The Classic Forehand Volley

All credit to Jeff for adding net attack based on his powerful groundstrokes.

If you read Jeff Greenwald’s article last month (Click Here) on incorporating attack into his game, what he says is true. I am the coach who told one the top senior players in the world that he was playing some of dumbest tennis I’d ever seen.

As Jeff explains, that meeting was the start of a collaboration that led to major changes in his game, something that was unusual impressive for such an accomplished player.

Basically, Jeff learned to use his formidable baseline weapons to set up opportunity attacks, close the net, and win many points with relatively easy volleys. As he explains in his article, these changes were critical in winning a world seniors championship.

All credit goes to Jeff, but I was honored to be a resource for him in this process. In this article I want to explain the basic work we did together to improve his technique on the forehand volley, technique that is ideal for players at any level. Then in a subsequent article we will look at the backhand volley as well.

History of the Volley

Pancho Gonzalez: a master from…