How To Hit A Tennis Volley - Tip For More Feel
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- Опубликовано: 10 ноя 2024
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If you're learning to hit a volley in tennis, then the most common instruction is to punch it. But punching the volley causes you to become tense and rigid and you are unable to adjust to the incoming ball and you also lose feel for the ball.
Feel is critically important because you need to gauge the speed of the incoming ball and apply just the right amount of force in order to hit the volley with accuracy and control.
The following drills guide you towards the key feel and technique needed to play a tennis volley with control.
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Because of his tips, I've developed effective forehand and backhand volleys. He is a great teacher!
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getting to the core of the many technical difficulties in tennis , thanks again.
From a video that has since been removed from RUclips, the same technique is described as "let the ball hit a moving racket face." If you watch how Federer does it, he's just moving the racket face in an arc while the ball strikes it. In the video I saw, it explains that by moving the racket face in a fan-arc motion while letting the ball strike it, it's like a moving bicycle vs a stationary bicycle -- you'll have more balance and control. Yes hitting the static racket face will make the ball bounce back over the net, but by letting the ball hit a moving racket face (like how the coach and Federer does it -- not really moving forward or pushing the racket), you have control over the volley. You can then 'reflect' it like a mirror and have the ball go where you want it to.
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I was skeptical in copying your contact technique. But I can't accurately judge an instruction without first trying it. So the ball machine and I met this morning and it wasn't long before I noticed an increase in my consistency. In the near future maybe I can add pace while becoming more comfortable at the net. Thanks for sharing.
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Really good video and instruction. Especially like the slow-motion with script examples. Thank you!
Thank you. Sir. Your instruction concerning feeling the ball in the volley is very helpful to me. I was not sensitive to the ball touch. Let me tell you my improvement through your teaching how to volley after practice.
Hi, your videos are great, best videos on the net. Thank you for sharing and helping us to play better and more relaxed tennis, that means we enjoy more our playing.
Another great video. I also teach the same way, but I don't teach to put spin on the ball at first. I put a lot of emphasis on catching and when the ball makes contact with the racquet just give it a little firm tap by tightening your grip upon contact with very little racquet movement. Basically the way teach in another video to do as little as possible to get the ball just over the net. Only because there are a lot of times when your opponent hits the ball with pace and that is all you need.
Catching the ball is best advice ever!
Excellent video. It's tough telling that to a 9 year old though. I tried.
Thanks for the tips.
Very interesting & unique approach. Im going to try as you say & report back.
Good instruction.
Excellent video!
Good guide to have felling ball contact force
As in all sports (baseball [hitting and pitching], bowling, NFL QB tossing a ball...), everything begins at the feet, and the way in which the legs and feet are maneuvered to release and then shift weight, and thus create energy via the kinectic chain. This is true for groundstrokes -- but also volleys.
Try this: immediately before (or as you strike), say, a right-handed backhand volley at the shoulder level, after pivoting body slightly to the left, lift left foot so that most of the souls of the shoe face the back fence; as you are striking the ball, move your right leg forward slightly, and simultaneously scrunch the area where your front hip (of your right leg) meets your front right leg, and, as appropriate, continue backhand volley follow-through. It is this transfer of weight from back feet-to-front hip that will make the backhand volley "pop". Remember, as Mark Kovac says, "power does not come from the arm, power flows through the arm."
By concentrating mostly on your feet, you will be able to hit authoritative put-away volleys of not only fast shots coming at you (where you easily capture and use your opponent's power), but also soft shots that come your away, which, in the past, you often screwed-up because you didn't know how to handle softy shots.
See for yourself at 3:07 .See also forehand volley at 3:37. Even in the volleys Tomas is hitting: he is subconsciously using his feet to create power that supports the volley absorbing technique he is describing. See for yourself at 3:55 and 7:11 : watch his feet. So, the racket or the arm per se is not actually absorbing the power Tomas described -- it is really the feet and legs.
To be clear: Tomas is not wrong: his videos show that he (and Federer) actually use feet. It's just that the videos go so fast, and the feet movement is so subtle, that it is understandable why anyone would miss the importance of feet\legs and think arms are most important with respect to volleys.
And, let me also say: Tomas is a great teacher! He gives great advice!
hi there, i think this clip was a good instructional clip for drop volley. if you don't press the grip too much and hold it in the scale of 10 (hardest) like 6 or 7, your racket face will pull back automatically, there is no need to exaggerate it unless you wanna drop it.
Very good tennis teacher ...thanks
that's awesome, the throw/bounce drill
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I realy like your videos, because its very simple to understand. Thanks for that
Excellent. Thanks
Nice way to teach feel. Thank you.
love all of your tips emphasizing balance and 'feel' - which I think is especially important for volleys because you have so much less time to prepare and recover as compared to ground strokes. This video and your 'flowing volley' video are great and made me understand why we should be playing 'feel' volleys probably 80-90% of the time and only punching volleys when we've got sitters and can easily hit put aways.
I do think you might want to emphasize swinging the racquet 'across your body on both FH and BH volleys - just like Roger is doing. Oscar Wenger's videos really emphasize this point (on all shots really), but I think it's most important on the volleys as one can still play pretty effectively with 'old school' techniques (closed stance and stepping into each shot) from the backcourt - but you just don't have time to do that most of the time on volleys - especially if you have to recover for the next shot.
Your videos always remind me to 'relax' and hit and move with balance ... keeping my head still and trying to flow into the next shot. Of course Federer is the master at this which we can all try and emulate.
that`s really helpful to me, thank you so much!
Great tip. Thx!
what is the grip to do volley like in the video? please share to me. Nice tips you gave though! :)
very good tip.
awesome tip
Backhand volley feels very unnatural to me. There is no way that I can hit it without "hitting" the ball. The other way I either hit the ball with the frame or just under slice it alot. How can I fix it? I cant understand what the problem is.
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Thank you, nice job
Thanks for the great tip!!!!
Great video...
Then when you have mastered getting the ball over with as little effort as you can the start putting slice on it. You will be surprised how many points you can when just by putting the racquet out in front with the proper head angle. Especially in the begin before you move on to more advanced technique.
Great video !!
Hi, Can you please us me know the forehand and backhand grips for volley, i am bit confused, both the grips are same for volley?
Yes, ideally we hold the same continental grip for both volleys. In reality players like to shift the grip slightly when playing forehand volleys towards the forehand grip, but we're talking 1-2 millimeters of change.
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Amazing vidieo thanks
It really works! Thanks!!
loved it
thank you!
I now understand when a tennis commentator describes someone by saying they have "soft hands"
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Very helpful, thanks!