Is the serve and swinging volley game the future of attacking tennis--or is that crazy? The modern pro era is dominated by huge serves and heavy, high velocity groundstrokes. Although the statistics show that players can still win points when they go to the net, the serve and volley game seems effectively dead. By that I mean pure all the time serve and volley, coming in behind every first serve and even most second serves--plus coming in on second serve returns and short groundstrokes. Is that death the consequence of the evolution of rackets, strings, and the athleticism of the players? Or is it somehow possible top players will find new ways to win a majority of their points at the net? The reality is that they may already have found it. They just don't realize the full implications, and the commentators are too busy rehashing how great they were in the old days to realize it either. What? What am I talking about? The swinging volley. Yes we all know it exists. We see it in women's tennis. We see it in men's tennis. If you pay attention, you have also seen Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, and...
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