{"id":973,"date":"2026-10-09T02:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=973"},"modified":"2026-10-09T02:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T02:26:30","slug":"pickleball-tip-leaning-forward-on-counters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=973","title":{"rendered":"Pickleball Tip Leaning Forward on Counters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Pickleball Tip Leaning Forward on Counters\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/szls-Eeq4i8?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>All Things Pickleball kept missing counters into the net even when the paddle was there in time. The fix from a hitting partner was almost too simple: stop standing straight up when the ball is attacked at you.<\/p>\n<p>A slight lean forward changed the contact and the misses stopped. Before blaming swing path, check whether you&#8217;re upright or tilted into the ball.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Upright posture is a common cause of counters into the net<\/li>\n<li>A slight lean forward can fix the miss<\/li>\n<li>Check posture before overhauling your swing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a partner attack at you while you exaggerate a forward lean<\/li>\n<li>Film your counters and check whether your shoulders are behind your feet<\/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>All Things Pickleball kept missing counters into the net even when the paddle was there in time. The fix from a hitting partner was almost too simple: stop standing straight up when the ball is attacked at you.<\/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,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,381,192],"tags":[234,148,86,938],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen","category-technique","category-volleys","tag-all-things-pickleball","tag-counter","tag-hands-battle","tag-lean-forward"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/02-kitchen-line-through-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973","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=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions"}],"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=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}