{"id":242,"date":"2026-09-24T01:26:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:19:42","slug":"this-lob-is-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"This lob is killer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"This lob is killer! #pickleball #pickleballtips\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jyIaBKKe03I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Richard Pickleball flags a lob that wins points when it\u2019s placed with intent. A \u2018killer\u2019 lob isn\u2019t panic height over the fence \u2014 it\u2019s deep enough to push the attacker off the kitchen and high enough that the smash loses pace or angle. Use it when they\u2019ve crowded the NVZ and you\u2019ve created a short ball you can lift safely.<\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lob with depth first, then height<\/li>\n<li>Best when opponents are glued to the kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t lob short \u2014 short lobs = free putaways<\/li>\n<li>Practice shape: low-to-high brush, not a scoop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Action items<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner feeds short balls; 20 intentional deep lobs<\/li>\n<li>Only lob when they\u2019re inside the kitchen line<\/li>\n<li>Film landing depth vs putaway rate<\/li>\n<li>Add lob as option 3 after dink\/reset in games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tdd-newsletter\">\n<p><strong>Get the 5 best pickleball tips every week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/subscribe-forms.beehiiv.com\/v3\/loader.js\" data-beehiiv-form=\"0e5f3fe0-e4d3-4036-8d7f-c33b311980b2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedropdrive.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe free<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Richard Pickleball flags a lob that wins points when it\u2019s placed with intent. A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,420,200],"tags":[423,421,422,100],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen","category-lobs","category-strategy","tag-kitchen-strategy","tag-lob","tag-offensive-lob","tag-richard-pickleball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":568,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedropdrive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}