{"id":920,"date":"2026-10-06T01:22:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:22:45","slug":"if-you-cant-see-it-its-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=920","title":{"rendered":"If You Can\u2019t See It, It\u2019s Too Far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"If You Can\u2019t See It, It\u2019s Too Far\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bGUAkxso9Rg?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>Kyle Koszuta&#8217;s rule for fast exchanges: if you can&#8217;t see your paddle in your peripheral vision, your backswing is too far back. The paddle should stay in front of your shoulder for a tight, compact swing.<\/p>\n<p>The reason is time. The ball arrives in a fraction of a second, so you don&#8217;t need extra force; just send your opponent&#8217;s pace back at them. On the backhand, a one-hander can turn and punch, while a two-hander turns the body a bit more, but it&#8217;s still more of a core twist than a swing.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep the paddle in front of your shoulder<\/li>\n<li>If you lose sight of the paddle, the backswing is too big<\/li>\n<li>Use your opponent&#8217;s pace instead of adding your own<\/li>\n<li>Backhand: turn and punch, more core twist than swing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do a fast-hands drill where you can always see your paddle<\/li>\n<li>Have a partner speed up at you and focus only on short blocks<\/li>\n<li>Film a hands battle and check whether your paddle goes behind your body<\/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>Kyle Koszuta&#8217;s rule for fast hands battles: if you can&#8217;t see your paddle in your peripheral vision, your backswing is too big.<\/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":[21,381,192],"tags":[610,847,789,788,63],"class_list":["post-920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hands","category-technique","category-volleys","tag-blocking","tag-compact-backswing","tag-firefights","tag-hand-battles","tag-kyle-koszuta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920","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=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions"}],"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=920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}