Overhead Lobs - Titan Tennis Drill

Meike Babel's "Overhead Lobs" tennis drill focuses on returning an overhead lob.

For a lot of players, the overhead poses a bit of a problem. They don’t like to work on overheads because they’re not that good at hitting them and of course, they’re not as good because they don’t practice them very often! 

I’m placing the machine right in the middle behind the baseline and I’m also setting up targets that stay away from lines. You’ll start about halfway from the net to the service line because that's most likely the position you’re in when you’re getting lobbed. Make sure that you turn immediately and use a cross over as your first step or at least side shuffles. That way you move very quickly to get back. If you backpedal, you’re slower AND you’re off balance. There is variation in the feeds in depths and location and you want to move being turned already. If it’s a shorter ball you move up under it with shuffles as well. After each overhead make sure you recover to your initial position.

You can watch Meike practice her shots with the Overhead lobs drill, download the drill using the Titan Drills app and then play it on your Titan ONE or Titan ACE pickleball machine.

Watch the Video

Watch Meike train using her Overhead lobs tennis drill on her Titan ONE Tennis Ball machine

Download the Drill and Play

To download and play the drill on your Titan machine open the Titan Drills app on your phone, select "load from QR code" from the drill edit screen, and scan the QR code below. 

Read Sharing and Loading Titan Drills with QR codes for step by step instructions.

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