Summary: <img width="1024" height="576" src="https://blog.tennisevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Serve-And-Volley-Is-It-Dead-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin: 0 15px 15px 0;"><p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-13074 size-large" src="https://blog.tennisevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Serve-And-Volley-Is-It-Dead-1024x576.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="576"></p> <p>Listen To Jeff’s Analysis…</p> <div class="smart-track-player-container stp-color-2d7bbf-EEEEEE"></div> <h3>Show Notes</h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hey, it’s Jeff Salzenstein, founder of Tennis Evolution, USTA High Performance coach, and former top 100 ATP singles and doubles player, and today, I want to talk about serve and volley, and today’s theme is this concept that serve and volley isn’t dead. And there’s been a lot of talk over the years in pro tennis that you just can’t serve and volley and be successful, that the game is too fast, the strings have changed, and guys are more physical, and their groundstrokes are better, and their defensive skills are too good, and you just can’t serve and volley.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And when you look at the landscape of pro tennis, again, on the men’s side, and also on the women’s side, most players are staying behind the baseline, most players are not serving and volleying. But, I really want to question that, because when I was watching the Australian Open this year, I saw Roger Federer moving forward. Okay, he wasn’t serving and volleying that much, but he did throw in the occasional serve, and volley and he was successful. And I watched Mischa Zverev upset Andy Murray, case and point. I mean Mischa Zverev is not one of the greatest serve and volleyers of all time. Far from it. And he was able to take down the number 1 player in the world.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, that is not going to happen in the—out of 10 matches, this is probably going to happen once, but it did happen, and it just shows that if you’re relentless with your pressure, if you serve and volley constantly, again, it’s to guys that don’t like that, or they’re not used to dealing with serve and volleyers. And if you execute, you can be successful. And I believe it can be done on the pro tour.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The big reason why we don’t see it today is that players don’t grow up practicing their volleys like they do their groundstrokes. Players don’t grow up serving and volleying, because the top players today learned to win, as juniors, and as young pros, they learn to win from the baseline. They develop volleying skills, but they don’t really learn the art of this serve and volley. So, it’s really about skills and developing those skills.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In fact, probably one of the better serve and volleyers today is Roger Federer, and I would classify him as an athletic volleyer. He’s not a guy that’s going to spend 30</span></p>
