{"id":1264,"date":"2026-11-06T11:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:41:22","slug":"3-serve-targets-backhand-short-wide-switch-and-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1264","title":{"rendered":"3 Serve Targets: Backhand, Short-Wide Switch, and Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Serving It Right to Them! 3 Serve Targets \ud83c\udfaf\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bI3VhD6cO84?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>Richard Pickleball\u2019s short is a three-target serve checklist so you stop feeding a comfortable return.<\/p>\n<p>Serve to their backhand if they don\u2019t have a two-handed backhand \u2014 one-handers often give a weaker return you can attack. Serve short and wide when they have to switch hands or sides. If their footwork is shaky, serve right at the body to jam them. Pick the target before you bounce the ball so every serve has a reason.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Backhand target when they lack a two-handed backhand<\/li>\n<li>Short and wide when a switch is forced<\/li>\n<li>Body serve to punish poor footwork \u2014 plan the target before contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In warm-up serves, call the target out loud (BH \/ short-wide \/ body) before every ball<\/li>\n<li>Track which target produces the weakest return over 15 serves<\/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>Richard Pickleball\u2019s short is a three-target serve checklist so you stop feeding a comfortable return.<\/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":[7,200],"tags":[1327,852,100,851,1328,253],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serves","category-strategy","tag-backhand-serve","tag-body-serve","tag-richard-pickleball","tag-serve-targets","tag-short-wide","tag-strategy"],"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\/1264","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=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/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=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}