{"id":1280,"date":"2026-11-06T11:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:09","slug":"fix-late-contact-go-to-the-ball-contact-fully-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1280","title":{"rendered":"Fix Late Contact: Go to the Ball, Contact Fully Extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"How to: Fix Late Contact #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M7diT89a2sU?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>Late contact lets the ball jam you and sail long. Universal Rackets\u2019 cue is to go to the ball and meet it so far out front you almost feel like you\u2019ll miss it.<\/p>\n<p>Extend the non-dominant hand as a guide \u2014 where you would catch the ball with a straight arm is where the paddle should meet it. A tiny bit earlier changes the entire shot.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the ball \u2014 don\u2019t let it come to you<\/li>\n<li>Contact with the arm fully extended out front<\/li>\n<li>Non-dominant hand is your GPS to the contact point<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Soft-feed drill: catch 15 balls with the off-hand fully extended, then hit from that same spot<\/li>\n<li>If you miss long, ask first: was contact late?<\/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>Late contact lets the ball jam you and sail long. Universal Rackets\u2019 cue is to go to the ball and meet it so far out front you almost feel like you\u2019ll miss it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"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":[407,2,381],"tags":[103,1347,76],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contact","category-footwork","category-technique","tag-contact-point","tag-late-contact","tag-universal-rackets"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04-overhead-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280","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=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}