{"id":303,"date":"2026-09-25T01:09:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=303"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:20:20","slug":"do-this-to-instantly-improve-your-drives-in-pickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=303","title":{"rendered":"Do This to Instantly Improve Your Drives in Pickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Do This to Instantly Improve Your Drives in Pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xF9X0p7Ckv4?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>Briones Pickleball Breakdown short on an immediate fix to improve drives. Focus on one clean mechanical adjustment (contact\/path) rather than swinging harder. Pairs well with longer drive lessons when you need a single cue you can remember mid-rally.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>One cue beats ten tips mid-point<\/li>\n<li>Cleaner contact &gt; more swing speed<\/li>\n<li>Drive quality sets up the 4th\/5th ball<\/li>\n<li>Short reps with one focus transfer faster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pick the video\u2019s single cue; ignore everything else for a session<\/li>\n<li>20 drive feeds calling the cue out loud<\/li>\n<li>Only count drives that land past the kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Re-film after one practice block<\/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 Briones Pickleball Breakdown short on an immediate fix to improve drives. Focus on one&#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":[5,381],"tags":[123,293,577,583],"class_list":["post-303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drives","category-technique","tag-briones","tag-drives","tag-instant-tip","tag-pickleball-university"],"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\/303","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=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions\/629"}],"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=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}