{"id":958,"date":"2026-10-08T01:23:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=958"},"modified":"2026-10-08T01:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:23:45","slug":"three-mistakes-that-keep-you-stuck-at-4-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=958","title":{"rendered":"Three Mistakes That Keep You Stuck at 4.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"These Mistakes Will Keep You Stuck in 4.0 For LIFE! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E9mqkMy46FY?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>Tanner lists three mistakes that keep players stuck at the 4.0 level. First, driving two balls in a row: if you drive the first one, drop the next one. Second, dropping your paddle between shots instead of keeping it out in front and ready.<\/p>\n<p>Third, running through your shots. Instead, split step, hit, and then move.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If you drive one ball, drop the next<\/li>\n<li>Keep your paddle out in front between shots<\/li>\n<li>Split step, hit, then move, instead of running through the shot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In your next game, follow every drive with a drop<\/li>\n<li>Check your paddle position between shots during dink rallies<\/li>\n<li>Practice split-step, hit, go when moving up through transition<\/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>Tanner lists three mistakes that keep players stuck at the 4.0 level. First, driving two balls in a row: if you drive the first one, drop the next one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729,"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":[2,200,20],"tags":[912,913,47,170,325],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-footwork","category-strategy","category-transition","tag-4-0-pickleball","tag-drive-then-drop","tag-ready-position","tag-split-step","tag-tanner-pickleball-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958","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=958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}