Fix Your Overhead: Neutralize the Most Annoying Shot I Jonathan Stokke

About this episode

Jonathan Stokke discusses how to improve overhead shots in tennis and overcome the challenges posed by lob shots.

7 Day Free Trail - https://bit.ly/stu-skool Senior Tennis Unpacked Community 📄 Episode Description We all know the feeling: you're at the net, feeling like a pro, until that high, slow ball goes up and suddenly you're backpedaling like a panicked crab. Most of us hate lobs because we're terrified of our own overheads, but the truth is, we're making it way harder than it needs to be by taking dangerous technical shortcuts. In this episode, Jonathan Stokke breaks down why the "lobber" isn't actually your enemy — your overhead is — and shares a simple spacing rule that allows even players with limited mobility to turn that "annoying" shot into a point-ending smash. ✅ Key Takeaways · The "Secret" Source of Hate: Why your frustration with lobbers is actually a "bad overhead" problem in disguise. · The Shortcut Trap: Why backpedaling is the "number one" technical mistake that ruins your balance and your overhead. · The Serve Hack: A simple visualization to turn your overhead from a "swat" into a controlled, abbreviated serve. · The One-Yard Rule: How getting just one yard behind the service line allows you to cover 90% of lobs without ever needing to jump. · Predicting the Future: How…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Rogers

Guest: Jonathan Stokke

Topics covered

• overhead technique
• tennis strategy
• lob shots
• player mobility
• technical mistakes

Keywords

• overhead
• lob
• tennis
• technique
• strategy
• mobility
• balance

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Senior Tennis Unpacked, Stokke Doubles Academy

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