{"product_id":"hit-it-softer-robert-smith-9798176521795","title":"Hit It Softer: Pickleball strategy for beginners and intermediates: the soft game, the third shot, court position, and 30 days to stop losing","description":"You keep losing to players who never swing hard, and you cannot figure out why.\u003cp\u003eHere is the answer. Every time you crush a ball from the baseline, pop one up at the net, or speed up a ball that was below the tape, you hand a small donation to the other team. The players beating you are not faster, younger, or fitter. They simply refuse to donate. They keep the ball low, arc it soft, walk forward, and let your own power come back at your feet. This book is a thirty day program that teaches you to do exactly that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is written for the two year player who is good enough to be frustrated: someone who beats beginners, loses to everyone else, and cannot understand why cleaner, harder hitting keeps failing. Each day gives you the idea in plain words, one drill you can do with a single partner or a garage wall, and one instruction to carry into your next game. No diagrams, no jargon, no gear pitch. Every drill is described in spoken steps, so it works just as well listened to as read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end you will own three speeds instead of one, and you will know which to reach for on every ball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe five donations: \u003c\/b\u003e the exact habits giving away your points, named so you catch each one as it leaves your paddle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe ball that gets you forward: \u003c\/b\u003e a soft arc into the kitchen, then a staged move up behind it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinning position: \u003c\/b\u003e where to stand, when to hold, and why the four feet in front of the net decide most rallies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAttack and reset: \u003c\/b\u003e which balls to put away, which to cushion, read off the height of the ball at contact.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBeating the archetypes: \u003c\/b\u003e the banger, the lobber, and the endless dinker, each with a plan that holds under pressure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecreational players stuck between the people they beat and the people who beat them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone from tennis whose hard swing is now working against them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoubles partners who want to move, talk, and cover the middle as one unit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlayers who would rather understand why a shot wins than memorize a tip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798176521795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Robert Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50780129132799,"sku":"9798176521795","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hit-it-softer-robert-smith-9798176521795","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}