{"id":1287,"date":"2026-11-06T11:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:14","slug":"stop-getting-jammed-slide-two-handed-backhand-to-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1287","title":{"rendered":"Stop Getting Jammed: Slide Two-Handed Backhand to One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Getting Jammed on Backhands! Slide Two to One \ud83d\udca5\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gxowotHrgEc?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>Two-handed backhands struggle with balls into the body. Richard\u2019s fix is sliding two-to-one.<\/p>\n<p>Start the two-hander, then as the ball crowds you, release the off hand and extend with the dominant arm so you can cover the torso without getting jammed.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Body balls jam a static two-hander<\/li>\n<li>Release off-hand and extend dominant arm (two \u2192 one)<\/li>\n<li>Practice the slide before you need it in a match<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner feeds body balls; practice release-and-extend without a full swing first<\/li>\n<li>Add the slide into warm-up counters for 5 minutes<\/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>Two-handed backhands struggle with balls into the body. Richard\u2019s fix is sliding two-to-one.<\/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":[374,598,391],"tags":[319,100,165],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backhand","category-counters","category-defense","tag-body-ball","tag-richard-pickleball","tag-two-handed-backhand"],"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\/1287","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=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/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=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}