Pickleball lob

Reviewer Explains the geometry behind why crosscourt and kitchen lobs work - more than the usual 'just hit it high.'

Moderator Nothing but the lob: court-position angle geometry, why kitchen lobs beat baseline lobs, crosscourt margin advantage, height/depth targeting numbers, and backhand-side placement to blunt the smash. Sets up a technique section (the flick) still to come.

Reviewer The cone-target drill alone makes this one of the better lob lessons out there.

Moderator Squarely the offensive lob top to bottom: what it is, why it works (moving a settled team off the kitchen), when to use it (immobile or poorly-communicating opponents, sun/wind), and how to hit it, plus a dedicated teaching drill. Channel intro aside, nothing else competes for time.

Reviewer Sharp doubles strategy - the paddle-face read and the drop/drive/lob decision tree are worth stealing.

Moderator Entirely about defending the lob: anticipation (whose forehand/backhand tends to lob, reading paddle face), doubles coverage responsibility, communication, and the decision tree after retrieving one. No filler.

Reviewer Great mix of tactics and technique - disguise, timing, and a real safety tip against backpedaling.

Moderator Wall-to-wall lob content: when to use it off a dink opportunity, disguise technique, depth/height calibration, and a live drilling exercise to practice recognizing the opportunity. Nothing else competes for the runtime.

Reviewer Best-in-class short lob lesson — specific and correct.

Moderator Dense, specific lob technique in under a minute: match your dink form but extend the shoulder higher, don't flick the wrist, target the backhand, only lob when all four players are at the kitchen line, and it's easier off the air than the bounce.

Reviewer This is how you turn a decent lob into a weapon.

Moderator Entirely about lob shot selection - where to place it and why, broken down by court position. Squarely on topic.

Reviewer The slow-mo comparison of the good lob vs. the bad one is the kind of detail that actually fixes your shot.

Moderator This is entirely about hitting the flick lob out of a dink exchange — the shot IS the subject, from setup through execution to a lob-volley variant. Can't get more on-topic than this.

Reviewer Strong combo of lob tactics and technique.

Moderator Squarely about using the lob as an offensive weapon: hit it out of the air, cross-court into the back corner to make full-court coverage impossible, executed as a wristless 'elongated push dink.' Core lob teaching.

Reviewer Explains the game-sense behind the lob, not just the swing.

Moderator Entirely about a specific defensive lob - when and why to hit it, several concrete match scenarios. Squarely on the skill.

Reviewer The wrist-lock fix for a popped-up or long lob is worth the watch by itself.

Moderator Despite the '101' title this stays squarely on the lob: when to use it (against off-balance poachers, not against baseline opponents), the specific wrist-mechanics fix, height-vs-depth priority, and court placement targets. One short course-plug interruption, otherwise on-topic throughout.

Reviewer The court-responsibility split and the pivot cue are things most lob videos never mention - genuinely useful.

Moderator All about handling the lob defensively - the pivot-and-run footwork pattern, who's responsible for which part of the court, and a live retrieval drill. Squarely on the lob as a shot to defend, which is a legitimate half of this sub-skill.

Reviewer Good specific cue for the off-the-bounce lob.

Moderator A focused technique breakdown of the off-the-bounce lob specifically: disguise it like a dink, then extend up through the shoulder/elbow/arm for the lift. Squarely the sub-skill.

Reviewer Sharp scenario-based lob strategy coaching.

Moderator A coach walks through live-play scenarios to teach lob strategy: why lobbing from the baseline early in a point is a bad choice, why the kitchen line is the right place to lob from, disguising it as a dink, and aiming down the middle. Squarely about how and when the lob is actually used, even though it's tactics rather than swing mechanics.

Reviewer Detailed, correct lob-serve coaching.

Moderator About the lob SERVE specifically — same core lob skill (get low, drive up through the hips/shoulders, control height) applied at serve time, plus paddle-angle setup and when to deploy it. Still squarely the lob technique, just in a serving context.

Reviewer Sharp, specific lob-placement tip.

Moderator Squarely about lob execution: fixes the classic mistake of lobbing to the opponent's forehand and gives the correct target (backhand shoulder), plus depth and topspin cues. This is exactly the sub-skill.

Reviewer Real coaching here — safety, footwork, and smart shot selection against the lob, not just fluff.

Moderator This is squarely a lob-defense lesson — overhead footwork, staying sideways, buying time front and back, and specific tactics against baseline lobs from seniors. Everything ties directly back to handling the lob, nothing wasted on unrelated stuff.

Reviewer Best all-around lob breakdown in the stack -- ignore the giveaway plug, keep the technique.

Moderator Covers the goal of the lob, timing, both lob types, and execution mechanics -- about as complete an on-topic lob lesson as you'll find in this batch.

Reviewer The 'open the door, drop and shuffle' footwork alone is worth the watch -- keeps your 3.0s off their backs, literally.

