{"id":343,"date":"2026-09-28T01:32:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T01:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=343"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:54","slug":"how-pros-develop-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=343","title":{"rendered":"How Pros Develop Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"How Pros Develop Points\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3VXCum9f-kY?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>Jack Munro: the winner usually starts a few shots before the ball hits the ground. Build the point, move opponents, <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=235\">create the opening<\/a>, then take the right ball. Point-construction mindset over hunting early winners.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Winners are set up, not forced early<\/li>\n<li>Move people before you rip<\/li>\n<li>Create the opening, then finish<\/li>\n<li>Patience is an offensive skill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rule: no put-away until you&#8217;ve moved them once<\/li>\n<li>Cue: &#8216;build, then take&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Watch one pro rally and mark the setup shot<\/li>\n<li>In drills, require two purposeful balls before a winner attempt<\/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 Jack Munro: the winner usually starts a few shots before the ball hits the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"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":[205,388,200],"tags":[335,177,640],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-doubles","category-offense","category-strategy","tag-jack-munro","tag-point-construction","tag-pro-strategy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","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=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":875,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}