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How to hit a forehand and a backhand volley?

That is a question every eager player with a strong desire to improve will ask often when his forehand topspin and backhand topsin ground strokes are strong.

The challenge with that is, ofen it is already to late, because certain baseline swings and grips are settled in and it will be a real task to develop a decent volley.

So what is the best strategy?

To have great volleys, first you need to find a teacher that knows how to volley.

The teacher has to be willing to teach you the volley first. Most teachers that know how to volley will be glad that you asked!

Very important note: Never start a double-handed backhand before you hit or learn the volley, if you do that, chances are you will never have a decent backhand volley, few do.

Now that you know what you should do, I will show you a person that I taught as a beginner (9 years old) and that when we filmed this video was playing tennis for the first time in 8 years!

These are the things you will learn:

- That, if someone teaches you tennis the right way, it will always look good, you will never forget it and that is for the rest of your life. (Unfortunately the opposite can also be true, so follow my advise above!)

- To keep your racket head up and centered.

- To use the same grip (continental hammer or chopper grip) for both shots.

- To keep your racket out in front and elbows away from your "tummy".

- To stroke the volleys always in front of you.

- To keep your back and forward swings short and compact.

- To step into the ball instead of swinging.

- To use your hands and arms for balance and control.

- To keep your upper body upright at all times and to use your legs/knees to bend and get under the ball when necessary.

- To keep on moving your feet at all times for rhythm and reaction speed.

As a matter of fact I prefer letting young players develop their own volley grips, I do not teach them, but I rather let them find out.

In this case I will show you the grips the girl in the video found for herself.