{"id":1300,"date":"2026-11-06T11:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:24","slug":"sword-and-shield-counters-bh-shield-on-body-fh-sword-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1300","title":{"rendered":"Sword and Shield Counters: BH Shield on Body, FH Sword Outside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Improve your counters in pickleball using the sword and shield #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dxs0y6xXIB0?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>The Prince of Pickleball\u2019s sword-and-shield rule fixes wrong-side counters. Ball into the body \u2192 backhand shield. Ball outside \u2192 forehand sword.<\/p>\n<p>Matching wing to location stops the late, awkward counters that get you bagged.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Body \u2192 backhand shield<\/li>\n<li>Outside \u2192 forehand sword<\/li>\n<li>Wrong wing is why late counters fail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner calls \u201cbody\u201d or \u201cwide\u201d before each drive; you must use the matching wing<\/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>The Prince of Pickleball\u2019s sword-and-shield rule fixes wrong-side counters. Ball into the body \u2192 backhand shield.<\/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":[598,391,21],"tags":[614,230,1357],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-counters","category-defense","category-hands","tag-counters","tag-prince-of-pickleball","tag-sword-and-shield"],"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\/1300","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=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/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=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}