{"id":783,"date":"2026-10-05T01:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2026-10-05T01:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:33:40","slug":"literally-the-note-i-give-more-than-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"Literally the note I give more than anything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Literally the note I give more than anything\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2QYOCFgFH64?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>Troy Akin says the coaching note he gives more than anything isn&#8217;t about fundamentals, technique or strategy. It&#8217;s: use your legs. Bend at the knees, not at the back.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a short reminder that posture drives almost everything else.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Use your legs<\/li>\n<li>Bend at the knees, not at the back<\/li>\n<li>Posture affects every shot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Check your posture on dinks for one game<\/li>\n<li>Have a partner call out when you bend at the back<\/li>\n<li>Do a few minutes of low-stance dink reps<\/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>Troy Akin&#8217;s most-given coaching note isn&#8217;t about technique or strategy: use your legs, and bend at the knees, not at the back.<\/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":[2,381],"tags":[800,528,160,799],"class_list":["post-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-technique","tag-bend-knees","tag-posture","tag-troy-akin","tag-use-your-legs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","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=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"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=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}