Volley and overhead smash.

The net attack is the heavy artillery of tennis. It is supposed to crush all defense. As such, it must be regarded as a point-winning shot at any time, regardless of whether the picture is stolen or smash.

Once on the net affected by the position at the first opportunity to get the racquet squarely on the ball. All laws feet explained the drive are theoretically the same in volleying. In practice, you rarely have time to change your feet to a set position, so you can avoid trouble by throwing the weight on the foot closest to the ball and pushing it in the coup.

Bursts fall into two categories: (1), low volley, from below the waist, and (2), the high volley, from the size of the head. Unlike the strike classification plan are the two styles known as (1), the depth and volleyball (2) the stop volley.

All low volleys are blocked. Top salvos May be blocked or hit. Bursts should never be traced. There was no response to a low volley and very little on high.

You hear much talk of "chop" volleys. A chop stroke is one where the racquet travels above the line of flight of the ball, and through him, and the corner behind the racket is over 45 degrees, and many approach 90 degrees. This means that I do bursts must be chopped, the tendency is to pop the ball in the air while chopping. Slice volleys if you want, or hit flat, for these two plans are made to a very small angle of the line of flight of the ball, the racket face to travel along almost its aircraft.

In all volleys, high or low, the wrist should be locked and absolutely rigid. It should always be below the racquet head, thus bracing the racquet against the impact of the ball. Enable the force of the new ball, plus your own weight, to return the ball and not try to "wrist" in reverse. The tilted racquet face will, if necessary, at the corner of return by glancing the ball off the strings, so no wrist turn is needed.

Low volleys can never be hardest hit, and because of the height of the net should usually be strongly inclined to allow distance for the climb. Any ball met at a level higher than the top of the net May be hardest hit. The coup must be crisp, snappy, and decisive, but it must end because it meets the ball. Monitoring should be very low. Lowest rounds should be short and sweet. Most high volleys require speed and length.

The "stop" volley is nothing more than a blocked shot short. There was no force used. The racquet simply meets the ball oncoming and it stops. The ball rebounds and falls of its own weight. There is little bounce to such a coup, and that May be reduced by allowing the racquet to slide slightly under the ball at impact and inculcate Back Spin of the ball.

Volleying is a science based on the old geometric axiom that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. I mean volleyer must always cover straight from the ball because it is the shortest shot with which to pass him, and he must volley directly to its opening and not waste time trying freakish bursts curves that give Base-line time to recover. He is the right Johnston volley that makes him a dangerous man net. It is always "punching" his volley right and difficult to open his opponent of the court.

A net player must have bursts to reach the net. Do not think of a service and volley enough to the first class tennis.

Strive to kill your volleys at once, but your photo will not win, follow the ball "and cross again cover the ball straight. Always the strength of the man you're trying to play the shot possible.

Attack with your volleys. Never defend the ball when at the net. The defense is only one volley at your feet as you come in. It is a mid-court shot. Bursts should win with placement more than speed, even if the speed May be used on a wide volley.

Closely linked to the fly, but not a coup volleyball, is the general smash. It is the Big Bertha of tennis. It is long-term terror that should always score. The rules of footwork, position and direction that govern the volley just for overheads. The swing alone is different. The swing should be closely linked to the tranche of service, the racquet and arm swung from the shoulder, wrist flexible and snowshoeing inculcate a slight twist of the ball to hold it in court. The overhead is mainly a point winner through speed, since its bounce is so high that the slow placement often allows time for a recovery.

Do not jump into the air unnecessarily to hit overhead balls. Keep at least a foot and if possible two feet on the ground breaking, as AIDS in regulating weight, and offers a better balance. Hit flat and decisively to the point, if desired.

Most plans are missed due to the eye leaving the ball, but a second category of errors are due to a lack of confidence, which gives a narrow, half-swing. Follow overhead through your ball on the edge of your swing.

The overhead is essentially a double blow in simple because the chances of passing the net man are greater than lobbing over his head, while double, two men cover the net so easily that the best way to open court lob is a man of return.

By breaking the longest distance is the safest shot since it allows greater margin for error. Therefore, cross-court smash when pressed, but pull your short lobs either side as determined by the man you play.

Never file a lob you can hit overhead, because it forces you to return and give the position to attack your opponent. Never crush with a reverse twist, always hit with a racket and directly opposite the opening.

Closely linked to overloading, since it is customary for the defense to break hard, is the lob.

A lob is a toss of the ball landing between the service line and the baseline. An excellent lob should be within 6 feet of the baseline.

Lobs are essentially defensive. The ideas of lobbing are: (1) to give you time to recover position when out of court by your opponent shot; (2) to reduce the net man and break his attack (3) tire your opponent; (4) on the occasion, the victory by net investment. This is usually a lob volley near a net rally, and is slightly different stroke.

It is (1) the chop lob, seriously under-cut spin looming in the air. This is the best defensive lob, as it is high and give sufficient time to recover position. (2) The stroke or flat lob lob, hit with a slight top spin. This is the point-winning lob since it gives no time for the player to run around him, as it is smaller and faster than the chop. In making this lob, start your swing like a drive, but allow the racquet to slow down and inclination rising as you meet the ball. This coup should rarely go above 10 feet in the air because it tends to go out with the float of the ball.

Chop lob, which is a decided under cut, should rise from 20 to 30 feet or more high and must go deep. It is better to lob and run your opponent back, thus tiring him, than to lob short and give him confidence by a simple kill. The value of a lob is mainly to disrupt your opponent, and its effects are very visible if you put off unexpectedly one in the crucial period of a match.