{"id":355,"date":"2026-10-03T03:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=355"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:54","slug":"serve-bigger-serve-better-pickleball-pickleballtips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=355","title":{"rendered":"Serve bigger! Serve better! #pickleball #pickleballtips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Serve bigger! Serve better! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FfcJ7YX8YhQ?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>Richard Pickleball short on serving bigger and better. Key points: get low, engage legs and core, keep a loose wrist that releases naturally through contact for power plus topspin that pulls the ball down for more margin. Explicitly warns against forcing a crazy wrist snap \u2014 relaxed swing is the point.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=254\">Serve power<\/a> starts from legs\/core, not arm alone<\/li>\n<li>Loose wrist release adds pace and useful topspin<\/li>\n<li>Forced snaps create misses; natural release adds margin<\/li>\n<li>Confidence to swing comes from spin that brings the ball down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shadow 10 serves focusing only on getting low into the legs<\/li>\n<li>Hit 20 serves with a deliberately loose wrist \u2014 count long vs in<\/li>\n<li>Film contact: is the wrist tight or releasing?<\/li>\n<li>One session: no arm-only &#8220;muscling&#8221; serves allowed<\/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 Richard Pickleball short on serving bigger and better. Key points: get low, engage legs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737,"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":[2,7,381],"tags":[674,81,453,100,406,73],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-serves","category-technique","tag-core","tag-legs","tag-power-serve","tag-richard-pickleball","tag-serve","tag-topspin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355","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=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions\/879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}