{"id":143,"date":"2026-09-16T01:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T01:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:06","slug":"use-these-3-tips-never-pop-up-dinks-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"Use These 3 Tips &#038; Never Pop Up Dinks Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Use These 3 Tips &amp; Never Pop Up Dinks Again\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jps_sOAhv90?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>Universal Rackets lists three anti-popup checks: grip so the face is not aimed upward, push\/kiss the ball instead of swinging, and contact out in front (take it in the air or move your feet) \u2014 not jammed off the bounce into the body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Action items:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Look down at grip: face not tilted up<\/li>\n<li>Cue &#8220;push, don&#8217;t hit&#8221; on soft kitchen balls<\/li>\n<li>Prefer out-front contact; move feet rather than reach late<\/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 lists three anti-popup checks: grip so the face is not aimed upward, push\/kiss&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,18],"tags":[103,224,93,107,76],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinks","category-resets","tag-contact-point","tag-dink-popups","tag-grip","tag-soft-hands","tag-universal-rackets"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/02-kitchen-line-through-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","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=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}