tips for hitting lobs deep and in.

[steve s]

I have a hard time keeping lobs in the court when I play against people with big overheads. Even when I have the time--- I hit long. Help.

[papa]

Lots of topspin helps.

[Scheiner]

Look up anything on moonshots. They are very effective especially since the topspin makes it drop short of the baseline and make an easy point.

[Marius_Hancu]

close a little bit the racket face at contact
relax your wrist in order to get a lashing down-up motion on the back of the ball

[Camilio Pascual]

Most people I see don't hit them high enough and don't commit fully to the shot in order to give it that topspin it needs, as Papa points out. I suggest you use a SW or Western grip, hit with a semi-open stance, hit strongly UP through the ball with a FULL follow through, and try hitting a little bit off your back foot instead of stepping into it as with a groundstroke to kill some of the forward weight transfer. I hit lots of lobs, but mainly Xcourt and not d-t-l, there is more room to get it in.

[Cypo]

On the other hand - lobbing a tall opponent with a big overhead may not be the best choice unless they are really hugging the net. My mixed partner get 90 % of the lobs people try on him (one thing I really like about him :-)). He is just hard to lob.