{"id":1270,"date":"2026-11-06T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:41:26","slug":"stop-blasting-counters-long-keep-backhand-counters-short-and-compact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1270","title":{"rendered":"Stop Blasting Counters Long: Keep Backhand Counters Short and Compact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop blasting backhands out\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x839vd4YxAA?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>Elite Pickleball Coaching\u2019s cue is simple: stop taking huge swings on counters \u2014 that\u2019s why they sail.<\/p>\n<p>Keep counters short and compact in front of the body so you recover for the next ball. Compact contact beats a big rip when the exchange is already fast.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Huge counter swings cause long misses<\/li>\n<li>Short, compact contact in front of the body<\/li>\n<li>Stay ready for the next ball \u2014 counters are links, not winners every time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hands-battle feeds: 20 BH counters with a one-foot swing arc max<\/li>\n<li>Partner speeds up; you only win the rep if you\u2019re set for ball two<\/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>Elite Pickleball Coaching\u2019s cue is simple: stop taking huge swings on counters \u2014 that\u2019s why they sail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730,"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":[598,391,3,381],"tags":[724,139,614,1151,86],"class_list":["post-1270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-counters","category-defense","category-kitchen","category-technique","tag-backhand","tag-compact-swing","tag-counters","tag-elite-pickleball-coaching","tag-hands-battle"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/03-low-dink-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270","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=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}