{"id":282,"date":"2026-09-24T01:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=282"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:20:07","slug":"stop-targeting-the-weaker-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=282","title":{"rendered":"Stop targeting the weaker player!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop targeting the weaker player! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WBy1asBGlAs?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 challenges blind \u2018always hit at the weaker player\u2019 habits. Over-targeting becomes predictable, and the stronger player feasts on patterns. Mix targets; attack the right ball, not just the right jersey.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Over-targeting is readable<\/li>\n<li>Attack balls, not only people<\/li>\n<li>Mix patterns<\/li>\n<li>Stronger player punishes predictability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>One game: no consecutive shots at same player<\/li>\n<li>Scout which balls are actually weak<\/li>\n<li>Use middle as equalizer<\/li>\n<li>Review: points lost from predictable targeting<\/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 challenges blind \u2018always hit at the weaker player\u2019 habits. Over-targeting becomes predictable, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737,"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":[200],"tags":[253,325,492,522],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy","tag-strategy","tag-tanner-pickleball-2","tag-targeting","tag-weaker-player-myth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282","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=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":608,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}