{"id":372,"date":"2026-10-03T03:52:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=372"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:21:03","slug":"how-to-never-miss-long-or-in-net-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=372","title":{"rendered":"How To Never Miss Long or In Net Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"How To Never Miss Long or In Net Again\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qdg8HdsacUk?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: every miss is either in the net or long, so fix both. Net: you&#8217;re coming over the top of the ball. Get under and lift it, swinging from 6 o&#8217;clock to 12, and hold the paddle loose, since a tight grip makes you come over the top and a loose one lets the paddle drop. Long: your paddle face is probably open, so tilt it downward; you may also not be following through, so finish the full stroke. And keep your head down, because lifting your head brings your body, swing and ball up. Recap: in the net = hold loose, get under it; long = close the face, loosen up, full stroke, head down.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Netting it: you&#8217;re coming over the top; get under and swing 6 to 12<\/li>\n<li>A loose grip lets the paddle drop so you can lift<\/li>\n<li>Hitting long: close the paddle face and follow through fully<\/li>\n<li>Keep your head down so your body and swing don&#8217;t rise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>On each miss, say &#8216;net&#8217; or &#8216;long&#8217; and apply that fix only<\/li>\n<li>Net misses: loosen the grip and swing low to high<\/li>\n<li>Long misses: tilt the face down and finish the stroke<\/li>\n<li>Cue on every soft shot: &#8216;head down&#8217;<\/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: every miss is either in the net or long, so fix both&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730,"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":[4,3,19,381],"tags":[701,702,289,41,76],"class_list":["post-372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drops","category-kitchen","category-soft-game","category-technique","tag-depth-control","tag-grip-pressure","tag-net-errors","tag-paddle-face","tag-universal-rackets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372","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=372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":696,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372\/revisions\/696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}