IKR the slower courts made the game favor baseline too much. I miss seeing a serve and volley vs a baseliner or a player mixing both tactics to deal with his opponent. Also I miss seeing the Conners type player who was a baseline / attacking style player who was always hunting the short ball to attack the net. Maybe the networks told ATP to slow down courts for long matches and more commercial breaks??
Great vid, so helpful thanx! Also love the interludes showing our good old friend the great Pete Sampras, the second greatest player of all time (we all know who the greatest is now dont we - at the latest since Aussi Open 2018. ;)
Omg thank you so much guys. I was waiting a video like this for so long and my comment on your previous video did pay off. I'll try and follow your useful advice to get better. Thanks again
I saw advice that if you do an approach shot and volley you should hit the approach to the middle to cut off the angles when you volley. My problem is when I hit to the middle it goes right into the player and its easy for them to simply lob it
Down the middle is a good option but most pros will use it only every now and then. The vast majority approach down the line and focus on covering their line
I would argue that modern rackets make Serve and Volley an even more viable strategy then it was a few decades ago by allowing much more stronger serve options such as the kick serve.
can u make a video on return of serve by slices both deep and shallow slices. the grip to use when waiting to return a serve I see pros like djoko and nshikori or Murray having different grips
Try to serve down the tee Don’t look up after serve Leave time for the split step First volley is a set up shot down the line, you can try to jam them or send it deep
i can see that sampras takes only one extra step after landing on his left foot before doing the split step, whereas some other players make 2 steps. does that depend on the speed of the serve?
Kk Lin it's all about effective movement and anticipation when serving and volleying. If you are consistently getting beaten with the lob that often means you are closing in to quickly and not giving yourself a good chance to cover that lob off the first volley. After your shuffle step you want to close a bit, but not right on top of the net. But again, serve and volley is all about anticipation and recognization. If you can't recognize the angle of the rackethead of your opponent then you are going to be in trouble often from that lob.
Good video... Must start with good serve - quick move forward and volley efficiently at the net... easy to understand and need a lot practice... Fighto...
Jorge it's all about practice and trusting your technique, I actually swing faster on my second serve than on my first quite often. Make sure you are comfortable with your technique and then just get out and hit buckets of second serves,really accelerating that racket head through the hitting zone. That acceleration is going to give you spin, which in turn gives you margin for error
Hey! I am a Brazilian tennis player and i have 14 years old. I have a dream, be a profissional tennis player. I started playing tennis one week ago. Too late to starting tennis
I'm 14 to been playing since the age of 5. Your gonna have to work really hard on your basic fundamentals really fast, also I you will need a good coach who is not there to just take your money. And another thing is you have to really focus hard because you have started late, not impossible but really had you will need to focus.
I grew up in the Edberg-Becker era. There was also old McEnroe and Navratilova, young Sampras, old Noah, then Stich, Krajicek, Rafter, Henman ... these guys all had very good volleys. But since 1988, only one GS is on grass. And they even slowed the Wimbledon grass after 2000. IDK why. Tennis is sooo boring w/o volley. And Untill 1974, the US Open was also played on grass... I can only dream of today's tennis w 3 GS played on fast lawn. Man, this would be soo awesome. Federer would have 30 GS, LOL. S&V has just disappeared as a general gameplan. #SadbutTrue. Some men still do it here and there on some points, but it's way too rare. And I'm not even talking about the ladies out there. Mauresmo was their last S&V player. I miss that kind of tennis a lot
Well the tennis powers decided to slow down the game to encourage more rallies. They got their way! Ruined the serve and volley style and created baseline grinders. Shame really
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Speed the courts back up and bring back serve and volley I miss seeing that style of tennis
Agreed 100%
I think they are slowly speeding up play again
IKR the slower courts made the game favor baseline too much. I miss seeing a serve and volley vs a baseliner or a player mixing both tactics to deal with his opponent. Also I miss seeing the Conners type player who was a baseline / attacking style player who was always hunting the short ball to attack the net. Maybe the networks told ATP to slow down courts for long matches and more commercial breaks??
Great vid, so helpful thanx! Also love the interludes showing our good old friend the great Pete Sampras, the second greatest player of all time (we all know who the greatest is now dont we - at the latest since Aussi Open 2018. ;)
Omg thank you so much guys. I was waiting a video like this for so long and my comment on your previous video did pay off. I'll try and follow your useful advice to get better. Thanks again
Can you analyse Djokovic movement at the back regarding how he chases down balls and slides even on harcourts ?
Good stuff. I was just starting to add serve and volley to my game.
Thanks for the tips on serve n volley.
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great advice fellas look forward to practicing this on the court next time ;)
awesome tutorial. thank you!
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Novak Djokovic disliked this video cause he only goes to net to shake hands
federerfan3 im dead 😂
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As the winner tho
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Excellent. Thanks
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Great Video. Thank you guys..
Thanks for watching!
Are there any lessons you would like to see in the near future?
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Very good instruction.
Many thanks for watching
All the best
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Great info. You look so young in this video 😄! (Video is 8 years old now!)
