{"id":266,"date":"2026-09-24T01:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:58","slug":"never-missed-a-lob-after-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"Never Missed a Lob After This\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Never Missed a Lob After This\u2026\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6-ZH_iQz-BU?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>Cliff Pickleball\u2019s lob-fix short: consistent overheads\/lob replies come from early tracking and getting under the ball. Late feet force arm saves. Make the first move with the feet; keep the contact simple once you\u2019re there.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Early track and turn<\/li>\n<li>Feet under the ball<\/li>\n<li>Simple high contact<\/li>\n<li>Late feet cause most misses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner random lobs; first step cross-over emphasis<\/li>\n<li>No swing until feet set<\/li>\n<li>Count \u2018set\u2019 out loud before contact<\/li>\n<li>Film footwork on missed overheads<\/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 Cliff Pickleball\u2019s lob-fix short: consistent overheads\/lob replies come from early tracking and getting under&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"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":[2,420],"tags":[175,172,161,483],"class_list":["post-266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-lobs","tag-cliff-pickleball","tag-lob-defense","tag-overhead","tag-track-the-lob"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04-overhead-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266","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=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions\/592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}