{"id":220,"date":"2026-09-18T01:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T01:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=220"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:32","slug":"1-reason-your-serves-float-high-in-pickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"#1 Reason Your Serves Float High in Pickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"#1 Reason Your Serves Float High in Pickleball #pickleball #pickle #pickleballstrategy #coaching\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ZEUdJlzLx4?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>Preston\u2019s Playbook pins floating serves on the non-dominant hand: holding the ball high and away means the paddle meets the <em>underside<\/em> and scoops skyward. Fix: hold the ball as low as possible and in line with the lead leg. Treat that hand like a <strong>golf tee that never moves<\/strong> \u2014 paddle goes back, hand stays, contact finds the back of the ball and pushes forward. The common chain is extending the toss hand forward\/up as the paddle comes through, lengthening the path into underside contact.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>High\/away toss hand \u2192 underside contact \u2192 float<\/li>\n<li>Hold low, lined with lead leg<\/li>\n<li>Non-dominant hand = immobile golf tee<\/li>\n<li>Contact the back of the ball; push forward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>20 serves with \u201ctee never moves\u201d verbal cue<\/li>\n<li>Film toss hand \u2014 flag any upward drift before contact<\/li>\n<li>Mark a low hold height on thigh with tape as a feel target<\/li>\n<li>Track float % before\/after in a box of 30 serves<\/li>\n<li>If floats return, check whether toss hand is chasing the paddle forward<\/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>Preston\u2019s Playbook pins floating serves on the non-dominant hand: holding the ball high and away&#8230;<\/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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[103,357,356,359,360,358],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serves","tag-contact-point","tag-floating-serve","tag-golf-tee-cue","tag-prestons-playbook","tag-serve-mechanics","tag-serve-toss"],"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\/220","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=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":550,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/550"}],"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=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}