I saw advice that if you do an approach shot and volley you should hit the approach to the middle to cut off the angles when you volley. My problem is when I hit to the middle it goes right into the player and its easy for them to simply lob it
Down the middle is a good option but most pros will use it only every now and then. The vast majority approach down the line and focus on covering their line
Highly informative. Many thanx!
w I have tried this but it is not working when you fail to put away enough the first volley
Nicely done, gentlemen!
Cheers Chuck
Excellent guys! Thanks
I would argue that modern rackets make Serve and Volley an even more viable strategy then it was a few decades ago by allowing much more stronger serve options such as the kick serve.
Modern rackets improve almost every aspect of your game. But groundstrokes and returns, especially ones with spin get improved much more.
Nice lesson
Really, good, gonna give it a try
can u make a video on return of serve by slices both deep and shallow slices. the grip to use when waiting to return a serve I see pros like djoko and nshikori or Murray having different grips
Thi is the best ''serve and volley'' video, aferin gençler...:)
Really good video. Thanks.
very good thanks
excellent comments...
Great one
thank you
please analys federer forehand in front view his flat and spin the ball
simple thx good video
Thank you!
Try to serve down the tee
Don’t look up after serve
Leave time for the split step
First volley is a set up shot down the line, you can try to jam them or send it deep
Thank you for watching
Are there any lessons you would like to see in the near future?
All the best
Simon
i can see that sampras takes only one extra step after landing on his left foot before doing the split step, whereas some other players make 2 steps. does that depend on the speed of the serve?
Yes it would depend on the speed of the serve and where the opponents returns from.
Thanks for watching.
All the best
Simon
Great video!!
Great Video !!!
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superb video. But my opponents are good retrievers and often hit good lobs despite my good volleys, then I am sitting duck... any tips? :>
Kk Lin it's all about effective movement and anticipation when serving and volleying. If you are consistently getting beaten with the lob that often means you are closing in to quickly and not giving yourself a good chance to cover that lob off the first volley. After your shuffle step you want to close a bit, but not right on top of the net. But again, serve and volley is all about anticipation and recognization. If you can't recognize the angle of the rackethead of your opponent then you are going to be in trouble often from that lob.
Is court surface natural grass or artificial grass??
Good video... Must start with good serve - quick move forward and volley efficiently at the net... easy to understand and need a lot practice... Fighto...
Prapotch Chaiworawitgul is hard Court
I'm done playing endless rallies from the baseline (clay). And losing 75 at the third set after 3 hours
Good to hear!
Get to the net and finish points
What racket is Alex using? BLX?
Isn’t it better to serve to the corners (not the T) so the opponent can’t get to the volley?
very true your first volley has to be deep
How come huge servers like Karlovic, Groth, and Isner use a serve and volley play plenty of times on their first serve? Is it a height thing?
They have to serve and volley a lot..They don't move as well as other players at the back of the court
That sounded like a car crash @5:16
Stutter must be neutral not moving forward or backward , this is crucial.
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Hey guys, i've got just a problem. When doing the second serve, i don't accelerate too much because i think i'll miss that serve. What should i do ?
Jorge I think you are right, you must not accelerate the Ball on second serve
Jorge it's all about practice and trusting your technique, I actually swing faster on my second serve than on my first quite often. Make sure you are comfortable with your technique and then just get out and hit buckets of second serves,really accelerating that racket head through the hitting zone. That acceleration is going to give you spin, which in turn gives you margin for error
Hey! I am a Brazilian tennis player and i have 14 years old. I have a dream, be a profissional tennis player. I started playing tennis one week ago. Too late to starting tennis
I'm 14 to been playing since the age of 5. Your gonna have to work really hard on your basic fundamentals really fast, also I you will need a good coach who is not there to just take your money. And another thing is you have to really focus hard because you have started late, not impossible but really had you will need to focus.
+Patrick Mpalanyi Ok man thank you. You helped me a lot
Andrey Gameplays No problem mate just have the right coach and train hard you never know what could happen :)
I grew up in the Edberg-Becker era. There was also old McEnroe and Navratilova, young Sampras, old Noah, then Stich, Krajicek, Rafter, Henman ... these guys all had very good volleys.
But since 1988, only one GS is on grass. And they even slowed the Wimbledon grass after 2000. IDK why. Tennis is sooo boring w/o volley.
And Untill 1974, the US Open was also played on grass... I can only dream of today's tennis w 3 GS played on fast lawn. Man, this would be soo awesome. Federer would have 30 GS, LOL.
S&V has just disappeared as a general gameplan. #SadbutTrue. Some men still do it here and there on some points, but it's way too rare. And I'm not even talking about the ladies out there. Mauresmo was their last S&V player. I miss that kind of tennis a lot
Well the tennis powers decided to slow down the game to encourage more rallies.
They got their way!
Ruined the serve and volley style and created baseline grinders.
Shame really
Where's dancing bear
Who is dancing bear?
how do u volley slice returns? it always goes into the net
You need to control the racket face. Everything starts with the angle of the racket at contact on the volleys.
It goes into the net due to backspin. Open the racket face more.