{"id":68,"date":"2026-09-14T04:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T04:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=68"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:42","slug":"if-you-struggle-with-dinking-just-do-this-before-every-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"If You Struggle With Dinking, Just Do This Before Every Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe title=\"If You Struggle With Dinking, Just Do This Before Every Shot\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iyGT5bENCiU?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>Coach Austin Hardy\u2019s one technique for most dinks: one continuous load-and-push as the ball arrives \u2014 not load, pause, then hit.<br \/>\nPrep early with the feet (like a fielder getting to the ball before opening the mitt) so acceleration through contact stays one motion on dead, neutral, and offensive dinks.<\/p>\n<p>Action items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Load while the bounce is coming, then push through in one motion<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=230\">Move the feet<\/a> first so the paddle isn\u2019t late<\/li>\n<li>Use the same continuous cue on wide and neutral dinks<\/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>Coach Austin Hardy\u2019s one technique for most dinks: one continuous load-and-push as the ball arrives&#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":[2,3],"tags":[118,72,119,120],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-kitchen","tag-continuous-motion","tag-dinking","tag-foot-prep","tag-pickleball-playbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","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=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions\/812"}],"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=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}