Can serve & volley possibly work for YOU?
What would happen if you took your pre-conceived ideas about serving and volleying and just put them to the side for a little while? What would happen if you have never really served and volleyed, but actually gave it a fighting chance?
Well, you would be Terry, from Kansas City. That’s who you would be…
Terry is a 60+ player at the 4.0 level. He plays mainly on clay. Terry could very well be the POSTER CHILD of the person that would NOT give serve and volley a chance…
But he did, just a couple of days ago. You see, Terry read the five-part series last week focused on Roger Federer serving and volleying at Wimbledon. So he gave it chance, and was nice enough to email me afterwards with the results. I got Terry’s permission to share his informative email – so the rest of us can see exactly what happens when you give serve and volley a chance.
Here’s Terry’s story…
Hi Terry. Thanks mate!
Those are very wise words, and completely make sense. In fact, sometimes that’s exactly what happens. The big forehand, or the well-positioned backhand in the middle of the rally was in fact the most important shot hit in the rally. The rest was just finishing off what had already been started. The forehand won the point. The forehand volley got the credit.
Sometimes that is exactly how it happens.
Congratulations Terry on taking a chance – taking a chance on trying something not in your comfort zone. There are A LOT of players out there that would not take that chance.
I think the key was the word “discouraged”. I know you are going to lose a bunch of points when you first try it. But don’t get down on yourself, or doubt the strategy. Keep moving forward. Keep figuring it out.
THERE. YOU. GO. TERRY!
Congratulations mate. See what happens when you follow the data, follow possibilities, and follow the leader – also known as Roger Federer 🙂
Just to be clear – it’s fair to say from Terry’s own assessment that serve and volley is a whole new world for him. And yes, it underperformed at first… and then it greatly exceeded expectations!
Thank you, Terry! And a big thanks to Roger from both of us!
Here’s the bottom line…
IF a 60+ year old 4.0 player that primarily plays on CLAY tries it and IT WORKS, then what are you waiting for???
Cheers Terry. Keep up the good work, and keep spreading the word.
Serve and volley is legit.
Cheers,
Craig
P.S. For more serve & volley strategy, you may want to consider The 25 Golden Rules of Singles Strategy.