{"id":786,"date":"2026-10-05T01:33:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=786"},"modified":"2026-10-05T01:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:33:41","slug":"stop-missing-easy-pickleball-shots-fix-these-3-mistakes-now-pickleball-pickleballtips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=786","title":{"rendered":"Stop Missing Easy Pickleball Shots! Fix These 3 Mistakes NOW! #pickleball #pickleballtips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Missing Easy Pickleball Shots! Fix These 3 Mistakes NOW! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qwLEiabDljw?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>Universal Rackets says missing easy put-aways feels like a mental problem, but it actually comes down to three technical mistakes. A sitting duck should be the easiest point you win: a high ball, no pressure, nobody in your way.<\/p>\n<p>Yet players miss it constantly, usually by trying to hit it too hard. Fix the mistakes and the sitter becomes an automatic point.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Missed sitters are a technical problem, not just a mental one<\/li>\n<li>Trying to hit too hard is the usual culprit<\/li>\n<li>A high, unpressured ball should be an automatic point<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch the short and note the three mistakes<\/li>\n<li>Practice high-ball put-aways at 70% power<\/li>\n<li>Track easy misses in your next game<\/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>Universal Rackets says missing easy put-aways isn&#8217;t a mental problem but three technical mistakes, usually starting with trying to hit the ball too hard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736,"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":[603,381],"tags":[803,804,76],"class_list":["post-786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-put-aways","category-technique","tag-easy-shots","tag-mistakes","tag-universal-rackets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786","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=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}