Here Ryan from 2MinuteTennis.net gives you simple but important tips to improve your serve and volley. • Big thanks to Matt Lin for allowing me to use his video footage. Subscribe to Matt here:
I taught high school tennis for 20 years and I always taught this technique for my doubles players. It is definitely the most effective way to win at doubles. One up and one back is the worst formation for doubles.
Nice breakdown S&V ! I always love watching Sampras volleying at the net, and noting his footwork quickly split stepping and preparing for his next volley. Always on your toes!
@@2MinuteTennis highly recommend Steve Flink's Greatness Revisited, a great read that goes through his whole career! Look for the Agassi clip where he reveals how he knew which way Becker was serving; had a weird tick of sticking his tongue in the direction he was going...
In April 1992 on the first warm day of the year (a day with swirling winds) my friend came to the net from the ad side after I hit my first groundstroke. He got to around the service line on the deuce side. I was able to put all my force into the shot that he hit fairly slow and high down the middle of the court. He had a deer in the headlights look and got clocked by a ball going well over 100 mph. It hit him below the belt. Pretty sure if it hit him in the stomach, he would have bust his guts. This ball barely cleared the net by 1 or 2 inches and looked like it could almost go long. It was going to bounce in by maybe 6 inches and dent the back fence. I would say it looked like a Del Potro forehand. Something you couldn't imagine getting hit by. It took my friend about 15 minutes to straighten himself out. The match was over. This was not a time a hee and haw, this was a time to get the racquet up do or die. That ball was pretty hard just to visually track. He said that he thought the ball was going to hit the net.
Geat video, good to see some ads 1 2 3 split steps another commercial, that's wonderful 3 ads on this video, you are getting noticed !!!! I hope they won't split steps when paying you..
Very insightful. I thought it was curious that the defending team played both back. Why do that ? Would it have effected the servers targets, particularly his third shot?
Hi Nabeen. Thanks for the question. Returners will play both back if the server’s partner is dominating/the returner is struggling with returning the serve. Both back allows for the returning to to react to the poaching/volleys/overheads of the serving team. It’s a great strategy to use against strong net players. Thanks!!
@@zenpanda100 I bought them at Home Depot. They’re perfect. The red and blue wooden discs are from a craft store that I put magnet tape on the back and painted. Thanks!!
Hi!!! I’d love to help you. Go to 2MinuteTennis.net, create your account, then choose “Zoom Lesson with Ryan”. You can purchase and schedule your lesson there. Thanks so much!!!
Great question Bindu. You can do that. But it results in three outcomes. Two of which are bad. 1. Opponent hits overhead - Bad 2. You hit a perfect lob right over them for a winner 3. Your lob goes lands long past the baseline • Lobbing is ok here and there. But the best strategy is to keep the ball low to the opponent. When the pop it up attack it. 👍
@@2MinuteTennis Thanks Ryan !! But I think I have almost mastered the lob shot and it will give me a great advantage... And your videos are awesome.... Helping me a lot Thanks again !!
Hey Ryan, these are really good tips that will help my game, BUT you're incorrect about when you split step, you were also incorrect about when in a previous split step video which I corrected with video and time stamps on your own vids proving my point In the video you just showed the doubles vid, ya, it's three steps, but the server is timing his split to land as or a little before/after opponent strikes, time stamp 5;20 You split BEFORE your opponent hits the ball to land AS they hit or a smidge before or after so your muscles are loaded when you see where the ball's going Previously you claimed pros split after the ball is struck, and claimed they change direction mid air, (they don't unless they've mistimed when the opponent was going to strike0 You did show video in support, but you hadn't shown the split, you showed them propelling to the direction of the ball AFTER their split, since they had a read where the ball was going One coaching channel started a fad lately on youtube showing a player in the air claiming that's his split, if the ball is on it's way to you, then either the pro already split and you're seeing his move to the ball, or his opponent fooled him into splitting too soon, *which is a pro tactic by the way* Otherwise I love your channel, this is another good vid except for that bit of mis-information
With this example, I explain 3 steps and then the split step. Do you consider the 3rd step the actual split step? That’s fine if you do but I have a different definition.
