{"id":238,"date":"2026-09-24T01:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:40","slug":"stop-popping-the-ball-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Stop popping the ball up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop popping the ball up! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q4S_xDoDnzk?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 short on stopping pop-ups. Most floaters come from scooping under the ball or an open face at contact. Tighten the contact window: meet the ball more out front with a quieter face angle so pace stays down and the ball doesn\u2019t sit up for their attack.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pop-ups = too much under \/ open face<\/li>\n<li>Meet the ball out front with a quieter face<\/li>\n<li>Drive through a flatter window on soft balls<\/li>\n<li>Fix contact first, not just \u2018hit softer\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner soft feeds; call \u2018under\u2019 when you scoop<\/li>\n<li>Wall: 30 soft contacts with no float above shoulder height<\/li>\n<li>Film face angle at contact on pop-ups<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018less scoop, more through\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 short on stopping pop-ups. Most floaters come from scooping under the ball&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734,"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":[392,18,381],"tags":[281,41,410,76],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinking","category-resets","category-technique","tag-contact-height","tag-paddle-face","tag-pop-ups","tag-universal-rackets"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/07-lunging-volley-dark-background-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","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=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}