{"id":915,"date":"2026-10-06T01:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=915"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:22:43","slug":"hit-your-drops-while-moving-a-drill-from-the-pickleball-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=915","title":{"rendered":"Hit Your Drops While Moving: A Drill from The Pickleball Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"October 5, 2026\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QRf4EhHjtl8?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 points out that most players practice drops while standing still. The better way to improve them is to hit them while you&#8217;re moving.<\/p>\n<p>In this drill a partner moves you around the court. Your job is to get your feet behind every ball so that you&#8217;re still at the moment of contact. If you can hit good drops on the move, stationary drops become much easier.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stationary drop practice doesn&#8217;t match real games<\/li>\n<li>Get your feet behind the ball before you hit<\/li>\n<li>Be still at contact, even in a moving drill<\/li>\n<li>Drops on the move make easy drops easier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask a partner to feed drops side to side for five minutes<\/li>\n<li>Focus on arriving early and setting your feet before every contact<\/li>\n<li>Finish each set with a few stationary drops and notice the difference<\/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&#8217;s drill for hitting drops while moving: get your feet behind every ball so you&#8217;re still at contact, and stationary drops get easier.<\/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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[600,4,2,6],"tags":[837,12,155,836],"class_list":["post-915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drills","category-drops","category-footwork","category-third-shot","tag-drops-on-the-move","tag-footwork","tag-the-pickleball-clinic","tag-third-shot-drop-drill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915","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=915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915\/revisions"}],"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=915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}