{"id":919,"date":"2026-10-06T01:22:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=919"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:22:45","slug":"attack-the-forehand-pickleball-pickleballtips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=919","title":{"rendered":"Attack the forehand! #pickleball #pickleballtips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Attack the forehand! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y94YRHqcK2o?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>Richard Pickleball explains where to aim a speed-up on a middle ball. Start by attacking the hip to test the waters and see whether they sit forehand or backhand. The ball usually funnels back to the middle, so you can slide over and follow up.<\/p>\n<p>Then use what you learned. If they open up looking for a forehand counter, hold the ball a little longer and fire it into their body. If they sit backhand, attack the middle.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Attack the hip first to learn how they sit<\/li>\n<li>They open forehand: go at the body<\/li>\n<li>They sit backhand: go middle<\/li>\n<li>Slide over after the hip attack, since the ball funnels back to the middle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In your next game, watch which way each opponent sits before you speed up<\/li>\n<li>Use the hip attack early to test them<\/li>\n<li>Drill holding the ball a beat longer before a body attack<\/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>Richard Pickleball explains where to aim a speed-up on a middle ball. Start by attacking the hip to test the waters and see whether they sit forehand or backhand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734,"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":[21,3,200],"tags":[845,846,791,100,844],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hands","category-kitchen","category-strategy","tag-attack-the-body","tag-attack-the-hip","tag-attack-the-middle","tag-richard-pickleball","tag-speed-up-targets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","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=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}