I teach the lob serve consistently in my classes ... Note: Be sure you contact the ball below your waist. Piston your legs, get low, and start your paddle pointing down to the ground, to ...

Here, we’ll assume this is a deep ball, over the top of the defense ... including a struggle to throw lob or touch passes. To make sure we’re on the same page, a lob pass is a high, arcing ...

It dips quickly – Unlike a floating lob, the topspin makes the ball drop faster, making it harder to track and smash. It’s deceptive – A well-disguised topspin lob looks just like a ...

During the Hornets’ game against the Miami Heat on Monday, LaMelo Ball found Miles Bridges for an alley-oop dunk off a lob Ball threw from near half-court. In what has been a common theme with ...

On Friday night, the Charlotte Hornets will be in Oklahoma City to play the Thunder. For the game, they will be without their best player, as LaMelo Ball has b ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball looks up the score board during the ...

To do so, the player whom the lob was hit over turns, shuffles back, jumps and gives the ball a “high five”—using a punching motion—to put the ball back deep. This is essentially a ...

LaMelo Ball would serve as a capable lob thrower and ball handler alongside big men Anthony Davis and Dereck Lively II. Both centers play far better when they have a playmaking guard capable of ...