{"id":983,"date":"2026-10-10T03:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=983"},"modified":"2026-10-10T03:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:42:26","slug":"what-are-the-cons-of-moving-back-pickleball-pickleballtips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=983","title":{"rendered":"What are the cons of moving back? #pickleball #pickleballtips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"What are the cons of moving back? #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IddyaH9fr3E?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 lists the downside of casually backing off the kitchen. A ball that was up and attackable at the line dies by the time it reaches you farther back, so what was offensive or neutral becomes defensive.<\/p>\n<p>Stepping back also increases the distance to your opponent, which gives them more time to set the next ball. If you don&#8217;t need that extra space, stay in and take the ball where it still has height.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Unnecessary retreats turn attackable balls into defensive ones<\/li>\n<li>More space = more time for your opponent<\/li>\n<li>Only move back when you actually need the room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In a kitchen rally, catch yourself whenever you take an extra step back without a pop-up or smash coming<\/li>\n<li>Have a partner feed mid-height balls and stay glued to the line<\/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 lists the downside of casually backing off the kitchen. A ball that was up and attackable at the line dies by the time it reaches you farther back, so what was offensive or neutral becomes defensive.<\/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":[3,200,20],"tags":[867,956,700,76],"class_list":["post-983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen","category-strategy","category-transition","tag-kitchen-positioning","tag-moving-back","tag-space","tag-universal-rackets"],"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\/983","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=983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/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=983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}