{"id":968,"date":"2026-10-09T02:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=968"},"modified":"2026-10-09T02:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:26:28","slug":"common-topspin-forehand-dink-mistakes-and-how-to-fix-them-pickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=968","title":{"rendered":"Common Topspin Forehand Dink Mistakes and How to Fix them #pickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Common Topspin Forehand Dink Mistakes and How to Fix them #pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xXnJ9sZSftQ?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>The Prince of Pickleball lists three common topspin forehand dink mistakes. First is too much wrist; lock it and finish with the paddle by your right ear.<\/p>\n<p>Second is contacting outside your base \u2014 keep the outside foot outside the ball so you&#8217;re balanced. Third is taking the topspin dink too early; let the ball come down off the plateau before you hit.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lock the wrist and finish by the ear<\/li>\n<li>Outside foot stays outside the ball<\/li>\n<li>Let the ball drop off the plateau before contact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hit 20 topspin forehand dinks with a locked wrist only<\/li>\n<li>Pause on the bounce and wait for the drop before contacting<\/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>The Prince of Pickleball lists three common topspin forehand dink mistakes. First is too much wrist; lock it and finish with the paddle by your right ear.<\/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":[220,381],"tags":[103,121,932,699,931],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinks","category-technique","tag-contact-point","tag-forehand-dink","tag-the-prince-of-pickleball","tag-topspin-dink","tag-wrist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968","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=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/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=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}