{"id":997,"date":"2026-10-11T08:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T08:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=997"},"modified":"2026-10-11T08:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T08:25:06","slug":"stop-opting-out-stay-patient-until-you-get-a-green-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=997","title":{"rendered":"Stop Opting Out: Stay Patient Until You Get a Green Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Stop Opting Out! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p4v8g3KIGuc?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 says many players mentally quit the point after a pop-up. A red-light ball, one that comes up too high, doesn&#8217;t end the rally; it just means you stay where you are.<\/p>\n<p>Keep resetting from back there, even if you pop up a couple more, until you finally hit a good low ball. That&#8217;s your green light to move in. Getting to the kitchen can take 10, 15, or 20 shots, and you have to be okay with that.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A pop-up is not a lost point<\/li>\n<li>Red light: stay back and reset<\/li>\n<li>Green light: move up after a good low ball<\/li>\n<li>Be patient; reaching the kitchen can take many shots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Play a drill where you may only step forward after a ball you rate as low<\/li>\n<li>Keep score of points won after your first pop-up<\/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 says many players mentally quit the point after a pop-up. A red-light ball, one that comes up too high, doesn&#8217;t end the rally; it just means you stay where you are.<\/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":[18,200,20],"tags":[332,882,424,37,76],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resets","category-strategy","category-transition","tag-patience","tag-red-light-green-light","tag-resets","tag-transition","tag-universal-rackets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997","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=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/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=997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}