@@2MinuteTennis Just like everyone's, my definition is when the player leaves the ground with both feet, preparing for the opponent's ball, it doesn't matter if they're parallel, or even distance between each foot. In any event, nobody changes direction mid air unless they were fooled for when the strike happens, (which pros try getting foe to mistime split btw).
SERVE & VOLLEY TIPS
Best tip! Practice volleying at service line. I just started doing this. Has made a big difference. Thanks
Great tips ryan. I'm 70 and a lefty and still enjoy to serve and volley in doubles
I taught high school tennis for 20 years and I always taught this technique for my doubles players. It is definitely the most effective way to win at doubles. One up and one back is the worst formation for doubles.
Serve and volley is the most fun strategy in tennis. It’s my go-to against pushers, weak returners, and in doubles in general.
I agree there’s so much action. Makes tennis really fun.
As always, great coaching Ryan, including demo videos to illustrate techniques!
Are you called my serve a helium balloon.....
...well that's deflating :( (ba dum tss...)
thank you thank you ill see myself out!
Great video, Ryan!
Love the tips, thank you!
The comments you make at 11:00 minutes is SO TRUE- my partners always hate it when there is a point lost coming forward!
Thanks! Amazing content!
Your instructions are very easy to understand, I love it. Thank you for your videos.
I’m so happy you like them. Thanks so much for the kind words and support.
Can't wait to get out there and apply this.. brilliant 👏
Thanks again Shawn!!
Great content, thank you
Nice breakdown S&V ! I always love watching Sampras volleying at the net, and noting his footwork quickly split stepping and preparing for his next volley. Always on your toes!
Absolutely Simon. He was my favorite player and actually still is of all time. Thanks for the support!!
@@2MinuteTennis highly recommend Steve Flink's Greatness Revisited, a great read that goes through his whole career! Look for the Agassi clip where he reveals how he knew which way Becker was serving; had a weird tick of sticking his tongue in the direction he was going...
wow! another great video!
Thanks!
Thank You from Rome Italy
So glad you liked it!
Ryan, I love your trip and want to trail in very soon.
Thanks coach, once again good explanation!
Thanks so much Jacob!
Thanks for this video. It's very useful...
So glad you liked it.
love tactic lessons :) thanks
Hey love ur vids can u do something on best strategies to turn the point around on the defensive in singles plz
Very good tip. I wonder if the most important step here is the 1st low volley. If I do it right it is the way to win that point.
In April 1992 on the first warm day of the year (a day with swirling winds) my friend came to the net from the ad side after I hit my first groundstroke. He got to around the service line on the deuce side. I was able to put all my force into the shot that he hit fairly slow and high down the middle of the court. He had a deer in the headlights look and got clocked by a ball going well over 100 mph. It hit him below the belt. Pretty sure if it hit him in the stomach, he would have bust his guts. This ball barely cleared the net by 1 or 2 inches and looked like it could almost go long. It was going to bounce in by maybe 6 inches and dent the back fence. I would say it looked like a Del Potro forehand. Something you couldn't imagine getting hit by. It took my friend about 15 minutes to straighten himself out. The match was over.
This was not a time a hee and haw, this was a time to get the racquet up do or die. That ball was pretty hard just to visually track. He said that he thought the ball was going to hit the net.
You are a good coach- Are you in CA?
Geat video, good to see some ads 1 2 3 split steps another commercial, that's wonderful 3 ads on this video, you are getting noticed !!!! I hope they won't split steps when paying you..
Haha thanks. Yes the ads are doing really well. Thanks so much!!!!
Very insightful. I thought it was curious that the defending team played both back. Why do that ? Would it have effected the servers targets, particularly his third shot?
