{"id":1281,"date":"2026-11-06T11:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:09","slug":"perfect-slice-carry-through-forward-dont-chop-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1281","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Slice: Carry Through Forward \u2014 Don\u2019t Chop Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Carry through the ball for a perfect slice #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HW_z665-H2Q?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>Players chop down on slices because they copy tennis highlight reels. Universal Rackets wants a full forward finish through the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Open the face, point it at the target, and drive the paddle through until the motion completes. Forward path beats a steep top-to-bottom chop for a reliable pickleball slice.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hit forward through the ball, not steeply downward<\/li>\n<li>Full finish \u2014 carry until the motion completes<\/li>\n<li>Open face aimed at the target<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shadow 10 slices focusing only on finishing past the contact point<\/li>\n<li>Kneeling slice feeds to keep the path forward and body sideways<\/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>Players chop down on slices because they copy tennis highlight reels. Universal Rackets wants a full forward finish through the ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737,"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":[374,381],"tags":[724,163,288,76],"class_list":["post-1281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backhand","category-technique","tag-backhand","tag-slice","tag-swing-path","tag-universal-rackets"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/09-ready-position-closeup-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281","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=1281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}