Lob and bandeja
Ready when: Serve and home base (b3) done.
What you are learning
The lob, a high shot over the opponents to the back of their court, and the bandeja, the controlled overhead with backspin that answers a lob and keeps your pair at the net. These two shots decide who controls the net.
Words on this card Service line, Lob, Bandeja, Doubles, 15, 30, 40, game
- Service line
- The line the server stands behind, and the box the serve must land in.
- Lob
- A high shot over the opponents' heads to the back of their court.
- Bandeja
- A controlled overhead hit with backspin, to keep the net position.
- Doubles
- Two players on each side.
- 15, 30, 40, game
- The tennis way of counting points in a game.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Lob: from the back, open the racket face and lift the ball high and deep over the net players.
- Bandeja: turn sideways under a high ball, racket up behind the head.
- Hit across and under the ball with a slicing swing so it goes deep with backspin, not hard.
Your part while they practise
Feed a lob.
Step by step
- One player lobs.
- The other takes the bandeja.
- 10 each, then swap.
How much: 10 each 12 min a session 2 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Lob start
Play points that always start with a lob.
Who plays: 2 players or 2 pairs against each other.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- One side starts every point with a lob from the back
- The other side must answer with a bandeja
- Play the point out; score like tennis
- One game, then swap who lobs
- Fair play
- A grown-up must play the bandeja to the backhand side only.
- Points
- Tennis points: 15, 30, 40, game.
- Fouls
- The point goes to the other side
- A smash instead of a bandeja on the first overhead
- The ball hitting the other side's wall before the floor
- A ball that bounces twice
- Winning
- Win more games after 4 games.
- 1 points for 1 star
- 2 points for 2 stars
- 3 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
A slow feed.
A fast feed with a defender.
What you will see, and what to say
- the overhead lands short
Hit deep, with backspin
Slice through the ball. - the lob is short
Higher and deeper
Over the net players' heads.
Self-check
5 of 10 bandejas land beyond the service line.
Stop and get a coach when
Shoulder pain.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains overhead choice, lob.
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