{"id":245,"date":"2026-09-24T01:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:48","slug":"the-secret-to-a-better-counter-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"The secret to a better counter-attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"The secret to a better counter-attack\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/omH-CLgsdkc?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>Briones Pickleball Breakdown\u2019s counter-attack secret emphasizes setup over hero swings. A <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=275\">better counter<\/a> comes from being ready early with the paddle up, taking a short path to contact, and redirecting their pace instead of manufacturing a big swing under time pressure.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=139\">Ready paddle<\/a> before their contact<\/li>\n<li>Compact path beats a big loop<\/li>\n<li>Use their pace; redirect angles<\/li>\n<li>First touch quality &gt; smash ambition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Kitchen speed-ups; only counters with paddle pre-set<\/li>\n<li>Film: pause at opponent contact \u2014 is your paddle ready?<\/li>\n<li>10 minutes \u2018redirect only\u2019 (no added power)<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018ready \u2192 short \u2192 redirect\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 Briones Pickleball Breakdown\u2019s counter-attack secret emphasizes setup over hero swings. A better counter comes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728,"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":[21,3,192],"tags":[428,429,427,86],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-volleys","tag-briones-pickleball-breakdown","tag-compact-counter","tag-counter-attack","tag-hands-battle"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/02-kitchen-line-through-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","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=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":844,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions\/844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}