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How to Hit the Best Forehand Drop in Pickleball

If your forehand drop is inconsistent, coach Jordan Briones says start with the lift drop, because it has the fewest moving parts. It is powered by the shoulder alone.

Get into a wide, balanced stance with your weight in your dominant foot and your body low. Then lift the ball with your shoulder while your wrist stays completely passive.

The detail that makes it work is a laid-back wrist. From a continental grip, hinge the wrist back so the paddle face stays pointed at the ball and you can make contact well out in front of you.

With a neutral wrist you have to let the ball travel back beside you to get it over the net. Laid back, you can accelerate forward through contact instead.

Keep grip pressure light, around four out of ten, and give yourself real margin over the net. If you are catching the tape, get lower and more under the ball rather than swinging harder.

The second drop is the shovel, and it suits players around 40 and up. Here the wrist hinges the other way so the paddle face opens slightly and you can scoop balls that are low, beside you, or slightly behind you.

That makes it the answer when a counter jams you in transition and there is no way to reach out in front. If your shovel drops float too high, hinge the wrist a little less or move contact further to your side.

The third is the topspin drop, the most aggressive of the three. Get behind the ball with your feet, hinge at the waist, drop the paddle tip below the ball, and swing on a steep vertical path so you brush up the back of it.

The spin comes from the bicep and shoulder, not the wrist. Keeping the wrist quiet is what keeps contact clean.

Choosing between them is what raises your percentage. Use the lift drop on a low ball out in front, typically a fifth shot after your drive draws a short counter.

Use the shovel when a counter presses you and the ball ends up beside or behind you in transition. Use the topspin drop as a third when the return is not aggressive and you have time to set your feet.

One warning on the topspin version: it travels deep, so do not hit it and sprint in. Hold your position, expect the weak ball it produces, and then lift or shovel your way to the line.

Key points

Hinge your wrist back from a continental grip so the paddle face stays on the ball and contact happens well in front of you.
Lift with your shoulder at about four out of ten grip pressure and keep the wrist completely passive through the ball.
Use the shovel drop, with the wrist hinged the other way, for balls low, beside you, or slightly behind you in transition.
Create topspin by dropping the paddle tip and swinging vertically with your bicep and shoulder rather than flicking your wrist.
Hold your position after a topspin drop and use the lift or shovel on the weak ball it draws instead of rushing the line.

Watch the full tutorial here.