{"id":1291,"date":"2026-11-06T11:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:17","slug":"fix-late-counters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1291","title":{"rendered":"Fix Late Counters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"How to fix LATE counters\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1rELCV-2CPU?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>Ed Ju\u2019s short targets late counters \u2014 the ones you swing after the ball has already crowded you.<\/p>\n<p>Get the paddle ready earlier and take the counter out front so you\u2019re not reacting from behind the bounce.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Late counters start from a late ready position<\/li>\n<li>Meet the ball out front<\/li>\n<li>Prepare the paddle before the drive leaves their strings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner drive feeds: freeze in ready position before every counter<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019re late, shorten the swing before you add pace<\/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>Ed Ju\u2019s short targets late counters \u2014 the ones you swing after the ball has already crowded you.<\/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":[598,391,21],"tags":[614,350,504,1347],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-counters","category-defense","category-hands","tag-counters","tag-ed-ju","tag-hands","tag-late-contact"],"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\/1291","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=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/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=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}