{"id":237,"date":"2026-09-24T01:25:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:48","slug":"stop-netting-master-the-follow-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Stop Netting &#038; Master the Follow Through!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Netting &amp; Master the Follow Through! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ApknAHHR7vA?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>Universal Rackets tip: stop <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=368\">dumping balls into the net<\/a> by mastering the follow-through. Cutting the swing short at contact leaves the face unstable and drops the ball early. Extend through the intended target so the paddle path stays long enough to clear the tape with margin.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Short follow-through = more nets<\/li>\n<li>Finish through the target, not at contact<\/li>\n<li>Face stability improves with a longer path<\/li>\n<li>Fix swing finish before blaming the paddle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shadow swings: exaggerate finish past contact 20 reps<\/li>\n<li>Feed mid-pace drives; only count balls with full finish<\/li>\n<li>Film: does the paddle stop at contact or continue?<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018finish past the ball\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 Universal Rackets tip: stop dumping balls into the net by mastering the follow-through. Cutting&#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":[407,5,381],"tags":[408,409,288,76],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contact","category-drives","category-technique","tag-follow-through","tag-netting","tag-swing-path","tag-universal-rackets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","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=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":842,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/842"}],"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=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}