Forehand Volley Technique: Step Out and Arm Structure

2 keys for good forehand volley technique are the step out with the right foot and the correct hitting arm structure.
in this video OTI Instructor Ean Meyer shows you key aspects necessary for a good forehand volley and how to master these with simple step-by-step progressions

[@WilliamJPwa]

Nice class, Teacher Ean. Regards from a Brazilian student.

[@alexz.5008]

this guy is insanely great!

[@mymr3xutube]

Best online coach. I'm PTR certified since 2009 and I've been incorporating some of these concepts for years, but I've also learned additional ones from you. Great job

[@harryharrison4749]

He's one of the best coaches I've seen, great videos guys 👍

[@raunaqsahu6488]

Thank you for putting these videos up. I picked up a racquet after 7-odd years and your videos have helped me develop a reasonably decent technique in a month.

[@GaryYoungUSPTA]

Great lesson Ean. I like the fact you keep it very simple while teaching​ sound fundamentals :-)

[@chrisseanbaldwin]

Great stuff Ean!

[@eventhorizon908]

Brilliant forehand volley lesson! I have not seen anything better on youtube.

[@baccarani1507]

great job Ean!

[@mad85123]

excellent progression tips.

[@Better_Call_Raul]

This is good stuff. Only thing I would add is that ready position would not be holding racquet with racquet head tip pointing straight ahead, the racquet head tip should be pointing slightly left, shaded towards the backhand side, so you are ready to defend the volley straight at you with a backhand volley.

[@Fernwald84]

IMHO, the biggest advantage of stepping out first rather than crossing over with the outside leg is that it enables you to make a final adjustment of spacing to the ball as you make your crossover step. This latter step fixes your final position. Once you cross over with your outside leg, you've committed to your final spacing. Often that initial spacing isn't optimal but you can't then change it once you've done the crossover step. After stepping out, you can make the spacing of the crossover step match the correct position to the incoming ball.

[@Beelife082]

Awesome instruction. Thanks!

[@andrewsailo4669]

easy to understand and a great tennis lesson

[@ReggieNoble1089]

Opening the stance get rotational energy in a linear cross over movement

[@jackquinnes]

Great. Only one little flaw: The super kid's outfit is all Adidas - except his socks, damn! Careful out there!

[@mikeso5963]

Great video. Wish you can post the backhand volley

[@slimpickinses]

Workin with my high school kids on this today

[@felixlobato8382]

Great lesson. Thanks

[@skalenskij]

It is amazing explanation, even mi understood.

[@sandergroen6074]

yes it is great but the bigger flaw is that the coach is showing the movement without the ball having the racket too far behind so the impact point is not in front of the body

[@laflammiche]

nice tip, the same thing for the bachhand volley ? to follow ?

[@claudioprado389]

Have you ever seen how professionals really volley? they don't step forward they only deflect the ball with the racquet in front turning the torso. Watch some videos of Federer volleying ad you will see how it is.

[@benashley2955]

impressive growth florian... you been on the old hair loss cream?

[@ramyg5037]

LOL!

[@ZorroNumber1]

Are you not supposed to step out with the outside foot?

[@slimpickinses]

first move is racket side foot step out then lean in. Front foot just keeps you from falling down. If you step across with the outside foot your body is moving sideways instead of forward. Unless the ball comes right at you then I tend to weight the back foot and step forward to the side to get away from it. In either case the outside foot is second

[@hello40luv]

Don't get it. You spent a lot of time emphasizing the prayer position. Yet when you fed your student the ball with a racquet in his hand, his hands were no longer in the 'prayer position'. His hands started out way below his elbows. ??????