The Backhand Swinging Volley Tennis Shot

Video Transcript

"Okay, we're once again going to show the traditional volley which is just under spin; somewhat flat. Ken and I are going to go ahead and keep it in play. So, let's go Ken. So, you can see that this is a traditional backhand volley, but what's happening in tennis now, is the players have gotten so fast that if they get a floating type of shot, instead of just hitting a volley, which the other player might get to, now they're coming and they're ripping them with a lot of top spin. So Ken's going to demonstrate how to hit a swinging volley. So, I'm just going to give him kind of a high arching slow pitch soft ball and he's going to come in and hit a top spin backhand. Move it, good. Keep those feet moving now. Move, move, move, good; more footwork, more footwork, more, more. That's it Ken, good. Okay, now to hit the swinging volley, Ken really has to move his feet. Move those feet; beautiful shot Ken. Move those feet. Good try, move those feet. Move; little steps, good and move those feet. Come on, little steps, good. Move those feet. Okay, so the swinging volley is a way where you can get this type of floating sitter and instead of hitting a traditional volley which doesn't have as much pace as you may like, you can now move into it and hit top spin and it has a lot of pace and usually can result in a winner. So watch the pros hit it on TV. and practice it and you'll be able to hit it too."