{"id":943,"date":"2026-10-07T01:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T01:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=943"},"modified":"2026-10-07T01:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T01:28:43","slug":"placement-makes-power-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=943","title":{"rendered":"Placement Makes Power Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Placement Makes Power Better\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KKgyExDQhd8?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 says placement is just as important as power, if not more. Playing a softer game and placing the ball into different spots forces your opponent to move.<\/p>\n<p>The soft game and placement won&#8217;t hold back your power; they make it more effective. Move your opponent a little, get them off balance, and then your power shot has a much better chance of winning the point.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Placement sets up power<\/li>\n<li>Make your opponent move first<\/li>\n<li>Off-balance opponents can&#8217;t handle pace<\/li>\n<li>Then attack the right ball<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Play a game where you must move your opponent twice before attacking<\/li>\n<li>Practice placing dinks and drops to different targets<\/li>\n<li>Track how often your attacks win after you moved the opponent first<\/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 says placement is just as important as power, if not more. Playing a softer game and placing the ball into different spots forces your opponent to move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736,"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":[5,200],"tags":[63,887,506,134,28],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drives","category-strategy","tag-kyle-koszuta","tag-move-your-opponent","tag-placement","tag-power","tag-soft-game"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","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=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}