{"id":263,"date":"2026-09-24T01:26:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=263"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:56","slug":"do-this-trick-to-survive-overheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=263","title":{"rendered":"Do This Trick To Survive overheads!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Do This Trick To Survive overheads! #pickleball #pickleballtips s\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_KYEI5UwuEQ?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>tanner.pickleball\u2019s overhead-survival trick: when the lob is coming, prioritize early high paddle and a controlled block\/redirect rather than a panic swing. Surviving the first overhead keeps you in the point; hero counters often end it for them.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Paddle up early on lob recognition<\/li>\n<li>Block\/absorb first; counter second<\/li>\n<li>Footwork under the ball<\/li>\n<li>Panic swings feed putaways<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner lob \u2192 overhead; you only block 15 reps<\/li>\n<li>Call \u2018lob\u2019 the instant you see it<\/li>\n<li>Practice turn and run recovery after block<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018up and soft\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 tanner.pickleball\u2019s overhead-survival trick: when the lob is coming, prioritize early high paddle and a&#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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,420],"tags":[479,172,328,325],"class_list":["post-263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-lobs","tag-block-overhead","tag-lob-defense","tag-overhead-defense","tag-tanner-pickleball-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263","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=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":589,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions\/589"}],"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=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}