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Tennis: 2 Types of the Volley

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Player stands on the service line.
Coach feeds balls to the ad side.
Player alternates hitting deep backhand volley cross-court and deep backhand half-volley cross-court.

COACHING POINTS

In this drill player works on regular volleys and half-volleys. Regular volley shouldn’t be a problem for intermediate player to control but half-volley can create a lot of pressure for net player. Coach should teach player to bend knees, maintain low position and lower the racquet to contact the ball right after the bounce. These technical adaptations are crucial to effectively respond to ball placed right in front of the player. From the tactical perspective players should focus on depth and control to make sure that they don’t miss this ball.

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1st and 2nd volley position:

The coach is feeding from the basket and players hit 2 balls each, a 1st volley and a 2nd volley.

Players can start between the baseline and the service-line running forwards and split-stepping as the coach makes contact with the ball.

After hitting the first volley down the line, they must move forwards closing the net down and edging to cover the line before they hit the 2nd volley cross-court.

The 1st volley must be played deep and the 2nd volley as a shorter angled shot.

Volley Drills

1 air 1 bounce:

The player stands at the service line. The coach feeds balls to the backhand side. The coach alternates feeds hitting 1 ball into the legs of the player and 1 regular ball. The player alternates hitting 1 backhand half-volley and 1 regular backhand volley in a down the line direction.

Volley Drills

1st and 2nd volley position:

Players start on the base line. players move to wards the net inorder to volley the first ballback from the 1st volley position to then move in closer to the net and play a ball from the 2nd voley position.

Volley Drills