{"id":236,"date":"2026-09-24T01:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=236"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:39","slug":"how-to-decide-between-open-stance-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=236","title":{"rendered":"How to Decide Between Open Stance &#038; Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"How to Decide Between Open Stance &amp; Closed \ud83e\udd14 #pickleball #pickleballserve #propickleball #coaching\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wXdVaYa0yaQ?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>Preston\u2019s Playbook coaching short on deciding between open and closed stance (serve context from tags). Open stance often frees hip rotation and shape; closed can feel more stable and repeatable. The skill is matching stance to the serve you want today \u2014 depth, spin, or consistency \u2014 instead of locking one stance forever.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stance is a choice, not a personality trait<\/li>\n<li>Open often helps rotation\/shape; closed helps stability<\/li>\n<li>Pick stance for the serve goal (pace vs consistency)<\/li>\n<li>Practice both so match pressure doesn\u2019t freeze you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>10 open + 10 closed serves; score depth and faults<\/li>\n<li>Match: pre-commit stance before each serve game<\/li>\n<li>Film contact height and balance for each stance<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018stance matches the serve I want\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 Preston\u2019s Playbook coaching short on deciding between open and closed stance (serve context from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"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":[7,404,381],"tags":[405,125,359,406],"class_list":["post-236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serves","category-stance","category-technique","tag-closed-stance","tag-open-stance","tag-prestons-playbook","tag-serve"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04-overhead-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236","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=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":562,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions\/562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}