How Ben Johns Beats Lob-Heavy Opponents
Summary
Pickleball 360 has Ben Johns address the lobber who floats everything from anywhere. When both players are deep, you still need a real overhead: turn the body so you can rotate and generate power instead of arming the ball flat through the court.
Winners come from angling the smash off the court where they cannot reach it, pointing the shoulder at the target and rotating through. In a mixed lob rally, take a solid midcourt overhead and wait for a shorter lob before you go for the finish.
Key takeaways
- Lobbers lose if you overhead correctly
- Turn and rotate for power; don’t arm smash flat
- Angle winners off the court
- Finish short lobs; neutralize deeper ones first
Action items
- Practice overheads aiming past the sideline, not down the middle
- In lob games, call ‘short’ before you try to put one away