Tennis Volley Technique | Key Principles and Positions
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- In todays video we take a look at efficient tennis volley technique. The key principles and positions that allow you to succeed at the net aren't be taught effectively IMHO. If you are a tennis player who has been struggling at the net or just thinks there might be a more efficient way to volley than please try some of the ideas and volley drills in this instructional tennis video. Please consider subscribing if you find value.
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Bill Tym told me players should start to learn tennis at the net by learning the volley first. Then players could move away from the net and increase the swing in the midcourt and later at the baseline. Players who learn tennis in that order tend to be able to play at all three areas (the net, the midcourt, and the baseline) while players who start learning tennis at the baseline first tend to remain being comfortable at the baseline and never really get comfortable going to the net. What do you think?
For sure. I know a couple successful developmental coaches that share this philosophy. Thanks for commenting.
I agree with you. I start beginners at the net first to also get accustomed to the continental grip.
such a good video jeff. thanks for sharing info based on laws of physics, biomechanics of the body, and dimensions of the court
Thanks Ryan! Nothing like a 5AM comment to reinforce why you’re doin it buddy 😂
This is the best video on how to volley that I've seen on UA-cam so far.
Really clears up the misunderstanding that volley is not a downward motion while explaining good mechanics, like driving the movement from the shoulder.
Thanks for the kind remarks! Best Jeff
Same
I really liked this video, Jeff. I'm interested in watching more, but I need you to bookmark your videos so I can jump to specific sections. E.g., 5 Techniques. Grip. 2 Common Errors, Shadow Swing Drill, Wall Drill.
@@BryanTanner will work on doing better at that Brian. Thanks for the feedback.
One of the Best Technical Volley videos anywhere online... I've Served and Volleyed virtually every match ( Singles and Doubles ) since 1976. I was MVP on my college team and went on to play limited prize events and USTA Nationals. Listen to Jeff. He is on target with stroke checkpoints and strategy concepts.
Appreciate the comment coach!
"turning just until the strings face forwards" is a good way to think which helps me. I'll defiantly remember that one for a long time. Thank you. Also "swinging from the shoulder".
Great! Let me know if it helps you out. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you very much for your great video. I would like to know how tight you hold your racket in this case.
Clear and well demonstrated
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love the green courts Thanks Jeff
I like the shoulder be the driver for the volley. One key point for me and perhaps the most important key point is stop you hand with your strings facing the target. If you do this it will stop your follow through and keep your strings o the target line giving you a bigger hitting window. Watch pros and they commonly end up with strings facing the target. This will also limit your hand movement to something between 6 to 18 inches. Most rec players swing the racket and end up with the tip of the racket facing the opposing fence or even past the fence. Stop the hand with your strings facing the target.
Thanks Jeff!
Thank you for the nice comment Casey!
Great video Jeff! Also, congrats on the new location/position!
Thanks so much Carl!
This is the best volley vid I’ve seen. Thanks for posting.
That’s nice of you to say! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment!
Great information. Very helpful. Thank you!
Thanks David! Glad you found value.
Good explanation. I've started out my fundamentals imagining the racquet is actually a butterfly net and I'm trying to catch the incoming ball. That helps square you up when meeting the ball and making sure contact is in front.
Yes! There’s actually a training aid like that. It’s an actual racquet but with a net in it instead of strings. Thanks for sharing!
I just came across your channel for the first time. I am trying to break a bad volley habit of swinging behind me like a groundstroke. I can't wait to practice your drills this weekend. Great, informative video. I just subscribed.🤗
Thanks so much! Would love to know how it goes and if it helps!?
GREAT, video Jeff!
Shout-out to Vic Braiden which was my first tennis instructional 📼, who used the tabletop analogy.
Vic's the man! I also got it from him!
Great analogy of "sliding your racket like its on a table"
very old school , time to adjust the volley like they did with the forehand and backhand
good demonstration of volley
Thanks Arthur!
Great Stuff Jeff, confirms everything I teach my students.
Thanks for the comment Hal. Feel like it could help a lot of people not being given effective info as well as confirming the few of us that are.
Excellent. Thank-You, I have terrible volleys. This explained it well. 🎾
Glad you liked it!
most helpful volley lesson for beginners. thank you
That’s awesome to hear! Hope it helps you succeed more at the net.
Great great coaching. Thank you.
This sums it up i usually volley slicing the ball down, forehand and back hand even when i do walling its the same but now i learned that its the wrong way...thanks for this good videos
No right or wrong! Just efficient and inefficient. If the info is helping you execute more volleys and win more matches than that is awesome. Glad it could help!
Gracias Jeff
You're welcome! Thanks for watching 🙇♂️
Volley is not a monolithic stroke . Lower volleys are stick stop where a shoulder turn makes your volley inconsistent. It is odd that. Everyone ignores McEnroe the greatest volleyer of all time because upper body stability , which is never mentioned. On high volleys shoulder could be used but the essence is still upper body stability. On slower balls still advocate no backswing unless it is really slow , but you can add a follow through that is longer something that I call an extended stick stop , with some slice effect. The mother lode is upper body stability , and yes there are differences between volleys hit deep , and the ones hit for angles . I would not advocate Eastern grip maybe modified continental . This was my essential difference with Vic Braden. Volley is a feel stroke , even with Edberg the upper body stability is crucial. On slower volleys the path is high to low even though slightly, although on the faster ones it is correctly stated by this young man the path is not quite downward but straight .unfortunate.y volleying technique of many pros is wanting because the Europeans dominate tennis so euro style volley has become popular , but most of the Europeans were poor volleyers even with wood racquets. One of the tragedies is that no one teaches volleys like Mac, the greatest volleyer of all time , because it is the most scientific because it emphasizes the control aspec on which a power may be built as heeded . Setting with the outside foot is good , but stepping forward is dependent on many factors, during serve and volley the first volley should be hit without moving and the second volley exactly opposite without stopping . My student Andrew Rueb currently the head coach at Harvard and I have spent a lifetime studying volleys . He was himself the best serve and volley player, overall I give the young man a high grade in teaching the basics of the volleys, I just Added a few caveats. All the best
Thanks for the comment!