Moderator Whole video is the other half of the lob equation -- reading it and punishing it with an overhead. That's core lob knowledge, not a tangent.

Reviewer Solid strategic lob coaching from a real pro.

Moderator A named pro (Anna Bright) walks through lob decision-making: air vs. bounce, cross-court vs. down-the-line, and disguising the setup with dinks first. Squarely about how the lob is actually played.

Reviewer Watching real mistakes get fixed live is worth more than a polished monologue.

Moderator A player with 'no lob' being coached through it from scratch - paddle path, shape, height, adjusting to conditions. Squarely the skill, start to finish.

Reviewer Pro-level cues packed into a short clip.

Moderator Squarely the topspin forehand lob - shot selection, footwork, stroke path. On topic throughout.

Reviewer Simple, correct shot-selection rule that'll save you from the ego-driven mistake everyone makes.

Moderator Narrow but squarely on-topic -- what to do with the ball after you've chased down a lob. That's a real lob-specific decision point, not filler.

Reviewer Smart shot selection advice, but pair it with a technique video -- this won't teach you how to hit the thing.

Moderator This is 100% about the offensive lob -- when to hit it, where to aim it (backhand side of the diagonal player), and the psychology of why players choose it. No mechanics of the actual swing, but the whole video is lob strategy front to back, so it's core to this sub-skill.

Reviewer Good trick, buried in a lot of chatter.

Moderator Every bit of this is the lob off the dink motion - grip, no wrist/elbow movement, pop it up and over. Squarely on the shot.

Reviewer Solid, specific cue — disguise it like your other shots, just change the finish.

Moderator Straight teaching on a specific lob variant — the topspin lob — how it's disguised as a dink or speed-up and how the follow-through changes. On-topic through and through.

Reviewer Good safety-first footwork advice, just a bit meandering getting there.

Moderator Entirely about reading and safely handling an incoming lob -- tendencies, body tells, the pivot-and-shuffle move. On-topic.

Reviewer Clear, correct, no fluff - exactly what to do when you get lobbed.

Moderator About receiving/covering a lob as a team - the defensive counterpart to hitting one, still squarely inside the lob skill.

Reviewer Simple positioning fix that actually works.

Moderator Not about hitting a lob, but about the direct counter to it - ready-position adjustments when your opponents lob you constantly. That's squarely inside the lob skill, just the defensive half of it.

Reviewer Gets the basic motion across but is pretty repetitive -- decent first exposure, not a deep lesson.

Moderator It's a lob how-to from a coach, cross-court targeting and getting under the ball -- squarely about hitting the lob.

Reviewer One good cue, not a full lesson.

Moderator Specifically about executing a topspin lob off the bounce - squarely the shot.

Reviewer Good strategic context, but you'll need another video for the actual technique.

Moderator Squarely about the lob -- defensive vs offensive definitions, risk profile, when it's worth it. Strategic framing, on topic throughout.

Reviewer Correct but thin — one good point, little depth.

Moderator Squarely about lob shot selection: hitting out of the air vs. off the bounce and the risk/reaction-time tradeoff between them. On-topic but very brief.

Moderator Explains what a lob is for - getting out of trouble by sending the ball high and deep - the actual tactical purpose of the shot, on topic.

Reviewer Good on when to use the shot; less clear if it covers how to actually hit it.

Reviewer Accurate cues, just very brief -- good bonus tip, not a full lesson.

Moderator It's specifically about a lob variant (topspin lob) -- still squarely part of the lob skill, just a narrower slice of it.

Reviewer Small but genuinely useful — a clear rule for who takes the lob and why.

Moderator This is about doubles-team logistics for handling a lob — who covers it based on handedness and whether you switch or stay — which is a real part of dealing with lobs but isn't about the shot mechanics themselves.

Reviewer Good drill structure, but you need to already half-know the technique to get much out of it.

Moderator This is a drill built entirely around defending/retrieving lobs — hitting the overhead when you can, resetting when you can't. Squarely about handling the lob.

Reviewer Correct but thin — gives you the options without teaching you how to actually execute them.

Moderator This is squarely about defending the lob — turn, run it down, then drop or re-lob. On-topic.

Moderator A straight 'what is a lob and how to use it' - that's the sub-skill by definition, on topic.

Reviewer Good if you've never heard the term before; don't expect technique detail.

Reviewer The one cue is solid, but there's not much here besides the pitch for the paid program.

Moderator The instructional core - drop step footwork for retrieving a lob instead of backpedaling - is squarely on-topic and mirrors the good defensive-lob-footwork content elsewhere in this batch. Video is just short, so a big share of its total runtime is the closing pitch rather than more teaching.

Reviewer Just names the drill pattern — doesn't actually teach you the lob.

Moderator The lob is one leg of a three-shot drill pattern (lob, overhead, drive) rather than the sole focus, so it's relevant but shares the stage with the drive and overhead.