{"id":1311,"date":"2026-11-06T11:42:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:42:32","slug":"order-every-shot-on-balance-%e2%86%92-react-%e2%86%92-decide-%e2%86%92-execute-%e2%86%92-recover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1311","title":{"rendered":"ORDER Every Shot: On-Balance \u2192 React \u2192 Decide \u2192 Execute \u2192 Recover"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"What Smart Players Do on Every Shot\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lnDn9PciXgE?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>John Cincola\u2019s ORDER roadmap puts a pro-style process on every ball: On-balance (split-step, paddle ready) as they contact, React with efficient footwork, Decide the shot, Execute, Recover so you can repeat.<\/p>\n<p>Even the non-hitter should react by improving position or balancing the partner\u2019s move.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>On-balance before their contact<\/li>\n<li>React \u2192 Decide \u2192 Execute \u2192 Recover every cycle<\/li>\n<li>Off-ball partner still reacts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Say ORDER steps under your breath for one practice game<\/li>\n<li>Freeze after each shot and check recovery before the next ball<\/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>John Cincola\u2019s ORDER roadmap puts a pro-style process on every ball: On-balance (split-step, paddle ready) as they contact, React with efficient footwork, Decide the shot, Execute, Recover so you can repeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737,"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":[200],"tags":[169,1365,176,1366],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy","tag-john-cincola","tag-order","tag-patterns","tag-process"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/09-ready-position-closeup-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","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=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}