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Lob Serve Quiz

How good is your knowledge of the deceptively soft lob serves, which top ranked IRT pro, Jason Mannino used exclusively to attain his number one ranking this year? Try the quiz below and see how you rate.

  1.  Lob serves are important because:
    1. They are good change of pace serves
    2. They are excellent against power players
    3. They are generally easier to place in the back corners than drives
    4. All of the above
    5. None of the above
       
  2. The following techniques are all important to hitting a successful lob, except
    1. Use a relatively stiff wrist
    2. Hit with three fourth powers
    3. Stride in the opposite direction of the intended front wall targets
    4. Bend your knees and come underneath on the ball
    5. Bounce the ball at least the waist level
       
  3. The lob serve can be effective for three reasons, except one:
    1. The ball is hit softly for a good change of pace
    2. The ball is hit higher and is out of your opponent’s hitting zone
    3. The ball is easily directed at the opponent’s backhand
    4. You have higher percentages of getting the ball over the short line, which makes it an excellent second serve choice.
    5. None of the above
       
  4. In Sudsy’s Magic Show, featuring “The Lob Serve,” he suggested that it is important that you follow through:
    1. Completely
    2. Stops at the plane parallel to your opposite shoulder
    3. A third of the way to limits power
    4. All of the above
    5. None of the above
       
  5. Wilson® Game Plan suggests that it is important to follow through:
    1. Completely
    2. Stops at the plane parallel to your opposite shoulder
    3. A third of the way to limits power
    4. All of the above
    5. None of the above
       
  6. This lob serve hits three-fourth of the way up on the front wall, and the first bounce hits one to two feet in front of the dotted line and the second bounce is deep in either corner. It does not hit the sidewall.
    1. Lob Nick
    2. High Soft Z
    3. Junk Z
    4. Soft High lob
    5. None of the above
    6. All of the above
  1. This lob hits three-fourth of the way up on the front wall, within six to twelve inches of the sidewall, travels past the short line, and then hits the second sidewall about thirty to thirty five feet back. The ball dies before it hits the backwall:
    1. Lob Nick
    2. Soft High Lob
    3. Junk Z
    4. High Soft Z
    5. None of the above
    6. All of the above
       
  1. In Skills and Strategies for Winning Racquetball, Marty Hogan and Ed Turner does not recommend serving the Z-lobs in the middle of the service box for the following reasons, except for:
    1. You have to hit the ball closer to the sidewall crotch
    2.  Your chances of hitting the sidewall is increased
    3. The front wall angle is increased
    4. Your front wall target is decreased
    5. None of the above
       
  1. According to Hogan and Turner, the two successful keys to the high lob are:
    1. Touch and Placement
    2. Height and a loose wrist
    3. High toss and Placement
    4. None of the above
       
  1. The high lob is not quite as easy to hit as the half lob because?
    1. Travels a short distance
    2. You decreased your margin of error
    3. Gives the receiver little time than the half lob
    4. None of the above
    5. All of the above
       
  1. What would most likely happen if you hit a high soft Z lob too hard and it hits the frontwall too far from the sidewall?
    1. The ball would likely caroms short as a center plum
    2. The ball would more than likely comes off the backwall rather than the sidewall
    3. The ball would result in an Out serve by hitting a third wall
    4. None of the above
    5. All of the above
       
  1. The High Soft Z lob is a great second serve because:
    1. It has a greater margin of error
    2. It offers an unlimited number of variations
    3. The pattern of the serve can create tremendous return woes
    4. All of the above
    5. None of the above
       
  1. A lob serve that hugs the sidewall all the way to the back corner is called:
    1. High Soft lob
    2. Nick lob
    3. Junk lob
    4. Wallpapered lob
    5. None of the above
       
  1. If you hit your high soft lob serve too hard and it bounces near the dotted line, an advance player would most likely?
    1. Wait for it to come off the backwall for a kill return
    2. Wait for it to drift back to deep court and hit a ceiling return
    3. Cut it off and attempt a kill or high percentage pass
    4. None of the above
    5. All of the above
       
  1. Former NW 100 Club Pro, Patricia Matzke said that:
    1. You should always try to cut off every mediocre lob off if you can
    2. The further back a lob goes, the better the lob gets
    3. The further the back a lob goes, the harder it is to return effectively
    4. None of the above
    5. All of the above

     

Your ranking:

14-15………..Hey, only amateur are allowed to take this test!
12-13………..Hey no fair! You’re an open player!
10-11…………You have to be a top amateur club player
8-9………….Better tweak up those drive serves, you might need it
5-7……………Why bother? Just drive serves them to death!
3-4……………The tennis courts are back that a way
0-2……………No, this is not handball…and yes, we use a racquet

 

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