pickleball\u2019s lateral movement demands, taking pressure off knees and low back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"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],"tags":[1326,1325,88,1266,793,1289],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","tag-fitness","tag-hips","tag-injury-prevention","tag-mobility","tag-selkirk","tag-strength"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04-overhead-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","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=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}