Introduction
The backhand volley is one of the more difficult strokes in tennis. The stroke structure is similar to a backhand slice, but the swing phase is not up but forward and down. In the rarer cases the backhand volley is played with both hands.
A variation of the backhand volley is the volley stop. The “strike movement” is very well dosed.
- The feet are shoulder width apart, the knee joints are slightly bent
- The load of the body weight is on the ball of the foot
- The tennis racket is held in place with a backhand grip. For right-handed players, the left hand is on the neck of the racket.
- The view is directed towards the ball.
- The load of the body weight is shifted to the rear foot
- The upper body is turned up to the beating arm side
- The club is located behind the body
- The elbow joint is strongly flexed
- The meeting point is laterally in front of the body
- With backhand volley there is no untwisting of the upper body
- The elbow joint is stretched
- The body weight is shifted to the front leg
- The club is actively slowed down in front of the body
- Since there is no rotation in the upper body during the impact movement, the club is not swung out.
- The body weight remains on the front foot after the backhand volley is finished
- After the volley, the player must return to the starting position as quickly as possible
