{"id":914,"date":"2026-10-06T01:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=914"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:24:16","slug":"stop-rushing-to-the-kitchen-line-pickleball-pickleballtips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=914","title":{"rendered":"Stop Rushing to the Kitchen Line! #pickleball #pickleballtips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Rushing to the Kitchen Line! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ZLAdc3_ET4?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>tanner.pickleball says amateurs think they need to get from the baseline to the kitchen line on one ball, and that&#8217;s wrong.<\/p>\n<p>He compares it to a cross-country road trip: you don&#8217;t drive from New Jersey to California on one tank of gas. You stop for gas, food and a hotel. Work your way in gradually and under control so you reach the kitchen every time.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=241\">Getting to the kitchen<\/a> in one sprint is a common amateur mistake<\/li>\n<li>Move in over several shots, stopping to hit each one under control<\/li>\n<li>Control matters more than speed on the way forward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>After your third shot, take a few steps and stop before each next shot<\/li>\n<li>Play a game where you must hit at least one shot from mid-court before reaching the kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Notice where you&#8217;re caught moving when the ball arrives<\/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>tanner.pickleball explains why you shouldn&#8217;t sprint from the baseline to the kitchen on one ball, and how to work your way in under control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"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":[2,3,20],"tags":[834,835,170,326,37],"class_list":["post-914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-kitchen","category-transition","tag-getting-to-the-kitchen","tag-moving-forward","tag-split-step","tag-tanner-pickleball-3","tag-transition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914","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=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":926,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions\/926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}