{"id":306,"date":"2026-09-25T01:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=306"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:20:22","slug":"3-targets-to-create-offense-without-hitting-harder-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=306","title":{"rendered":"3 Targets to Create Offense Without Hitting Harder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"3 Targets to Create Offense Without Hitting Harder\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Z3GrDV0sB4?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<\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Kyle Koszuta\u2019s longer lesson on creating offense without adding pace. Instead of muscling winners, aim three high-percentage targets that force weak counters or pop-ups. Extends the short version of the same idea into a fuller practice framework for intermediate players who overhit under pressure.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Placement creates offense; pace is optional<\/li>\n<li>Have 2\u20133 default attack targets memorized<\/li>\n<li>Weak replies &gt; low-percentage blasts<\/li>\n<li>Match target to opponent\u2019s stance\/grip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Write your three targets on tape on your paddle throat<\/li>\n<li>Live points: only attack those targets for one game<\/li>\n<li>Track how often the reply is attackable<\/li>\n<li>Cue: \u2018target first, pace second\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 Kyle Koszuta\u2019s longer lesson on creating offense without adding pace. Instead of muscling winners,&#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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[373,388,564,200],"tags":[63,581,506,588,62],"class_list":["post-306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attacks","category-offense","category-placement","category-strategy","tag-kyle-koszuta","tag-offense","tag-placement","tag-targets","tag-thatpickleballguy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306","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=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":632,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions\/632"}],"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=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}