{"id":763,"date":"2026-10-05T01:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=763"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:38:17","slug":"1-strategy-to-get-to-the-kitchen-in-pickleball-%f0%9f%8f%86-pickleball-propickleball-pickleballstrategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=763","title":{"rendered":"#1 Strategy to Get to the Kitchen in Pickleball &#x1f3c6; #pickleball #propickleball #pickleballstrategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"#1 Strategy to Get to the Kitchen in Pickleball \ud83c\udfc6 #pickleball #propickleball #pickleballstrategy\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RYucIeqEyX8?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>Preston&#8217;s Playbook shares his number-one strategy for <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=241\">getting to the kitchen<\/a>: start the point with a third-shot drive, aiming to draw a weak volley that gives you a much easier fifth-shot drop.<\/p>\n<p>Where most players go wrong is treating the third-shot drive as a point finisher. Instead of driving and crashing forward, drive, split step and hold your position, then step into the fifth-shot drop to propel yourself forward.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the third-shot drive as a setup shot, not a finisher<\/li>\n<li>A good drive draws a weak volley<\/li>\n<li>The fifth-shot drop is the shot that gets you forward<\/li>\n<li>After the drive, split step and stay put instead of crashing in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Play a game where every third shot is a drive followed by a split step<\/li>\n<li>Look for the weak volley and step into a fifth-shot drop<\/li>\n<li>Note where you are on court when the fifth shot is hit<\/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>Preston&#8217;s Playbook shares his number-one strategy for getting to the kitchen: start the point with a third-shot drive, aiming to draw a weak volley that gives you a much easier fifth-shot drop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734,"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":[3,200,20],"tags":[765,723,253,37],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen","category-strategy","category-transition","tag-get-to-the-kitchen","tag-prestons-playbook-2","tag-strategy","tag-transition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","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=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":895,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}