{"id":965,"date":"2026-10-09T02:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=965"},"modified":"2026-10-09T02:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:26:27","slug":"take-your-dinks-early-out-in-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=965","title":{"rendered":"Take Your Dinks Early Out in Front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"You need to start dinking early! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jo8B25BzDOo?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>Universal Rackets&#8217; cue for reliable dinks is to reach out and take the ball early. Waiting for it to drop at your feet is what breaks down once rallies get long and the level goes up.<\/p>\n<p>Early contact out in front, a slightly open face and a paddle that&#8217;s still moving through the ball are the combination that clears the net every time. Practice by expecting the ball earlier than you think and swinging before it gets to you.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact early and out in front, not at your feet<\/li>\n<li>Slightly open face plus a moving paddle clears the net<\/li>\n<li>Dink consistency matters most when rallies get long<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dink with a partner and call &#8216;early&#8217; on every contact<\/li>\n<li>Focus one session only on meeting the ball in front of 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>Universal Rackets&#8217; cue for reliable dinks is to reach out and take the ball early. Waiting for it to drop at your feet is what breaks down once rallies get long and the level goes up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730,"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":[220,3,381],"tags":[103,927,345,76],"class_list":["post-965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinks","category-kitchen","category-technique","tag-contact-point","tag-dink-early","tag-open-face","tag-universal-rackets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965","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=965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}