{"id":1358,"date":"2026-11-09T11:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2026-11-09T11:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:24:52","slug":"serve-in-three-steps-paddle-back-drop-follow-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1358","title":{"rendered":"Serve in Three Steps: Paddle Back, Drop, Follow Through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"The Pickleball Serve In 3 Steps #Shorts\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RVc9F_R0QQs?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>Universal Rackets breaks the whole serve into three steps: paddle back, drop, and follow through (finish). The on-court cue is \u201cback, drop, follow through\u201d \u2014 then \u201cback, drop, hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The question to ask yourself is which step you rush. Keep the sequence complete rather than collapsing the drop or cutting off the finish.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Three steps: paddle back, drop, follow through<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t rush a step \u2014 a rushed drop or a cut-off finish is what breaks the serve<\/li>\n<li>Think \u201cback, drop, hit\u201d as one complete sequence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Film 8 serves and mark which of the three steps you rush<\/li>\n<li>Hit 15 serves saying \u201cback, drop, finish\u201d on each one<\/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>Universal Rackets breaks the whole serve into three steps: paddle back, drop, and follow through (finish). The on-court cue is \u201cback, drop, follow through\u201d \u2014 then \u201cback, drop, hit.\u201d<\/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":[7,381],"tags":[408,406,1234,76],"class_list":["post-1358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serves","category-technique","tag-follow-through","tag-serve","tag-toss","tag-universal-rackets"],"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\/1358","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=1358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358\/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=1358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}