Dominating Tennis
Play 34 · Track 01 · Strike · 6 min

Get under the bounce.
Lift it, don't flick it.

The pick-up off the bounce, the hardest touch shot in the game. Master the timing and no ball at your feet scares you.

Free guideHow to hit a half-volley in tennisThe short answer, the numbers and one drill →
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The timing window drawn on the bounce, centimetres wide
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The one change: your body drops, not your wrist
03
A 15-minute short-hop ladder from the service line
04
How to know it worked
Watch it traced

The stroke, eight instants at a time.

Traced frame by frame from real footage, then lit like the rest of the package. Flip through it: the shape of the swing is the lesson before a word of it is written.

A tour half-volley, instant 1 of 8
FIG. 34 · A TOUR HALF-VOLLEY
A tour half-volley: eight instants traced from the footage, frame for frame. Hover or tap to flip.
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