{"id":300,"date":"2026-09-25T01:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=300"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:52","slug":"your-ready-position-should-never-be-the-same-%f0%9f%8f%93follow-for-more-pickleball-tips-franklinpickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"Your ready position should never be the same &#x1f3d3;Follow for more pickleball tips! #franklinpickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Your ready position should never be the same \ud83c\udfd3Follow for more pickleball tips! #franklinpickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xlwysyHiB9M?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 Pickleball Clinic short: <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=246\">ready position<\/a> should never be one static pose. Adjust paddle height, stance, and weight based on whether you\u2019re at the baseline, in transition, or at the kitchen so you\u2019re prepared for the most likely next ball instead of a generic \u2018ready.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>One ready position for all zones is wrong<\/li>\n<li>Match paddle height to likely contact<\/li>\n<li>Transition ready \u2260 kitchen ready<\/li>\n<li>Situation-specific ready reduces late swings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Call zone out loud before each point (baseline\/transition\/kitchen)<\/li>\n<li>Drill: change ready as you move in after the third<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018ready for THIS ball\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Film: is your paddle height matching the zone?<\/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 Pickleball Clinic short: ready position should never be one static pose. Adjust paddle&#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,"_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":[2,3,567,20],"tags":[504,582,47,587],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-kitchen","category-ready-position","category-transition","tag-hands","tag-pickleball-clinic","tag-ready-position","tag-situation"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/01-doubles-at-the-net-over-shoulder-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","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=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":861,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/861"}],"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=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}