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Now we are at the net. We are working on our volleys, okay. Let's talk about the difference between the ground stroke and the volley. And the way I try to explain it is it makes it more clear that we talking opposites. A volley has lot of opposite characteristics than a ground stroke. What am I talking about, right? A ground stroke is hit with spin, top spin; a volley is hit with other spins, also referred to as a slice.
On the ground stoke, we have a back swing; on the volley we don't have a back swing. On a ground stroke, we are using the semi-western forehand grip and the eastern backhand grip; on the volley, we are using the grip that's in-between those two grips.
If this is the semi-western forehand grip and this is the eastern backhand grip, then we are going to use the continental grip which is one layer over from this top layer, we move one layer here, we put the knuckle again, the same knuckle, right here. And if you have problems remembering it, you can use a marker and mark it on the grip.
So this continental grip is used for the volleys, for the overheads and for the serve and for the backhand slice. So this is our third grip, forehand grip, semi-western, knuckle on this layer. The backhand grip, eastern one-handed backhand grip, knuckle on the top here.
Continental grip, remove the knuckle one layer this way. On this layer, Continental grip; this is our volley grip. It's also the grip for the serve; it's also the grip for the overhead, and the backhand slice.
But once we get the grip right, we are starting to work on the shot.
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