Tennis Doubles Serve & Volley. Very Often It's Not. WTRS? # 522

[@geoffhess2267]

We inevitably face these situations in serve and volley where, either due to a short return or being a bit late off the blocks, we won’t be able to make a quality volley. Holding up a bit to take the return off the bounce with a nicely placed slice can be the best option as you describe here Brent. Thanks.

[@webtennis]

@@geoffhess2267 Exactly right.

[@markjordan1032]

The toughest one for me is the low over the net slice. Sometimes it seems like an easy half-volley , then the ball carries a bit extra and ends up as a shoetop volley. I find it hard to read this one and get caught sometimes. ??

[@webtennis]

Yeah. Totally agree. Picking up the depth of that shot can be greatly improved with really good balance. If you get even slightly off balance, your brain wants to find a stationary object to get re-oriented. And yeah, that moving tennis ball ain't a stationary object ;-). Posture & balance is a super skill in tennis.