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5 Steps to DEFEND the Pickleball Lob (Super Simple!)

Nothing feels worse than watching a lob sail over your head while you stand flat footed. And the usual reaction, turning and running straight backwards, is exactly how players trip, fall, and get hurt.

The fix starts before the lob is even hit. Watch your opponent's paddle: a lofted face, angled up like a chipping wedge in golf, means a lob or high dink is coming, while a flat paddle means a normal dink.

The moment you see that lofted paddle, take one step back and get ready. Also clock your opponents: if someone loves to lob, stay lob-aware on every dink, and remember that lobs tend to come when a player is caught in an awkward, defensive position.

Now the footwork. As soon as the lob goes up, drop your dominant foot back and shuffle sideways, never backpedal facing the net.

The drop and shuffle keeps your weight balanced and turns your body into overhead position as you move. Running straight back leaves you swinging with all arm and one stumble from a fall.

If the lob goes over your backhand shoulder, drop the opposite foot instead and hit a two-hander, or spin around it and throw up a drop to stay in the point. And watch your feet: after chasing a lob, reset both feet outside the kitchen before hitting the ball out of the air, or you gift a foot fault.

For the overhead itself, hold a continental grip and keep the paddle up over your head with your elbow out, like it is shielding you from rain. Track the ball with your free hand, pointing at it as if you could catch it.

Then swing like you are throwing an axe: drop the paddle behind your head, throw up at the ball, pronate your forearm at contact so the face hits flat, and finish down toward your opposite knee.

Aim every overhead at one of three spots: down the line, down the middle, or on a sharp angle out wide. Then move back up to the kitchen so you are ready to finish the next ball instead of getting stuck in the backcourt.

Key points

A lofted paddle face on your opponent's dink is the earliest signal that a lob is coming.
Drop your dominant foot and shuffle back sideways instead of backpedaling, which is how falls and injuries happen.
Hit the overhead with a continental grip and an axe-throwing motion, pronating your forearm at contact and finishing at your opposite knee.
Aim overheads down the line, down the middle, or on a sharp wide angle so the ball does not come back.
After the smash, move back up to the kitchen to close out the next shot.

Watch the full tutorial here.