{"id":364,"date":"2026-10-03T03:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:54","slug":"stop-making-these-pickleball-spin-mistakes-pickleball-pickleballtips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"Stop Making These Pickleball Spin Mistakes! #pickleball #pickleballtips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Making These Pickleball Spin Mistakes! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4L9SE3aDueQ?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>Universal Rackets on spin mistakes. One mistake is using the <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=250\">same paddle angle for every ball<\/a>: different spins do different things to the ball, so if you have the exact same grip and the exact same swing, you can&#8217;t adjust. Another is fighting the spin instead of absorbing it: absorb the spin and redirect it back, &#8216;roll with it&#8217; and let the spin work with you. Watch the short for the full list.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t use the same paddle angle for every ball<\/li>\n<li>Different spins need different adjustments<\/li>\n<li>Absorb and redirect spin instead of fighting it<\/li>\n<li>Let the spin work with you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner feeds topspin, then slice; adjust your paddle angle for each<\/li>\n<li>Say the spin out loud before contact<\/li>\n<li>Blocking reps: absorb and redirect heavy spin instead of swinging harder<\/li>\n<li>Note which spin you&#8217;re fighting most often<\/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 Universal Rackets on spin mistakes. One mistake is using the same paddle angle for&#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":[5,19,441,381],"tags":[688,687,463,76],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drives","category-soft-game","category-spin","category-technique","tag-paddle-angle","tag-reading-spin","tag-spin","tag-universal-rackets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","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=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/880"}],"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=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}