{"id":921,"date":"2026-10-06T01:22:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=921"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:24:17","slug":"backhand-roll-levels-pickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=921","title":{"rendered":"Backhand Roll Levels #pickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Backhand Roll Levels #pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nv9mK5IzVPo?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>Shea Underwood&#8217;s quick clip stacks three versions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=253\">backhand roll<\/a> on top of each other, labelled beginner, intermediate and pro, as two players trade balls across the net.<\/p>\n<p>It runs just a few seconds, so it&#8217;s best used as a visual comparison: watch it a few times, focus on one version at a time, and notice how the swing and the ball&#8217;s flight change from level to level. Then compare that with how you currently hit your own backhand roll.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The same shot shown side by side at beginner, intermediate and pro level<\/li>\n<li>Watching one version at a time makes the differences easier to spot<\/li>\n<li>Comparing your own roll to each level shows where you are now<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch the clip several times, once per level<\/li>\n<li>Pick the level closest to your current backhand roll<\/li>\n<li>Film a few of your own backhand rolls and compare them with the clip<\/li>\n<li>Practice in drop-feed reps before trying the shot in live play<\/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>Shea Underwood&#8217;s quick clip stacks three versions of the backhand roll on top of each other, labelled beginner, intermediate and pro, as two players trade balls across the net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728,"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":[374,3,381],"tags":[848,849,246,73],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backhand","category-kitchen","category-technique","tag-backhand-roll","tag-roll-volley","tag-shea-underwood","tag-topspin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","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=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":929,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions\/929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}