{"id":135,"date":"2026-09-16T01:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T01:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=135"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:44","slug":"take-advantage-of-your-opponents-in-transition-like-this-in-pickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Take Advantage of Your Opponents&#8217; in Transition Like This in Pickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Take Advantage of Your Opponents&amp;apos; in Transition Like This in Pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vY9Z6m-DFRk?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<p>Ben Johns (via Pickleball 360) explains how to adjust when opponents rush through the transition zone toward the kitchen without using a <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=216\">split step<\/a> to plant. Placement becomes more important than raw pace against players who close aggressively without establishing position.<\/p>\n<p>Use the short to practice targeting feet\/body or forcing a tough volley while they are still moving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Action items:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Notice whether closers plant (split step) or just run through<\/li>\n<li>Prefer placement over pace when they are still moving<\/li>\n<li>Drill: feed third\/transition balls and punish non-planted approaches<\/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>Ben Johns (via Pickleball 360) explains how to adjust when opponents rush through the transition&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729,"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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,20],"tags":[214,217,215,170,15],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy","category-transition","tag-ben-johns","tag-pickleball-360","tag-shot-placement","tag-split-step","tag-transition-zone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","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=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":825,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}