{"id":264,"date":"2026-09-24T01:26:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=264"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:57","slug":"the-difference-between-pros-vs-regular-players-%f0%9f%8f%93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"The DIFFERENCE Between Pros Vs Regular Players &#x1f3d3;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"The DIFFERENCE Between Pros Vs Regular Players \ud83c\udfd3\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R0taqAiUREU?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>Connor Garnett contrasts pros and regular players: the gap is often what they choose and how early they prepare, not mystical athleticism alone. Watch for cleaner selection (when to speed up, when to reset) and earlier ready positions on the same looking balls.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Selection gap &gt; swing gap<\/li>\n<li>Pros prepare earlier<\/li>\n<li>Same ball, different choice<\/li>\n<li>Steal decisions, then mechanics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch one pro point; write every decision<\/li>\n<li>In games: pause one beat before speed-ups<\/li>\n<li>Track unforced attacks on low balls<\/li>\n<li>One rule: reset anything below net height<\/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 Connor Garnett contrasts pros and regular players: the gap is often what they choose&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730,"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":[3,200],"tags":[89,257,480,481],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen","category-strategy","tag-connor-garnett","tag-decision-making","tag-pros-vs-rec","tag-shot-selection"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/03-low-dink-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","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=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}