{"id":277,"date":"2026-09-24T01:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=277"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:20:04","slug":"stop-rushing-the-bounce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"Stop Rushing the Bounce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Rushing the Bounce\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y5mw6GAo1ns?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\u2019s \u2018Stop Rushing the Bounce\u2019: many errors come from taking the ball too early out of anxiety. Let it come into the zone, move feet to the bounce, then strike. Rushing creates open faces and pop-ups.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Let the bounce come to you<\/li>\n<li>Feet to the bounce, then swing<\/li>\n<li>Early anxiety = pop-ups<\/li>\n<li>Patience is a technique skill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Drops\/dinks: verbal \u2018bounce\u2019 before swing<\/li>\n<li>Partner feeds; punish early lunges<\/li>\n<li>Film contact vs bounce timing<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018wait for it\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\u2019s \u2018Stop Rushing the Bounce\u2019: many errors come from taking the ball too&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729,"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":[220,4,2],"tags":[508,509,63,332,62],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinks","category-drops","category-footwork","tag-bounce-timing","tag-don-t-rush","tag-kyle-koszuta","tag-patience","tag-thatpickleballguy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","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=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}