{"id":1303,"date":"2026-11-06T11:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:26","slug":"when-youre-targeted-every-point-dont-panic-use-cliffs-three-adjustments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1303","title":{"rendered":"When You\u2019re Targeted Every Point: Don\u2019t Panic \u2014 Use Cliff\u2019s Three Adjustments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Pickleball Doubles Strategy When You Are Getting Targeted Every Point\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c749nOTY_S8?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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Cliff Pickleball coaches the common doubles trap: one player eats 90% of the balls while the partner freezes out. Panicking into hero balls makes it worse.<\/p>\n<p>Stay patient, change shapes\/targets so the pressure redistributes, and get your partner involved instead of forcing every reply yourself.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Being targeted is a strategy problem, not just a hands problem<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t force \u2014 change the pattern so partner can help<\/li>\n<li>Patience beats panic when the ball diet is uneven<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In the next match you\u2019re targeted, pre-agree one escape pattern with your partner (lob \/ middle switch \/ stack tweak)<\/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>Cliff Pickleball coaches the common doubles trap: one player eats 90% of the balls while the partner freezes out. Panicking into hero balls makes it worse.<\/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":[391,205,200],"tags":[175,210,1360],"class_list":["post-1303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defense","category-doubles","category-strategy","tag-cliff-pickleball","tag-doubles-strategy","tag-targeted"],"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\/1303","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=1303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303\/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=1303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}