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Lob Serve Steps
 

The sequences of the successful lob serve, like the drive serve is to properly synchronize your service mechanics with the ball’s trajectory after the toss. That’s the main reason why the toss is so important in serving.
 

1. Ball is toss straight down

2. Take a small first step towards your front wall target

3. Tuck in your toss hand

4. Start racquet rotation towards contact point

5. Ball continues on its upward path

6. Racquet head continues at three fourth powers towards contact point

7. Hips and legs rotate as the racquet nears the contact point

8. Ball is nearing V=0

9. Hips and legs provide most of the power and control.

10. Hips and legs initiating the motion and you contact the ball at about chest height as the ball is still rising towards V=0. Follow through all the way and relocate quickly.
     

The lob serve is an important weapon to have when you are tired out at the end of a long match or to inject some variety into your service game plan or to keep the ball out of the power zone of an aggressive power player continually smoking your low drives. But to have this dynamic and tempo changing serve available when you most need it, you must remember that timing is everything with the lob serves and to work with gravity for a successful lob.

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