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Volley

Closer to the net, and less swing than you think.

Building the Volley

The volley is built forward rather than backward: where the body goes decides the shot, and the racket does less than a new player expects.

Principle

The body moves to the ball; the racket stays simple.

The volley is where a new player's instinct — swing at it — is most wrong, and where the correction is most visible. Setting a structure and stepping to the ball produces the shot; the racket barely moves.

Explore The Forehand Volley→

Principle

The body moves to the ball; the racket stays simple.

It shares a principle with the forehand volley and differs only in how the arms work, so it's the clearest place to see that the volley is one idea rather than two strokes.

Explore The Backhand Volley→

Where This Happens

These are private lessons.

Which means the pace is set by the player rather than by a class — a concept takes as long as it takes, and nobody moves on before the one underneath it holds up.

R1RallyWonDerek Kedigh · Dallas, TX