{"id":187,"date":"2026-09-17T01:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=187"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:21","slug":"stop-hitting-100-when-nervous-keep-it-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"Stop Hitting 100% When Nervous! Keep It In!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Hitting 100% When Nervous! Keep It In! #pickelball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mU0EEgMHdbQ?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 on nervous big points: the miss pattern is trying to hit <strong>100 mph<\/strong> when it matters. When hitting drives, start around <strong>50 or 60% power<\/strong>. Yes, you can hit harder \u2014 but the point of the lower gear is getting more balls in through consistency. Opening at max effort under adrenaline is how you lose the point you were trying to \u201cgo for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is mental + pace management more than a new stroke. Use it on game point, match point, or any moment you feel the urge to overhit. It pairs directly with <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=189\">Effortless Power Explained!<\/a> (bike gears \/ rotate, don\u2019t arm). Common mistake addressed: equating \u201cimportant point\u201d with \u201cmaximum swing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nervous points tempt 100% swings \u2014 that\u2019s the miss<\/li>\n<li>Start drives ~50\u201360% to keep more balls in<\/li>\n<li>You can always add pace later; you can\u2019t un-miss a spray<\/li>\n<li>Consistency at lower pace beats forced winners<\/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 on nervous big points: the miss pattern is trying to hit 100 mph&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736,"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":[5,200],"tags":[292,294,68,293,291,76],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drives","category-strategy","tag-50-60-power","tag-big-points","tag-consistency","tag-drives","tag-nerves","tag-universal-rackets"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/08-forehand-drive-sunlight-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187","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=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":534,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}