who, every time you come to the net, they consistently try to hit it

over your head with a lob or when you're at the baseline, you'll hit a

hard shot and the only way they can defend against that hard shot is to

send up a lob. How do you beat that? If you're at the baseline, and

you hit a hard shot and they just lob it back hoping to restart the

point, you can come in and take the ball out of the air with what I call

a swinging volley. Don't let that lob bounce because you're just going

to have to restart the point back up and restart that point. Come in,

as the ball is dropping, catch it at about eye level to chest level and

take a swinging volley out of the air and put it away. The other thing

is if you come up on an approach shot, a lobber will always choose to

lob over your head. So, know thy opponent. Don't come in too far.

Stay somewhat near the service line expecting the lob, which you'll

probably get, and execute an overhead smash. Put the ball away. The

key to beating a lobber is to not let that lob take effect. Take it out

of the air from the baseline. You're going to come up to the net and

hit an overhead smash. What do you think Kurt?

Kurt: I like it and sometimes you play somebody who's going to just try

even when you're on the baseline to lob it back. Lob it back. With that

player, every once in a while, you will back up a little bit and you

have to feel a little proficient at sending a good lob. This is the one

time, you can probably hit a good lob, let's say, to his back end, maybe

even with a little top spin and that height gives you time to come in

and like Joe said, don't come too close to the net. Stop around the

service line. Chances are, a lob this coming. He's not going to beat

you with a lob if you're only on the service line when he hits it.

Joe: That's right and I have gone to a lot of junior tournaments and at

the young age, the lob is a very effective shot because the players

don't have enough power to come in and take it out of the air often

because they're young and the ball tends to bounce over their heads a

lot. I am teaching my younger students as they get older, maybe 13 or

14, to try to take that swinging volley and try to work on their

overhead smash. How to beat a lobber -take it out of the air, get up to

the service line and hit some overhead smashes.

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