overhead smash
High ball killshot
An overhead smash is a powerful downward stroke in racket sports like tennis, badminton, and squash, executed when the ball or shuttlecock is above the player's head.
The motion resembles a serve but occurs during play, typically to return a lob or high ball with aggressive force.
A well-executed overhead smash is often a point-ending shot, driving the ball steeply into the opponent's court with little chance of return.
She put away the point with a crushing overhead smash.
- racketUproar, scam, or paddle
- racquet sportGame played with strung paddles
- tennisRacquet sport over net
- netFinal amount remaining
- net gamePlay at the divider
shuttlecock · power · power shot · spike · court · timing · jump · badminton · arm strength · arm swing · slam · explosive · kill shot · hit · follow-through · backhand · volleyball · force
- racket sportsserve, volley, forehand, backhand, doubles
- tennis shotsforehand, backhand, volley, serve, lob
- sportssports, basketball, tennis, athletics, golf
- doubles tennisdoubles match, doubles partner, doubles partners, doubles team, doubles court
- volleysvolley, half volley
overhead smashdrop shot
Soft stroke landing short
scoop shot · get · half-volley · half volley · groundstroke
overhead smashdrop shot
Soft stroke landing short
dink · touch shot · lob · push shot · slice