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The Junk Lob by Carl Moody The junk serve is a half-lob that either (1) hits the side wall behind the dotted line and rebounds into the receiver or (2) hits the floor behind the dotted line, then hits the side wall and rebounds into the receiver. It is an excellent choice if your opponent is cutting off the standard lob or half-lob. Either the junk lob or the standard lob (including lob Z's) is the serve of choice for the second serve. The serve is hit from the rear of the service box, just left of the (imaginary) center line, so that you drop (and strike) the ball right in the middle of the court. This makes serving to the left or right side equally easy by simply changing the face of the racquet. The target, for a serve to the left hand side is a point on the front wall about 8 feet up and 4 feet from the side wall. The corresponding point four feet out from the right hand side wall is the target for the serve to the forehand. Hit the serve with a stiff wrist, using your body, not your arm, in a nice easy motion. You can vary the speed of the serve by hitting a little harder or a little easier. You can also move the ball a little higher or lower on the front wall. The key is to get the ball to bounce in a circle about 3 feet in diameter centered on the crack between the floor and the side wall about two feet in front of the back wall. This way your opponent won't know whether the ball will hit the wall or floor first, putting a little more pressure on him. The beauty of the junk lob is that it looks like a setup, so the receiver is tempted to try to kill it. However, the receiver is attempting the kill from 38-40 feet from the front wall, with the ball above his waist, which is a low percentage shot. The master of the junk lob is Jason Mannino, the number one player in the world. He never hits a drive serve. You can see Jason hit one of his patented junk lobs in the following video. Note where it contacts the front wall, where it hits the floor and side wall, and how hard Jason hits it.
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