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Do even superstars have flaws in their volleys?
Serena’s volley is the one shot that prevented her from having even more domination. When she comes up against the top defenders, she is forced to finish the point off with a ground stroke where a good volley would work better.
Serena has her head too high above the racket and uses too much wrist on her forehand volley. At times she loses complete confidence in her net play.
A dedicated focus on improving her volleys for six months would work wonders for Serena and keep her in the game longer. Margaret Court, Billy Jean King, Martina Navratilova, and Steffi Graf were much better volleyers, as is Martina Hingis.
Federer’s volley technique is slightly flawed. He tends to cut down too sharply and at times almost chops at the ball like a karate blow on the backhand. Federer also tends to lose the left arm behind him on the forehand which tends to introduce the wrist more than it should.
Sampras was also slightly choppy on the backhand volley, though not as pronounced as Federer’s. But their ability to get themselves in the correct position very quickly pays off.
Should the traditional…