{"id":50,"date":"2026-09-11T01:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T01:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:18:36","slug":"the-perfect-15-minute-pickleball-warm-up-taught-by-a-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"The PERFECT 15 Minute Pickleball Warm Up! (Taught By a Pro)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"The PERFECT 15 Minute Pickleball Warm Up! (Taught By a Pro)\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eXbpEUP7Wq4?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><\/div>\n<p>Top-10 pro Connor Garnett walks a ~15-minute pre-match warm-up: get the body loose with light laps and active stretching (especially rotation, since power comes from turning), then start with about two minutes of straight-ahead dinking. Early dinks are about low legs, sliding feet, and a consistent contact point \u2014 elevating focus before you escalate the rest of the warm-up into match intensity.<\/p>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Block 15 minutes before matches: loose body \u2192 rotational stretch \u2192 2 min straight dinks<\/li>\n<li>Cue low legs + sliding feet + same contact point in those first dinks<\/li>\n<li>Treat warm-up as focus-building, not just hitting hard<\/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>Top-10 pro Connor Garnett walks a ~15-minute pre-match warm-up: get the body loose with light&#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":[2,3],"tags":[89,72,88,90,87],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-kitchen","tag-connor-garnett","tag-dinking","tag-injury-prevention","tag-preparation","tag-warm-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","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=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/466"}],"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=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}