{"id":1268,"date":"2026-11-06T11:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:41:25","slug":"drive-power-trick-load-the-body-behind-the-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1268","title":{"rendered":"Drive Power Trick: Load the Body Behind the Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Try this trick to get more power on your drives!\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/swiL6WQszAs?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>Athena\u2019s short cues a power trick for drives: get more pace by using the body behind the swing, not an arm-only slap.<\/p>\n<p>Load the legs and rotate the torso so the paddle finishes the chain. Treat practice drives as body-first swings \u2014 contact is the end of rotation, not a wrist flick for pace.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Drive power comes from body load and rotation, not arm-only pace<\/li>\n<li>Paddle is the last link in the chain<\/li>\n<li>Cue every rep: body first, contact second<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hit 20 FH drives with a brief pause at a loaded hip\/shoulder before swinging<\/li>\n<li>Compare 10 arm-only vs 10 body-driven contacts for depth and sound<\/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>Athena\u2019s short cues a power trick for drives: get more pace by using the body behind the swing, not an arm-only slap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736,"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":[5,566,381],"tags":[300,1314,293,134],"class_list":["post-1268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drives","category-power","category-technique","tag-athena-pickleball","tag-body-rotation","tag-drives","tag-power"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/08-forehand-drive-sunlight-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268","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=1268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}