The tennis backhand volley can be one of the easiest strokes in tennis, if learned early into the tennis experience.  Players like Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Lew Hoad, Stefan Edberg and many others had great punishing backhand volleys.

One of the advantages of having a good/excellent volley is that you pressure your opponents to keep the ball low above the net and the result is often  a missed passing shot into the net!

There are many other reasons why your backhand volley should be a punishing shot and I am going to show a video to help you with the learning process.

So what is the best strategy to develop a great volley?

In this tennis video lesson these are the things you should learn:

- To bounce on your toes at all times for rhythm and reaction speed.

- 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 volley always in front of you.

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

- To step out with the left leg towards the ball (if you are righty - lefties right leg).

- To step forward (diagonally) 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 firm-up your wrist at contact.

- To punch through the ball.

- To recover with your racket head up and centered for balance 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.

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Here are other tennis video lessons:

Tennis Instruction: The Basics of How to Hit a Volley

How to master your tennis forehand volley!

Tennis Instruction: David Nalbandian - High Backhand Volley

Tennis instruction: Feliciano Lopez High Backhand Volley

Tennis Instruction: Pete Sampras - Tennis Backhand Volley

Tennis Instruction: Yannick Noah - Backhand - Low Volley

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