{"id":1330,"date":"2026-11-07T08:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2026-11-07T08:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:15:26","slug":"stop-reaching-on-dinks-get-behind-the-ball-so-legs-and-arms-place-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1330","title":{"rendered":"Stop Reaching on Dinks: Get Behind the Ball So Legs and Arms Place It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Reaching for Your Dinks #pickleballtips  #limitlesspickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XEs3zMELhIU?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\u2019s consistency fix for dinks is positional, not magical hands.<\/p>\n<p>When the ball floats and you have time, get behind it so the ball and paddle sit between your feet. Reaching out with wrist and elbow is hoping; being behind the ball lets legs and arms place it where you want.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Behind the ball &gt; reaching with wrist\/elbow<\/li>\n<li>Ball + paddle between your feet = placement control<\/li>\n<li>Use time on floaters to move your feet, not just your hands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner floats soft dinks; your only rule is \u201cfeet first \u2014 paddle between feet\u201d for 20 reps<\/li>\n<li>Count how many misses happen on reaches vs when you\u2019re set behind the 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>Limitless Pickleball\u2019s consistency fix for dinks is positional, not magical hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734,"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":[220,2,381],"tags":[68,272,12,767,1004],"class_list":["post-1330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinks","category-footwork","category-technique","tag-consistency","tag-dink","tag-footwork","tag-limitless-pickleball","tag-reach"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-lunging-volley-dark-background-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330","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=1330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}