Hi Nabeen. Thanks for the question. Returners will play both back if the server’s partner is dominating/the returner is struggling with returning the serve. Both back allows for the returning to to react to the poaching/volleys/overheads of the serving team. It’s a great strategy to use against strong net players. Thanks!!
Got it. Sounds like another great topic to go over in the future.
Hello, I love your magnetic coach board. Where did you buy it from?
Thanks so much! The website is dryerasedesigns.com
@@2MinuteTennis thanks for replying. What about the magnets? Where did you get those?
@@zenpanda100 I bought them at Home Depot. They’re perfect. The red and blue wooden discs are from a craft store that I put magnet tape on the back and painted. Thanks!!
S, SP, R, RP
Figured out what they meant just before the video ended! ( I mean SP and RP actually ). Without a split step even your brain is slow.
Hi Ryan, how I can contact you for online lesson?
Hi!!! I’d love to help you. Go to 2MinuteTennis.net, create your account, then choose “Zoom Lesson with Ryan”. You can purchase and schedule your lesson there. Thanks so much!!!
Hi Ryan !!
I just wanna know why don't players hit a lob shot when both of the opponents are at the net...
Thanks
Great question Bindu. You can do that. But it results in three outcomes. Two of which are bad.
1. Opponent hits overhead - Bad
2. You hit a perfect lob right over them for a winner
3. Your lob goes lands long past the baseline
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Lobbing is ok here and there. But the best strategy is to keep the ball low to the opponent. When the pop it up attack it. 👍
@@2MinuteTennis Thanks Ryan !!
But I think I have almost mastered the lob shot and it will give me a great advantage...
And your videos are awesome.... Helping me a lot
Thanks again !!
Ok. Good luck!! And thanks!
Do you have an email I can contact? I might want to send you a video of my forehand sometime.
Absolutely. ryan@2minutetennis.net. Also, you can purchase a private zoom lesson with me at 2MinuteTennis.net. Thanks!!
@@2MinuteTennis 👍
Great would have been even greater if the demo was a single match.
Hey thanks so much!! Luckily the technique of how to serve and volley is the same whether singles or doubles. 😊👍
Hey Ryan, these are really good tips that will help my game, BUT you're incorrect about when you split step, you were also incorrect about when in a previous split step video which I corrected with video and time stamps on your own vids proving my point
In the video you just showed the doubles vid, ya, it's three steps, but the server is timing his split to land as or a little before/after opponent strikes, time stamp 5;20
You split BEFORE your opponent hits the ball to land AS they hit or a smidge before or after so your muscles are loaded when you see where the ball's going
Previously you claimed pros split after the ball is struck, and claimed they change direction mid air, (they don't unless they've mistimed when the opponent was going to strike0
You did show video in support, but you hadn't shown the split, you showed them propelling to the direction of the ball AFTER their split, since they had a read where the ball was going
One coaching channel started a fad lately on youtube showing a player in the air claiming that's his split, if the ball is on it's way to you, then either the pro already split and you're seeing his move to the ball, or his opponent fooled him into splitting too soon, *which is a pro tactic by the way*
Otherwise I love your channel, this is another good vid except for that bit of mis-information
My definition of the split step is the landing of both feet on the ground. Is that your definition of split step?
I guess we have different definitions of the split step.
With this example, I explain 3 steps and then the split step. Do you consider the 3rd step the actual split step? That’s fine if you do but I have a different definition.
@@2MinuteTennis Just like everyone's, my definition is when the player leaves the ground with both feet, preparing for the opponent's ball, it doesn't matter if they're parallel, or even distance between each foot.
In any event, nobody changes direction mid air unless they were fooled for when the strike happens, (which pros try getting foe to mistime split btw).
@@perriscalderon8155 thanks perris
Great lesson, thank you! Just saw Novak do exactly 1-2-3 split on this amazing point in the AO finals. th-cam.com/video/5-u_0tsegL0/w-d-xo.html
Don’t have enough confidence in my volley to do this.
Dude, your videos may be ok. But they are so long. They could be 25% the current length. You talk so much!