MASTER the 3rd Shot Drop in 2024

That’s good. Thank you JC.

Is this your court? Looks incredible

Awesome post! Thank you for uploading.

Another great video lesson.

Lots of great info. Thanks!

Well presented as are all of your videos.

Really good stuff here John, thank you 🙏

Is choice of third shot drop depends on forehand or backhand? Absolutely spot on about where ball is going, and to who your opposition (skill level) hitting to.

What would be the pros or cons to a topspin / flat shot / backspin shot? Does it not matter as much?

I seem to always struggle with third shots when there’s wind. Do you think this is a technique issue or maybe just not enough touches or practice yet

Love the screenshot summary’s.

John, this is your best work yet. You're really making great use of that "follow shot" technology (we see it a lot in golf and disc golf when the editor can track the moving object to show the trajectory in two dimensions across the frame of the shot).

Anyway, for me, I think this is your best video yet, and I appreciate all of them.

I like how after Pickleball Playbook did theirs. Briones and Cincola copied it and uploaded videos with the exact same techniques right after.

John, I love watching you play, and your teaching skills are second to none. The side views of the shot showed the trajectory very nicely.
I have one general axe to grind, and I apologize for airing here. I wish that the community would use the term "Third Shot Reset". We all know what a drop shot is from tennis, squash, badminton, table tennis etc. A drop shot is hit when the opponent is at the back of the court. The third shot reset of course is hit when the opponents are at front of the court, at the kitchen line. Using "reset" makes so much more sense and I believe would eliminate a lot of confusion.

Hi John. Many thanks for all of your video contributions, they are getting better with each new addition. Some coaches seem to advocate for using a slight eastern grip on third shots to aid with the spin, but do you think continental grip is just as good,( assuming you can generate the top spin and underspin motion on the ball using this grip.) ? Any advice most welcomed, but thanks again for all that you do to help us.

Great tips. Been watching a lot of your vids.

Is that your house with court?

Where is that facility?

Maybe a comment for another video, but a lot of people don't know what to do about spin coming at them. I'd love to have you do a breakdown of how to return different spins coming at you. I can do this fine (but don't know how to explain), but so many other people struggle with it I think it would be a very helpful video. Also, do you always read the shot and know whether it is coming as top/back/flat spin? Would love to hear about that as well. Thanks!

I've got guys in my rec league who fall short of being complete 3.5 players who nevertheless effortlessly pick off either back corner on their second shots with smoking topspin. If you aren't driving this to set up a fifth shot drop, this actually is one of the hardest shots in pickleball to fully control in recreational play.

Thank you for slowing down the shots after explaining. Really helps!!

Great lesson!

Is that your house with an indoor pb court, John?

Is this your house 😬

Great video. Coming from tennis the third shot drop is very foreign to me. I’m not even a typical tennis player transitioning and just plays as a banger. However in tennis there’s no reason to specifically train this shot. This video really helped in understanding how and why to hit it with a purpose

Intuitively it would seem a backspin 3rd shot drop would be very effective in that if hit too long or high it would remain low. Thoughts? And love your videos

Thank you John

when you say "across my body or cross court" do you really mean that you use the slice when it comes to backhand?

You mean less margin for error on crosscourt drops... There's less chance for error; net is lower in the center, more space to work with, and less chance you'll pop it up vs. straight on

Wow ! Articulating ideas and mechanics is a massive skill! Kudos! great communication clearly breaking down the things I’m trying to learn. Thanks!

Your Pickleball instructional videos are among my favorite of the many that I watch. Your instruction is clear and methodical and very helpful for someone trying to improve their game. The production quality is well above average. Thank you for continuing to produce these really high-quality videos that help The amateur nobody like me improve their game. Thanks again

Nice video

Any thoughts on trying to keep the peak of the flight path on your side of the net? Some videos stress this.

Brilliant!