{"id":1282,"date":"2026-11-06T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:11","slug":"overhead-like-a-pro-throw-path-deep-bounce-use-angles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1282","title":{"rendered":"Overhead Like a Pro: Throw Path, Deep Bounce, Use Angles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Learn to Overhead Smash like a PRO! #pickleballtips #pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6sbpUedXQa8?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>Tanner\u2019s 60-second overhead checklist fixes power and depth. Starting with the paddle already up kills the whip \u2014 load it behind the head like a throw and extend through.<\/p>\n<p>Aim for a bounce near the baseline (about three feet), not a shallow kitchen bounce they can dig. If the ball isn\u2019t a perfect putaway height, pull them off the court with angle for an easier next ball.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Load behind the head like a baseball throw for whip<\/li>\n<li>Deep bounce near the baseline, not shallow<\/li>\n<li>Imperfect height \u2192 angle them off the court<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lob feeds: 10 overheads aiming bounce inside the last three feet<\/li>\n<li>Alternate deep putaway vs angled short when the lob is lower<\/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>Tanner\u2019s 60-second overhead checklist fixes power and depth. Starting with the paddle already up kills the whip \u2014 load it behind the head like a throw and extend through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729,"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":[388],"tags":[161,544,1348,140],"class_list":["post-1282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-offense","tag-overhead","tag-putaway","tag-smash","tag-tanner"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/01-doubles-at-the-net-over-shoulder-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282","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=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}