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Tip of the day
There are two ways to go back for a lob. One of them feels natural, and it is the one Tony Roig ties to the most serious injury he sees in pickleball.
The natural one is looking up and backpedaling straight back. Your body is not designed to move that way safely, and looking up leans your weight over the back of you.
Worse, if you stumble there is no way to break the fall except bringing an arm back. That risks your wrist or arm, or you fall back and hit your head on the court.
Instead, present your side or your front to the space you are moving toward. He calls it open the door, or after you if you prefer.
For a right-hander, put your weight into your left leg, then swing your right leg back. Now you are in a nice lateral position.
Left-handers mirror it, with weight on the right leg and the left leg swinging back. He teaches it with your dominant side going back first, because that gives you the most bang for your buck.
From that lateral position you can move laterally and take a mid-range lob out of the air with a punch volley or a smash. Or you can close the door, pivoting back the other way, and run in a forward direction, which he calls the safest way to move on the court to go get a lob.
You can mirror him with your paddle and copy the move exactly as he does it.
His extra tip is the honest one. Until you know how to move back safely for lobs, consider letting them go, because it is not worth a fall that stops you playing.
The video shows the pivot from both sides, left-handed and then right-handed, so you can see exactly where the weight goes before the leg swings.
Key points
Look up and backpedal for a lob, and a stumble leaves no safe way to break the fall.
Open the door instead: right-handers load the left leg and swing the right leg back, lefties mirror it.
From that lateral position, punch or smash a mid-range lob, or close the door and run forward.
Mirror him with your paddle and copy the move exactly as he does it.
Until you know how to move back safely, consider letting lobs go.
Deal of the day
Meme of the day
When your backhand flick finally works 🤣
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Happy pickling,
Paul
