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Joe Dinoffer: Playing tennis at the net is probably the most action packed and for many fun parts of our sport. This section will give you a fresh look at volleying that I hope you enjoy as much as I do. We will begin with a quick description that contrasts volleys from ground strokes to set the scene. How about swinging on the volleys, how much of a swing do we want? Speaker: Actually not. Joe Dinoffer: Then how about swinging on the volleys, do we want a follow through in the volleys, why not? Speaker: To control. Joe Dinoffer: Why not, there is built in power, when the ball bounces if you could toss a ball so it bounces, when the ball bounces on the court, it slows down in half, if the ball is out in the air, it's coming at full speed. So when the ball bounces, I need racquet head speed, right to generate pace on the ball, that's why you have a follow through, just to keep it natural so you don't hurt yourself. Now, we will move to a descriptive story to further emphasize the importance of not swinging on the volley. Let's listen in. Here is a very quick story. There was a commercial for a Subaru and it started off showing a Volvo and it did a crash test it said Volvo is very, very proud that its passengers can survive crashes like this, and it showed them going at 60-70 miles an hour slamming on the bricks, hitting a brick wall and the people survived. But we at Subaru, remember this is the commercial for Subaru, have the better idea and they showed a Subaru at the same speed slam on the brakes at the exact same spot and the brick wall was right in front but, you know what, they did not hit the brick wall, so they had a better idea. Nothing against Volvo but the point is clear on the volley; we want to slam on the brakes. We want to slam on the brakes. Now let's see how this story works to help players improve their volleys, note that they are working on simply slamming on those brakes just like Subaru did in that commercial. Back into side which volley you are going to hit. Female Speaker: I want to play the backhand. Joe Dinoffer: You want to play the backhand, ready, and volley. And now see how adding a little intensity changes the dynamics dramatically. Look at the players faces and see how much fun they are having. Intensity, if you are going to be intense what would you do, if you are really closing in at the net to volley? Speaker: Run. Joe Dinoffer: Yeah, may be not run, may be you are screaming. Maybe you are grunting. For me, it's like this ah. So do what you want and let's get some noise here, ready, set, go. Now alternating, forehand, backhand. Okay, let's hold on. Now look at your faces; look at each other's faces. As soon as we added a little noise, little auditory influence, everyone is turned up even more. You see what I mean. So creative tennis involves visual, kinesthetic, auditory. Now, that we were establish the standard fro technique, here is an exercise to add intensity through movement to the volley experience. Please note that it's important to try exercises like this one after the basic mechanics of the volley are established, take a look. There will be feed, feed, feed, feed and you are going to hit four balls until you come to the front and then you touch the net. Ready? I will feed first. They are all volley. Go. Try to volley it, feed, feed, feed. Next up. Touch the net; touch the net. Start back again, ready. I will be feeding first, back off, ready, go. Feed, feed, feed, feed, touch the net again back up, ready again. Feed, feed, feed, feed, touch the net, back off. One, two, three, four, touch the net, back off. One, two, three, four, touch the net, back off. Feed, feed, sorry, feed one more, touch the net. Feed, feed, feed, feed, alright. That's high energy drill with a lot of movement and what we are doing is reinforcing what we may have done earlier. Let's finish this section with a final emphasis on maintaining technique standards while drilling. This is so important that I want to emphasize it with another excerpt from the workshop. Too many times when we drill we see the drill happening is a lot of fun and exciting but the technique breaks down. So you want to really feel little, tough on your students to have them stick with it, but keep it simple.

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Joe Dinoffer: Playing tennis at the net is probably the most action packed and for many fun parts of our sport. This section will give you a fresh look at volleying that I hope you enjoy as much as I do. We will begin with a quick description that contrasts volleys from ground strokes to set the scene.

How about swinging on the volleys, how much of a swing do we want?

Speaker: Actually not.

Joe Dinoffer: Then how about swinging on the volleys, do we want a follow through in the volleys, why not?

Speaker: To control.

Joe Dinoffer: Why not, there is built in power, when the ball bounces if you could toss a ball so it bounces, when the ball bounces on the court, it slows down in half, if the ball is out in the air, it's coming at full speed. So when the ball bounces, I need racquet head speed, right to generate pace on the ball, that's why you have a follow through, just to keep it natural so you don't hurt yourself.

Now, we will move to a descriptive story to further emphasize the importance of not swinging on the volley. Let's listen in.

Here is a very quick story. There was a commercial for a Subaru and it started off showing a Volvo and it did a crash test it said Volvo is very, very proud that its passengers can survive crashes like this, and it showed them going at 60-70 miles an hour slamming on the bricks, hitting a brick wall and the people survived. But we at Subaru, remember this is the commercial for Subaru, have the better idea and they showed a Subaru at the same speed slam on the brakes at the exact same spot and the brick wall was right in front but, you know what, they did not hit the brick wall, so they had a better idea. Nothing against Volvo but the point is clear on the volley; we want to slam on the brakes. We want to slam on the brakes.

Now let's see how this story works to help players improve their volleys, note that they are working on simply slamming on those brakes just like Subaru did in that commercial.

Back into side which volley you are going to hit.

Female Speaker: I want to play the backhand.

Joe Dinoffer: You want to play the backhand, ready, and volley.

And now see how adding a little intensity changes the dynamics dramatically. Look at the players faces and see how much fun they are having.

Intensity, if you are going to be intense what would you do, if you are really closing in at the net to volley?

Speaker: Run.

Joe Dinoffer: Yeah, may be not run, may be you are screaming. Maybe you are grunting. For me, it's like this ah. So do what you want and let's get some noise here, ready, set, go.

Now alternating, forehand, backhand. Okay, let's hold on. Now look at your faces; look at each other's faces. As soon as we added a little noise, little auditory influence, everyone is turned up even more.

You see what I mean. So creative tennis involves visual, kinesthetic, auditory.

Now, that we were establish the standard fro technique, here is an exercise to add intensity through movement to the volley experience. Please note that it's important to try exercises like this one after the basic mechanics of the volley are established, take a look.

There will be feed, feed, feed, feed and you are going to hit four balls until you come to the front and then you touch the net. Ready? I will feed first. They are all volley. Go.

Try to volley it, feed, feed, feed. Next up. Touch the net; touch the net. Start back again, ready. I will be feeding first, back off, ready, go. Feed, feed, feed, feed, touch the net again back up, ready again. Feed, feed, feed, feed, touch the net, back off. One, two, three, four, touch the net, back off. One, two, three, four, touch the net, back off. Feed, feed, sorry, feed one more, touch the net. Feed, feed, feed, feed, alright. That's high energy drill with a lot of movement and what we are doing is reinforcing what we may have done earlier.

Let's finish this section with a final emphasis on maintaining technique standards while drilling. This is so important that I want to emphasize it with another excerpt from the workshop.

Too many times when we drill we see the drill happening is a lot of fun and exciting but the technique breaks down. So you want to really feel little, tough on your students to have them stick with it, but keep it simple.

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