{"id":979,"date":"2026-10-10T03:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=979"},"modified":"2026-10-10T03:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:42:25","slug":"open-vs-closed-stance-in-pickleball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=979","title":{"rendered":"Open vs. closed stance in pickleball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Open vs. closed stance in pickleball\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TlwvQO_cNxQ?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>Aylex separates when to use each stance on drives. Closed stance generates more power because you can push off the back leg \u2014 that&#8217;s the choice when you&#8217;re looking for a harder drive and have time to set.<\/p>\n<p>Open stance is for rushed moments (common in singles) when you need to reach out and don&#8217;t have time to plant. It works, but it&#8217;s less powerful because you&#8217;re rotating\/uncorking the body instead of driving off a loaded back leg.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Closed stance = more power via the back leg<\/li>\n<li>Open stance = rush\/reach situations when you can&#8217;t set<\/li>\n<li>Open is effective but usually less powerful<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In feed drills, alternate closed-stance drives with open-stance reach drives<\/li>\n<li>Film one session and note which stance you default to under pressure<\/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>Aylex separates when to use each stance on drives. Closed stance generates more power because you can push off the back leg \u2014 that&#8217;s the choice when you&#8217;re looking for a harder drive and have time to set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"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":[5,2,381],"tags":[438,405,841,12,125],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drives","category-footwork","category-technique","tag-aylex-pickleball","tag-closed-stance","tag-drive-power","tag-footwork","tag-open-stance"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04-overhead-at-the-net-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979","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=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}