LOB DROP
SHOT AND DROP SHOT
LOB SHOT
WHY TO
USE A LOB
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Enables you
to put your opponent in the back of the court
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Allows you
more to more time to recover
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Usually used
as a defensive shot
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If you think
your opponent is to far forward and want to play it over his/her head
TEACHING STEPS AND CUES
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Racquet face
is kept open
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Approach is
much like the drop shot except that racquet speed and power is greater
to give it more distance
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The lob is
gentle in the fact that it is to arc in order to hit the back court
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The ball is
to travel high and slowly and reach the back corner of the court
The best
lob is one that travels high and slowly in a diagonal arc across the court
so that the ball glances the side wall and dies in the opposite corner
DROP
SHOT
There two most common drop shots are to achieve either a cut backhand
or a floated forehand shot
CUT BACKHAND
Is more deceptive because the preparation is similar to that of a
drive
TEACHING STEPS AND CUES
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Hit ball at knee height and follow through low
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Keep weight forward on the racquet foot
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Hit with just enough force hit the front wall
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Stance is the same as the backhand shot
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The racquet face will be more parallel to the floor as to achieve a
cutting or slicing motion
FLOATED FOREHAND SHOT
Is more deadly because is dies to close to the front wall
TEACHING STEPS AND CUES
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Again facing side wall
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Hit with a stiff wrist
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Good back swing and low follow through
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Hit the ball flat with just enough force to hit the front wall
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Stance and position is the same as forehand but follow through and power
is substantially less