{"id":1267,"date":"2026-11-06T11:41:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:41:24","slug":"stop-popping-dinks-feet-first-weight-on-toes-outside-foot-behind-the-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1267","title":{"rendered":"Stop Popping Dinks: Feet First, Weight on Toes, Outside Foot Behind the Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"11 Reasons You Pop The Ball Up (And The Fix For Each) #Shorts\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NJCwTmzExJU?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>This Universal Rackets short targets the classic pop-up: flat feet and reaching for dinks. Beginner \u201cweight in the heels \/ don\u2019t move\u201d is a starting cage \u2014 once you\u2019re not falling into the kitchen on volleys, graduate to light feet on the toes.<\/p>\n<p>Sequence is feet then hands, not hands then feet. Get the outside foot behind the ball so you can push forward instead of lifting up. Drill 1: two-hand catch-and-throw with a partner to force footwork without a paddle reach. Drill 2: constrained paddle hold that blocks reaching so the feet have to arrive. High floaters after that? Blame feet, not the paddle face.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Light feet on the toes beat heel-planted reaching<\/li>\n<li>Feet then hands \u2014 outside foot behind the ball to hit forward<\/li>\n<li>Floating dinks are usually footwork, not a paddle problem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2 minutes: two-hand catch-and-throw across the kitchen \u2014 no paddle<\/li>\n<li>Then 30 constrained dinks (no-reach grip) focusing on outside-foot arrival<\/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>This Universal Rackets short targets the classic pop-up: flat feet and reaching for dinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734,"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":[220,2,3,381],"tags":[1332,730,12,1331,436,76],"class_list":["post-1267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinks","category-footwork","category-kitchen","category-technique","tag-catch-drill","tag-dinks","tag-footwork","tag-light-feet","tag-pop-up-2","tag-universal-rackets"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-lunging-volley-dark-background-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267","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=1267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}