{"id":272,"date":"2026-09-24T01:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=272"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:49","slug":"if-i-were-your-coach-5-drills-to-break-through-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=272","title":{"rendered":"If I Were Your Coach: 5 Drills to Break Through 4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"If I Were Your Coach: 5 Drills to Break Through 4.0\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZlIA7DmNPE?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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Cam Luhring\u2019s \u2018If I Were Your Coach\u2019 gives 4.0 players five focus skills: a reliable aggressive backhand drive, topspin forehand <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=358\">third-shot drop<\/a> for shape into the kitchen, resets to neutralize pressure in transition, smarter speed-up selection, and the remaining drill focus from the video. Treat them as a curriculum, not one-off tips.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>BH drive you can trust<\/li>\n<li>Topspin FH third for shape<\/li>\n<li>Resets through transition<\/li>\n<li>Speed-up selection discipline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Week plan: one skill per session<\/li>\n<li>Measurable: BH drive in % to a target<\/li>\n<li>Thirds: only topspin FH drops for 15 min<\/li>\n<li>Games: pre-declare speed-up rules<\/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 Cam Luhring\u2019s \u2018If I Were Your Coach\u2019 gives 4.0 players five focus skills: a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732,"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":[5,18,200,6],"tags":[498,242,183,184,424,499],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drives","category-resets","category-strategy","category-third-shot","tag-4-0-breakthrough","tag-backhand-drive","tag-cam-luhring","tag-drills","tag-resets","tag-topspin-drop"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/05-rec-doubles-outdoor-court-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","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=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":851,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}