moonballs
Towering tennis shots
Moonballs are high-arcing shots in tennis, lobbed with heavy topspin to land deep in the opponent's court.
The trajectory buys time and disrupts aggressive baseliners: She kept hitting moonballs until he lost patience and made an error.
The term sometimes applies to similar defensive lobs in other racquet sports.
Moonballing is often dismissed as unskilled but can be tactically effective.
High-arcing throw or hit
- topspinForward ball rotation
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
- baselineStandard for comparison
- rallyGathering for a cause
pusher · counterpuncher · retriever · trajectory · bounce · Nadal · loopy · neutralize
High-arcing throw or hit
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
- overheadLocated directly above
- resetRestore to original state
- dinkSoft net-clearing stroke
kitchen · trajectory · patience · rally · retrieval · counterpunch · placement · strategic
lob
High-arcing throw or hit
rally · pusher · counterpuncher · retriever · trajectory · bounce · Nadal · loopy · neutralize · reset
lob
High-arcing throw or hit
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
- overheadLocated directly above
- resetRestore to original state
dink · kitchen · trajectory · patience · rally · retrieval · counterpunch · placement · strategic · neutralize
ballooning
Swelling or aerial drifting
carry · trajectory · wedge · loft · apex · altitude · soft-landing · approach
bouncy
Tends to rebound
- toyObject for amusement
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- luminescentEmitting soft light
squeeze · squishy · phosphorescent · children · playroom · souvenir · sensory · fidget