Wonderful ways to teach volley. Thank you.
Thanks! Appreciate the comment and glad you like it!
Thank you so much Jeff! In my humble opinion I have very solid ground strokes. Lots of spin and pace and I'm very confident at the baseline.
However, before today, I have been a liability at the net. And it bothered me that there was such a discrepancy between my volleys/ground strokes.
But I went on court today with my girlfriend to try out your method and wow! I've been struggling for an entire year and in literally one practice session I'm volleying like a pro!
Okay maybe not that good lol but I didn't believe this kind of progress would be able to have been made in a single night.
Thank you so much for your video, I'll definitely share your video with all of my tennis friends 🎾
That's what I like to hear Jesse! So happy the information had a positive effect on your tennis game!
many thanks, Jeff, very helpful. Are you really saying that we should not be aiming to put spin on the volley? Aren't there ocassions where it is important to use spin on the volley to place/control the shot?
Thanks for the comment Paul! At 8:00 I discuss this. I think when you relax the racquet head back to take pace of the ball it does put backspin on the ball. I think it’s something that is done often, especially at higher level tennis, to make the volley safer. Just not sure it’s fundamental for people learning to volley.
Thanks for the video. To confirm, are you saying to go with a continental or more towards eastern grip for the forehand volley?
Probably closer to continental then an eastern forehand grip but yes. Most of the best volliers don’t use a true continental grip. Just adjusting the palm can make everything work better though.
My son played there in tournaments as a junior.
Yes Travis has quite a few!
Nice job -Jeff me boy 👍
Thanks!
Gz guys, this is your last vid to learn how to volley. Just do exactly what he said and it is it.
Thank you so much for the video
Thanks for the comment! Really excited this video is doing so well. Tennis world needs it!
excellent.
Thanks!
Changing grip is what I've been wondering for so long. My only concern is the fast continuous volley where you don't have time to change your grip.
For sure. Personally, and from what I have seen high level players do, just take the bhv a little later and you’ll still be able to keep a strong wrist position.
Coach, I see this error in Junior tennis all the time, especially my son. The player is about 1 feet from the net and the volley goes down to the net. Why does this happen?
Clear demo, very helpful. Ive noticed pros can have racquet quite close to body at baseline, but further away at net, what do you recommend Jeff?
Not sure what you mean. Like the ready position?
Yeah the ready position, close to the body is common around Melbourne here.
@@fromoz3154 Yeah not sure about that one. A little more time and distance to cover. Might move better with arms more free hanging. 🤷♂
@@JeffLewistennis A biggie with Steve Smith, Ive never felt comfortable with a ready position that big, but is it better to?
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You’re using principles you learned from Great Base Tennis, am I correct?
I spent many years with Steve Smith and a lot of time with Vic Braden so I’m sure much of the info is the same.
Hours and hors of practice required to get that muscle memory during a match.
Don't give up when you miss, just keep up those fundamentals
Move forward,
lead with your elbow,
wrist stiff,
balance your legs,
eyes on the path,
continental grip
What you telling is realy brand new as the volley have been invented some days ago
You mean *is not?
Do you find that not many people know how to volley effectively these days?
You are absolutely correct!! I was never taught the proper fundamentals to a volley. I can't wait to practice this on the wall.
@@yakzivz1104 Awesome! I hope it helps! Let me know how it goes!
These are only high volleys . The key element in the volley is by far the stability of the non hitting shoulder so as to maintain control . Oscar seigneurial emphasizes a slight high too low motion , which also allows more control . The greatest modern volleyers like Edberg , Mac, or Sampras are the best because of their control, the second most important pattern of control is push off of th back knee when possible. Control is of the essence as a poorly placed volley invites an easy passing shot . There are too many moving parts in your shoulder turn etc, which is fine ehen there is time , but all of this must happen prior to the hit, this is the element hardly emphasized, the first volley especially the one met under the net level should have the most stability, the technique that makes McEnroe the greatest volleyer of all time
Is that your home?
No. Just some house behind the country club courts 🤷🏻♂️
@@JeffLewistennis ah i thought this might've been your backyard!
@@LiamApilado I wish!
Not turning is the number one error in people with poor volleys - they have the bad tip of “racket in front” in their heads and they end up being statues
Agreed. I feel like it’s another one of those things that people watch the pros do because they often don’t have time…then teach it as fundamental. Pros turn whenever possible.
Today's my match 15year old Punjab
Go get em
very old school
Thanks!
Even in the Pro Tour, nobody wants to serve and volley anymore. - everytime.
If that’s the case, next time I’ll just ask nobody.
touché
Omg
Great explanation. Thanks!
Thanks for commenting!