{"id":232,"date":"2026-09-24T01:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=232"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:36","slug":"dont-make-this-common-error-when-on-offense-in-pickleball-with-ben-johns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Make This Common Error When on Offense in Pickleball with Ben Johns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Don&amp;apos;t Make This Common Error When on Offense in Pickleball with Ben Johns\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7oL_RTROUmc?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<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Pickleball 360 with Ben Johns: a ball that works against a balanced opponent can become attackable when someone is moving quickly through transition without a split-step. The lesson is about recognizing that closing speed changes which \u2018safe\u2019 offensive shots stay safe \u2014 adjust height, depth, or selection when they\u2019re sprinting in.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Opponent closing hard changes shot safety<\/li>\n<li>Watch for no split-step while they rush NVZ<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t gift attackable height to a closing player<\/li>\n<li>Offense must adapt to their transition pace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner closes without split-step; practice safer offensive options<\/li>\n<li>Call \u2018closing\u2019 out loud before you choose the shot<\/li>\n<li>Film: which of your attacks got punished on the sprint-in?<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018if they\u2019re running, don\u2019t float it\u2019<\/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>Summary Pickleball 360 with Ben Johns: a ball that works against a balanced opponent can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732,"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":[388,200,20],"tags":[214,390,389,217,37],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-offense","category-strategy","category-transition","tag-ben-johns","tag-closing-to-kitchen","tag-offense-error","tag-pickleball-360","tag-transition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","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=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}