{"id":1337,"date":"2026-11-07T08:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2026-11-07T08:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:15:32","slug":"third-shot-drop-skip-down-the-line-drop-between-their-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1337","title":{"rendered":"Third-Shot Drop: Skip Down-the-Line \u2014 Drop Between Their Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Dropping Down the Line! Drop It Between His Feet\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RnX_m7A5fpc?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>Richard_pickleball\u2019s third-shot targeting tip: stop defaulting down the line.<\/p>\n<p>The net is higher DTL and the opponent can reach or Erne. If you want the player in front of you, drop between their feet \u2014 it jams them, takes away clean Erne distance and reach angles, and lets you follow the shot in with pressure.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>DTL drop = higher net + Erne\/reach risk<\/li>\n<li>Target between the front player\u2019s feet to jam<\/li>\n<li>Follow the drop in once they\u2019re jammed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>From the baseline, hit 20 drops aimed at a towel between a partner\u2019s feet at the kitchen<\/li>\n<li>In points, ban DTL thirds for one game \u2014 only middle\/feet targets<\/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>Richard_pickleball\u2019s third-shot targeting tip: stop defaulting down the line.<\/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":[4,200,6],"tags":[267,623,100,32],"class_list":["post-1337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drops","category-strategy","category-third-shot","tag-between-the-feet","tag-erne","tag-richard-pickleball","tag-third-shot-drop"],"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\/1337","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=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/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=1337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}