Offensive Lob

Key Points

• Players are using it more and more
• Enables you to push players off balance and surprise them
• Offensive lob is different from defensive lob
• Lob should look very similar to your dink. The goal is to surprise your opponent
• Look for the opponent to have their weight leaning forward
• Disguise the lob to look like a dink - the goal is to surprise them
• You should be balanced with your weight leaning in and chest upright as you hit the lob
• The offensive lob is less about height and more about pushing forward and catching the opponent by surprise
• It’s easier to hit the lob out of the air before it bounces - as you improve, you can do it either way
• The lob should be hit over the opponent’s backhand side
• Have good balance, lean in, reach forward with your paddle
• Set up the same way as a dink, but engage your legs and lift the paddle further up on the follow through