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How To Hit 3rd Shot Drops in Pickleball (RESULTS GUARANTEED)

The third shot drop might be the hardest shot in pickleball, and most misses come from one thing. Players aim for the middle of the kitchen, which sends too many balls into the net.

Aim for the back portion of the kitchen instead. The goal is only to make your opponents hit up on the ball, and a drop they volley from below the net still does that job.

Keep the technique simple. Use a continental grip, a short compact swing like you're tossing the ball into the kitchen, and grip pressure around 3 out of 10 with a steady wrist, since a floppy wrist kills accuracy.

Give the ball a real arc, like shooting a basketball. Cross the net about a foot and a half high, with the highest point of the arc over the kitchen on your side, never past the net.

If you miss, miss long. A deep drop gives your opponent an easy ball but you can drop again on the next shot, while a netted drop just loses the point.

Crosscourt and middle drops give you a longer diagonal to work with, which means extra margin for error. Going middle also targets the right-side player's backhand and can make opponents hesitate over whose ball it is.

Footwork makes all of this repeatable. Stay back after your serve, get to the ball early so you can catch it out in front, and if the return is deep, back up early so you can still rock forward through contact instead of hitting off your back foot.

To practice, start dinking at the kitchen and back up one step at a time as you keep dropping. Then have a partner at the net feed you harder and harder returns while you drop from the baseline.

Key points

Aim for the back portion of the kitchen, not the middle, so a miss lands long instead of in the net.
Use a compact toss-like swing with a continental grip, 3 out of 10 grip pressure, and a steady wrist.
Arc the ball about a foot and a half over the net with the apex above the kitchen on your side.
Stay back after serving, set up early, and rock forward through every drop, even on deep returns.
Crosscourt and middle drops give you extra margin and can force the weaker backhand.

Watch the full tutorial here.