{"id":304,"date":"2026-09-25T01:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:52","slug":"connor-garnett-teaches-the-perfect-3rd-shot-drive-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=304","title":{"rendered":"Connor Garnett Teaches the PERFECT 3rd Shot Drive for Beginners!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Connor Garnett Teaches the PERFECT 3rd Shot Drive for Beginners!\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6NwxMxzS-zI?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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Pro Connor Garnett teaches a beginner-friendly <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=287\">3rd-shot drive<\/a>: shape, contact, and intent so newer players can pressure without spraying. Emphasis is on a repeatable, low drive that forces a tough volley or sets up the next ball, not max MPH. Longform (~8 min) suitable for players still building a reliable third.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>3rd-shot drive should stay low and deep<\/li>\n<li>Beginners: consistency first, then pace<\/li>\n<li>Contact out front; finish through the target<\/li>\n<li>Drive is a setup shot as often as a winner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>From baseline: 30 third-shot drives aiming kitchen-line depth<\/li>\n<li>Partner only volleys; note which drives are attackable<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018low and through\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Alternate drive \/ drop every other third for decision practice<\/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 Pro Connor Garnett teaches a beginner-friendly 3rd-shot drive: shape, contact, and intent so newer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736,"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":[559,5,381,6],"tags":[569,94,89,14],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beginners","category-drives","category-technique","category-third-shot","tag-3rd-shot-drive","tag-beginners","tag-connor-garnett","tag-third-shot"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/08-forehand-drive-sunlight-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","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=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}