{"id":1328,"date":"2026-11-07T08:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2026-11-07T08:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:15:24","slug":"stop-the-chicken-wing-elbow-in-front-paddle-out-over-the-nvz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1328","title":{"rendered":"Stop the Chicken Wing: Elbow In Front, Paddle Out Over the NVZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Why You Chicken Wing at the Net \ud83d\udc14 #pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0OXeFgixSzk?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>Limitless Pickleball explains why players chicken-wing at the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>A tucked elbow collapses the blocking space and forces awkward arm positions. Keep the elbow in front of the body and the paddle out over the non-volley zone so you control the ball instead of flailing. Better structure = cleaner volleys and fewer chicken-wing pops.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tucked elbow causes the chicken wing<\/li>\n<li>Elbow in front + paddle out over the NVZ<\/li>\n<li>Structure at the kitchen beats reaching from a collapsed arm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shadow kitchen blocks with a partner checking that your elbow stays in front of your torso<\/li>\n<li>Film 10 kitchen volleys; mark any with elbow tucked to the ribs<\/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>Limitless Pickleball explains why players chicken-wing at the kitchen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728,"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":[3,381,192],"tags":[324,1176,61,767,685],"class_list":["post-1328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen","category-technique","category-volleys","tag-chicken-wing","tag-elbow","tag-kitchen","tag-limitless-pickleball","tag-volley"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/02-kitchen-line-through-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328","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=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}