The backhand volley

• The basic position
• The starting position
• The hammer movement
• The swing

introduction

Backhand volley is one of the more difficult strokes in tennis. The punch structure is similar to a backhand slice, but the swing phase is not upwards but forwards downwards. In the rarer cases, backhand volley is played with both hands. A variant of backhand volley is the volley stop. The "slamming movement" is very dosed.

The basic position

• The feet are shoulder width apart, the knees are slightly bent
• The body weight load is on the balls of the feet
• The tennis racket is held with a backhand grip. For right-handers, the left hand is on the neck of the club.
• The eyes are on the ball.

The starting position

• The load on the body weight is shifted to the back foot
• The upper body is turned up to the side of the beating arm
• The bat is behind the body
• The elbow joint is strongly flexed

The hammer movement

• The meeting point is on the side in front of the body
• In backhand volley, the upper body is not twisted
• The elbow joint is stretched
• The body weight is shifted to the front leg

The swing

• The racket is actively braked in front of the body
• Since there is no rotation in the upper body during the strike movement, the club does not swing out.
• The body weight is still shifted on the front foot after the end of the backhand volley
• After the volley, the player must return to the basic position as quickly as possible

More information

Further information on tennis can be found here:

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• surcharge
• forehand
• Backhand
• One handed backhand
• Volley forehand
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