{"id":1359,"date":"2026-11-09T11:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2026-11-09T11:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T11:24:54","slug":"more-power-from-the-kinetic-chain-sequence-ground-to-wrist-and-stay-loose-like-a-whip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=1359","title":{"rendered":"More Power From the Kinetic Chain: Sequence Ground-to-Wrist and Stay Loose Like a Whip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Use your KINETIC CHAIN for more power.\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/08t5qz-Tw0k?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>Coach Jess (Athena Pickleball) says more power doesn\u2019t have to mean swinging harder \u2014 you may just be getting in your own way. Think of a whip: there isn\u2019t much energy in the handle at the start, but by the crack at the end the energy has transferred all the way through.<\/p>\n<p>The body works the same way. You push into the ground and the energy transfers from the leg up through the hip, through the core, through the shoulder, out through the arm, and finally the wrist. Two things maximize that chain: sequencing (each part builds on the one before it) and looseness, so the energy can actually move. If you muscle the ball from the shoulder, you work too hard and lose power. Sequencing and looseness \u2014 your body is a whip.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Energy travels ground \u2192 leg \u2192 hip \u2192 core \u2192 shoulder \u2192 arm \u2192 wrist<\/li>\n<li>Sequencing matters: each body part builds speed off the one before it<\/li>\n<li>Stay loose so the energy can transfer; muscling from the shoulder costs power<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shadow 10 swings feeling the sequence start from a push into the ground, not from the shoulder<\/li>\n<li>Hit 15 drives trying to stay looser in the shoulder and arm, and notice whether the ball still has pace<\/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>Coach Jess (Athena Pickleball) says more power doesn\u2019t have to mean swinging harder \u2014 you may just be getting in your own way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732,"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":[5,566,381],"tags":[300,301,298,1386,134,1385],"class_list":["post-1359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drives","category-power","category-technique","tag-athena-pickleball","tag-coach-jess","tag-kinetic-chain","tag-looseness","tag-power","tag-sequencing"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/05-rec-doubles-outdoor-court-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359","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=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}