{"id":246,"date":"2026-09-24T01:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:48","slug":"your-ready-position-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"Your Ready Position Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Your Ready Position Matters\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/78RD_elsIJQ?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>Kyle Koszuta (ThatPickleballGuy) reminds players that <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=764\">ready position<\/a> is not optional fluff. If the paddle is down or you\u2019re flat-footed when they contact, every exchange starts late. Athletic base + paddle up is what makes counters, blocks, and poaches possible in the tiny window at the kitchen.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Paddle up before their strike<\/li>\n<li>Athletic base, not locked knees<\/li>\n<li>Ready is continuous between balls<\/li>\n<li>Late ready = late hands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Between every dink, reset to ready on a verbal cue<\/li>\n<li>Mirror drill: partner holds ball; you must be ready before toss<\/li>\n<li>Film kitchen rallies; mark frames where paddle is down<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018paddle first, then feet\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 Kyle Koszuta (ThatPickleballGuy) reminds players that ready position is not optional fluff. If the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737,"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":[2,3,192],"tags":[431,63,47,430,62],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-kitchen","category-volleys","tag-kitchen-posture","tag-kyle-koszuta","tag-ready-position","tag-split-ready","tag-thatpickleballguy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","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=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}