{"id":766,"date":"2026-10-05T01:33:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=766"},"modified":"2026-10-05T03:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:36:58","slug":"this-one-tip-will-help-you-master-the-return-of-serve-%f0%9f%8f%93-franklinpickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=766","title":{"rendered":"This ONE tip will help you master the return of serve &#x1f3d3; #franklinpickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"This ONE tip will help you master the return of serve \ud83c\udfd3 #franklinpickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ROlO0PaMJu4?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>The Pickleball Clinic shares one tip for the return of serve. Most players who struggle to <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=137\">reach the kitchen<\/a> after the return are <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=330\">standing too close to the baseline<\/a>. Against a deep server, you get jammed and pushed back, with no momentum to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, start a few steps back. Then even a mid-court or deep serve lets you step, hit and keep moving forward, and you reach the kitchen naturally.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Standing too close leaves you jammed by deep serves<\/li>\n<li>Starting deeper lets you move forward into the ball<\/li>\n<li>Momentum through the return carries you to the kitchen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Move your return position back two steps for one game<\/li>\n<li>Practice step, hit, keep moving on 20 returns<\/li>\n<li>Check where you are when the third shot is struck<\/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>The Pickleball Clinic shares one tip for the return of serve. Most players who struggle to reach the kitchen after the return are standing too close to the baseline.<\/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,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,440,7,20],"tags":[773,582,159,772],"class_list":["post-766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-returns","category-serves","category-transition","tag-get-to-kitchen","tag-pickleball-clinic","tag-return-of-serve","tag-return-position"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/09-ready-position-closeup-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766","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=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":897,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions\/897"}],"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=766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}