{"id":54,"date":"2026-09-11T01:49:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T01:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:18:38","slug":"3-pieces-of-advice-for-beginners-in-pickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"3 Pieces Of Advice For Beginners In Pickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"3 Pieces Of Advice For Beginners In Pickleball \ud83c\udfd3\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IDE0iUMl34c?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>Connor Garnett\u2019s three beginner accelerators: get lots of match reps so strengths and weaknesses show up fast; double down on what you already do well (play your authentic game); and get a coach early for a quick technical audit so bad habits don\u2019t harden at higher levels.<\/p>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prioritize points\/matches over endless isolated drills early on<\/li>\n<li>Build your game around 1\u20132 natural strengths<\/li>\n<li>Book a short coaching check early to catch technique issues<\/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>Connor Garnett\u2019s three beginner accelerators: get lots of match reps so strengths and weaknesses show&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729,"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":[94,95,89,96,97],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-kitchen","tag-beginners","tag-coaching","tag-connor-garnett","tag-habits","tag-match-play"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","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=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}