The UNKNOWN Forehand Volley Secret "Close the Gap"

[@doosrajawad]

Great tip. Another tip for viewers: watch the slow motion section from 4:20 to 6:00.and notice how much work Jeremy's feet are doing to create space for this close-the-gap swing.

[@dockerface]

This video is pure gold, thank you very much. My forehand volley became perfect in the first session after watching it, magic! Sending bullets right on the baseline. I feel this channel does not get the recognition it deserves, amazing quality content!

[@Yoshi-nj7lq]

Amazing! You are the only one that has ever explained the "close the gap" move to ensure that you hit a clean and powerful volley! I have improved my net game so much in one day! Amazing!

[@artsgonzales]

Jeremy, these are HUGE fundamentals that I have never heard anyone talk about before! After 25 years, only now !!! I got stuck to the "punch generation " !!! Thanks

[@Sarjun13]

superb tips! Learnt so much from your videos on volleying!

[@AlexanderAndreev1799]

best volley lesson on youtube! .. I have been struggling with volleys for years and almost lose my hope ...this tip and 2 weeks of work(10 minutes of ball feeding per day following your drills) fixed it. but even after very 1st session I already felt it works. I decided I need to go back and tell you thank you ! truly appreciate your work !

[@FundamentalTennis]

Alexander Andreev happy to hear Alexander. Thanks for the feedback 👍

[@md1021]

You seriously rock with your teaching.

[@장우혁S]

Wow..excellent analysis. Best forehand volley tip ever seen. Thank you so much.

[@FundamentalTennis]

장우혁 S my pleasure!

[@donaldmoses9703]

You are doing a great job Jeremy. The title is so true. I really like your attention to detail on all the videos, especially this one. Tried it out this morning - absolutely amazing tip; thank you so much.

[@FundamentalTennis]

Donald Moses awesome. Glad it worked well for you Donald

[@rogerhill4571]

This is brilliant! Doing shadow sings now, can't wait to try. You're right I have never seen anyone explain the volley this way, may take awhile to learn directional control with this method.

[@henryng9406]

Jeremy thanks for all your tip. I discovered your videos about 6 months ago, I can honestly say I have improved a lot by following your guidance. Looking forward to more of your videos. 👍

[@robinhoodwink9345]

The volley is just been fixed I was trying to get more power with more of a swing motion causing errors. If this idea keeping of elbow out which then makes the power from more room for foot work to back up the arm and wrist. This is just the greatest gift to have a volley thanks.

[@FundamentalTennis]

Robin Woodward you are welcome 👍

[@alkadeshmukh2404]

Enjoy watching all your videos

[@FundamentalTennis]

alka deshmukh happy to hear!

[@alexdaudsyah4981]

Jeremy, you are the first coach who mentions "side spin" on the volley. For eons, coaches have told students to slice the volley, which is hitting the bottom of the ball (6 o'clock). My son used to do slice like this on balls with heavy spin, and he always junks the volley to the net. When I told him to slice by hitting more to the side of the ball (8 o'clock or 4 o'clock), he no longer junks the ball into the net. Even on the pro level, on heavy spin, when they try to volley a heavy spin ball, they will hit the volley into the net. Does this make sense?

[@FundamentalTennis]

Alex Daudsyah when receiving heavy topspin you want to open the face less on the volley in comparison to when receiving a flatter ball

[@alexdaudsyah4981]

@@FundamentalTennis Thanks for the tip on handling spins for volleys. Jeremy, does your tennis machine do topspin and underspin? Mine does and have experimented with how to return volleys with my son. If your machine can do spins (mine is Tennis Tutor Pro), you can experiment too.

[@raychayyc]

Thanks for the trick! It looks like what Federer does for his backhand volley. My coaches always say "karate chop or punch the volley" so this something new.

[@kylewilliams5131]

Good work Jeremy! Good insight on the elbow path, totally agree.

[@davcan1860]

wow great waiting impatiently for the same drill for backhand volley!!

[@sanz8607]

Immediately tried and definite had more zips on the volleys! one of the best tips!

[@FundamentalTennis]

Jack Young happy to hear. Spread the word!

[@LegolasD]

This is a great tip

[@mariodeb]

i never finish learning and this is very good

[@michael1electricianquiroz338]

Great technique and drills to complement the lesson..thx!

[@gustavor9850]

This is a great freaking lesson, i've never seen it explained like this before, it helped me very very much, thanks!!

[@FundamentalTennis]

Gustavo R My pleasure!

[@p_a_o_7658]

Great tip as always!

[@henryw7982]

Jeremy, I don't often comment. This is excellent stuff. You should just search through and "myth bust" all of the bad advice thats out there. Can you do some more videos on ball spacing, racquet positioning and ball contact relative to body. I have trouble timing my volleys and moving forward into the volleys without "coming up" on them

[@FundamentalTennis]

Henry Wong thank you Henry and I will consider it!

[@alexhe1987]

Great tip! Does it work on backhand volley? thanks

[@yunling6225]

I can not wait to practice,Can you add subtitle of the important tips please?just a few words?

[@greatndit]

so the at moment of impact, the racket is angled so that you slice the ball right ?

[@obaidfarghani9202]

amazing, thanks

[@DavidColman14]

Hey Jeremy. I love this. I practiced this technique this morning and you’re right there is so much more feel and therefore control. It seems to keep the racket head open a little longer which prevents a constant problem Ive had of netting volleys. Can this technique be adapted to the backhand?

[@FundamentalTennis]

David Colman glad u liked it! Yes if you watch the pros you’ll see they go much more across and even more down due to the hitting arm being in front

[@Radnally]

The difficulty here is that the exposed surface area of the racket is greatly reduced when its tilted this much towards the approaching ball.

[@FundamentalTennis]

Radnally sorry I’m not sure I follow you.

[@raychayyc]

This is only when he starts his swing where his racket is very open but when he contacts the ball, the racket face is vertical or slightly open.

[@georgesunaryo5080]

Looks so easy, but it's the most difficult for me to do, my problem is l always swing it, l know before volley l always say to my self 'don't swing..don't swing..' but l still do that,mostly l panic when it comes to volley.

[@louismaguina9783]

Thx

[@watcher687]

Is it even possible for the elbow not to come close to the torso even without this tip? I feel like on any stroke swinging across the body is a bad idea, although you say the racket is not supposed to travel across the body.

[@FundamentalTennis]

Yucel Guldali hello. Not sure what your question is or if you have a question but I’m happy to help if you need it. I see rec players all the time “punch their volleys” and NOT come across.

[@watcher687]

Fundamental Tennis I was thinking it’s better to extend forward, swing through the ball, towards the target also on groundstrokes. You say you see a lot of punching but there are so many swinging across the body with weak ineffective shots as well.

[@FundamentalTennis]

Yucel Guldali just like groundstrokes, volleys are typically out and across. Give it a try

[@FairwayJack]

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