A lob stroke is hit with a low-to-high swing. It is struck to have a high trajectory, well over the height of an opponent at full stretch at the net, and to land near the baseline. A lob can be used defensively, to give oneself time to recover in the point and to force the opponent away from the net, even if the opponent may have an overhead smash as his next shot. Defensive lobs are often hit with underspin. A lob can also be used offensively, to win the point outright. Offensive lobs are often hit with topspin and are especially effective when the opponent's momentum is forward, towards the net. Offensive lobs are more difficult to hit successfully, because of the precise timing required to generate topspin in that motion. Lobs are typically hit as normal groundstokes, but may be hit from a volleying position as well.
The name for a generic shot in tennis is a stroke. Strokes include forehands, backhands, volleys, drop shots, lobs, approach shots, serves, returns, groundstrokes, half-volleys, lob volleys, overheads, etc.
In tennis
lob
Overhead: An overhead stroke is any shot besides the hit that the ball hits the racket’s long axis close to vertical. The point of contact between the ball and racket with this stroke is typically above the players head. An overhead stroke can be used to hit off an opposing player’s lob stroke.
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match, point, serve, ad out
yes, it's a tennis term for a high deep shot.
Kim Clisters probably has the best top spin lob in the mens or womens game. Not only is it incredibly effective but she uses very often.
The purpose of this stroke is to stop your opponent from playing an attacking stroke
I lobbed the ball to him. Lob a tennis shot over an opponent's head.
This is called a Lob
a serve