{"id":202,"date":"2026-09-18T01:29:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T01:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:26","slug":"quick-fix-backhand-counter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"Quick Fix Backhand Counter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Quick Fix Backhand Counter\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8QsqdKio-7c?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>All Things Pickleball diagnoses BH counters that die in the net as a prep problem: players close the paddle face early and swing high-to-low on balls that are above the tape but below chest height. A closed face on a downward path has nowhere to go but the net.<\/p>\n<p>The quick fix is to prep with the face <em>slightly open<\/em>, then swing low-to-high \/ brush up so the ball clears while topspin still comes from swing path \u2014 not from slamming a closed face. Reframe the counter as \u201cup,\u201d not \u201cdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Closed face + downward path = automatic net<\/li>\n<li>Prep slightly open on mid-height BH counters<\/li>\n<li>Swing low-to-high; topspin from path<\/li>\n<li>Counter <em>up<\/em> instead of chopping down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner feeds mid-height BH attacks; start every rep face-open<\/li>\n<li>Call-out drill: partner yells \u201copen!\u201d if face closes early<\/li>\n<li>Wall: 30 BH counters focusing only on low-to-high brush<\/li>\n<li>Film paddle face at contact \u2014 should not be fully closed<\/li>\n<li>Next session: 10 minutes \u201ccounter up only\u201d rule<\/li>\n<li>Send short to doubles partner and practice together once<\/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>All Things Pickleball diagnoses BH counters that die in the net as a prep problem:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730,"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":[21,3,18,1,192],"tags":[234,40,316,287,101,317],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-resets","category-uncategorized","category-volleys","tag-all-things-pickleball","tag-backhand-counter","tag-kitchen-counter","tag-low-to-high","tag-open-paddle-face","tag-topspin-path"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","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=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}