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Tennis: Controlled Forehand Lob

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DESCRIPTION

Coach stands at the net.
Player starts from the centre behind the baseline.
Coach feeds ball to the forehand corner.
Player moves to the ball and hits forehand slice lob down the line.

COACHING POINTS

At the beginning stages of this learning process, you should instruct the player to use an open stance, open racket face and to move the racket from high to low to generate backspin.
Coach should also remind the player to aim deep because a lob that lands around the service line will be an easy put-away shot even for any player.
If the player succeeds with these first simple steps, you can increase the difficulty of this drill and deliver faster and more challenging balls or make player start from the ad corner to increase the distance to the ball.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Drop and lob:

The coach feeds the ball to the backhand side, and the player hits backhand drop shot down the line and moves forward. The coach comes then to the net and feeds the ball to the backhand side. The player finishes with backhand volley lob cross-court.

Lob

Hitting a simple lob while on the move:

The coach stands at the centre of the court at the net. He/she then feeds the ball to the player's ad side and lifts the racquet up above their head.

The player has to move toward the ball and hit a backhand lob cross court. The aim of this drill is for the player to get the ball to pass above the coach's racquet.

Movement