Using the AdS/CFT correspondence, we study finite 't Hooft coupling corrections on the instantaneous energy loss of light quarks within shooting string. We consider the first higher-derivative corrections to the supergravity theory, which are R4\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$R4$$\end{document} terms in the gravity action. It turns out that the energy loss decreases with decreasing lambda\documentcl...