{"id":285,"date":"2026-09-24T01:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=285"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:20:10","slug":"why-youre-missing-your-atps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=285","title":{"rendered":"Why You\u2019re Missing Your ATP\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Why You\u2019re Missing Your ATP\u2019s #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yQt2FoKppww?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>The Prince of Pickleball on why ATPs miss: usually late recognition\/prep or a face that opens and sends the ball out\/wide. See the angle early, set the paddle, and commit the path through the intended window.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>See ATP chance early<\/li>\n<li>Set paddle sooner<\/li>\n<li>Commit path through the angle<\/li>\n<li>Late open face = miss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Feed wide balls; ATP-only reps<\/li>\n<li>Freeze prep when ball is still rising<\/li>\n<li>Track make % for a week<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018early set, commit\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 The Prince of Pickleball on why ATPs miss: usually late recognition\/prep or a face&#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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,200,192],"tags":[531,168,167,230],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen","category-strategy","category-volleys","tag-angle-volley","tag-around-the-post","tag-atp","tag-prince-of-pickleball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","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=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/611"}],"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=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}