{"id":395,"date":"2026-10-03T03:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T03:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=395"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:56","slug":"how-to-stay-ready-to-counter-attack-%f0%9f%91%80-grab-your-adidas-pickleball-gear-and-save-with-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"How to stay ready to counter attack &#x1f440; Grab your Adidas pickleball gear and save with code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"How to stay ready to counter attack \ud83d\udc40 Grab your Adidas pickleball gear and save with code\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xtM9OOQafqA?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>John Cincola short on staying ready to counter-attack. The key is being set before your opponent hits.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Counter-attacks come from <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=246\">ready position<\/a>, not panic swings<\/li>\n<li>Set paddle\/feet before the opponent contacts<\/li>\n<li>Recover between shots so you&#8217;re never caught mid-swing<\/li>\n<li>Hands battles reward the player who is already set<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hands-battle drill: freeze recovery for 0.5s after every contact<\/li>\n<li>Cue: paddle up before their swing<\/li>\n<li>Count how often you counter vs block for one game<\/li>\n<li>Warm-up: 5 minutes of blocked counters only<\/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 John Cincola short on staying ready to counter-attack. The key is being set before&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732,"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":[373,21,3],"tags":[742,504,169,47],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attacks","category-hands","category-kitchen","tag-counter-attack-2","tag-hands","tag-john-cincola","tag-ready-position"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395","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=395"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}