Many beginner and recreational pickleball players lob regularly because of mobility issues, footwork, and because they did not return deep to the backhand. Lobs from the NVZ are another animal.

The defensive lob is the most underused shot in the game and, consequently, relatively few players hit it well. How often have you seen players get pulled out of position and then reply with a weak ...

Ja'Kobi Gillespie watched Tennessee basketball games before he was the Vols point guard. The then-Maryland point guard naturally observed how Zakai Zeigler − his predecessor at the position − operated ...

Tennessee point guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie is adding the lob pass to his offensive skillset. Gillespie learned to execute the play by reading how defenses cover ball screens. He developed the skill after ...