{"id":1269,"date":"2026-11-06T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:41:26","slug":"blocking-level-2-redirect-pace-to-center-sideline-and-their-backhand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1269","title":{"rendered":"Blocking Level 2: Redirect Pace to Center, Sideline, and Their Backhand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Become a blocking machine (Level 2\/4)\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tQaXjNQGVhs?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>Pickleball Kitchen\u2019s Level 2 builds on Level 1 blocking: once you can absorb pace, learn to redirect it and turn the tables on bangers.<\/p>\n<p>Point the paddle face where you want the ball \u2014 center line or sideline \u2014 instead of random soft blocks. Aim feet and sides; getting the ball onto their backhand often kills the next drive because many players lack a BH drive. The more your redirect forces them to move, the faster you flip from defending to dictating.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Master the basic block before redirecting pace<\/li>\n<li>Point the face to a target (center\/sideline\/feet) \u2014 don\u2019t block randomly<\/li>\n<li>Prefer their backhand; redirects that make them move win the exchange<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner drives; you only count redirects that land center or wide BH<\/li>\n<li>Film 10 blocks \u2014 mark face-aim vs panic soft blocks<\/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>Pickleball Kitchen\u2019s Level 2 builds on Level 1 blocking: once you can absorb pace, learn to redirect it and turn the tables on bangers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728,"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":[391,3,200],"tags":[724,610,27,1045,896,114],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defense","category-kitchen","category-strategy","tag-backhand","tag-blocking","tag-kitchen-defense","tag-pace","tag-pickleball-kitchen","tag-redirect"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/02-kitchen-line-through-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269","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=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}