{"id":1343,"date":"2026-11-09T11:23:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2026-11-09T11:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:23:46","slug":"kitchen-momentum-fault-a-winning-volley-still-costs-the-point-if-you-fall-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1343","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Momentum Fault: A Winning Volley Still Costs the Point If You Fall In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"The Most CONFUSING Rule in Pickleball (Momentum at the Kitchen)\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6XCjBhUOIeY?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>Pickleball Daily covers the momentum-at-the-kitchen rule players often miss. You\u2019re not automatically safe just because you hit the ball outside the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>If your momentum from a volley carries you into the NVZ, it\u2019s still a fault \u2014 even if your opponents can\u2019t return the ball. Stay balanced, control your feet, and don\u2019t let a winning shot cost you the point.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Contacting outside the kitchen isn\u2019t enough if momentum carries you in<\/li>\n<li>A volley that wins the exchange is still a fault if you step or fall into the NVZ<\/li>\n<li>Balance and foot control matter as much as where you make contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Practice volleys from just outside the kitchen and freeze after contact \u2014 if you stumble in, it would be a fault<\/li>\n<li>On put-aways near the NVZ, shorten your step and stay balanced instead of chasing through<\/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>Pickleball Daily covers the momentum-at-the-kitchen rule players often miss. You\u2019re not automatically safe just because you hit the ball outside the kitchen.<\/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":[2,3],"tags":[1380,61,780,30,249,685],"class_list":["post-1343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-kitchen","tag-foot-fault","tag-kitchen","tag-momentum","tag-nvz","tag-pickleball-daily","tag-volley"],"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\/1343","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=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/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=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}