{"id":224,"date":"2026-09-18T01:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T01:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=224"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:46","slug":"why-tennis-players-struggle-at-pickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"Why Tennis Players STRUGGLE At Pickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Why Tennis Players STRUGGLE At Pickleball \ud83c\udfbe \ud83c\udfd3\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vbPslwFJkLw?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>Connor Garnett\u2019s 60-second transfer lesson: pickleball demands far more compact swings than artistic tennis takebacks, especially at the kitchen; there is no Isner-style serve free pass, so you still need balance and coordination for the rest of the point; and tennis shots are often telegraphed, while pickleball deception requires unlearning that. Useful for tennis converts and partners coaching them.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Compact swings &gt; tennis loops at the kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Serve does not win free points like big-serve tennis<\/li>\n<li>Unlearn telegraphed preparation for deception<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tennis converts: 10 minutes kitchen hands with \u201cno <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=200\">backswing past hip<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Serve+3 drill emphasizing movement after serve, not pace alone<\/li>\n<li>Disguise practice: same prep for dink vs speed-up<\/li>\n<li>Partners: use this short as shared language for transfer mistakes<\/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>Connor Garnett\u2019s 60-second transfer lesson: pickleball demands far more compact swings than artistic tennis takebacks,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729,"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":[2,21,7,200],"tags":[365,89,366,367,364,368],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-hands","category-serves","category-strategy","tag-compact-swings","tag-connor-garnett","tag-deception","tag-no-serve-advantage","tag-tennis-to-pickleball","tag-transfer-skills"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/01-doubles-at-the-net-over-shoulder-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224","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=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":836,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}