Backhand volley is one of the more difficult strokes in tennis. The punch structure is similar to a backhand slice, but the swing phase is not upwards but forwards downwards. In the rarer cases, backhand volley is played with both hands. A variant of backhand volley is the volley stop. The "slamming movement" is very dosed.
The basic position
The feet are shoulder width apart, the knees are slightly bent
The body weight load is on the balls of the feet
The tennis racket is held with a backhand grip. For right-handers, the left hand is on the neck of the club.
The eyes are on the ball.
The starting position
The load on the body weight is shifted to the back foot
The upper body is turned up to the side of the beating arm
The bat is behind the body
The elbow joint is strongly flexed
The hammer movement
The meeting point is on the side in front of the body
In backhand volley, the upper body is not twisted
The elbow joint is stretched
The body weight is shifted to the front leg
The swing
The racket is actively braked in front of the body
Since there is no rotation in the upper body during the strike movement, the club does not swing out.
The body weight is still shifted on the front foot after the end of the backhand volley
After the volley, the player must return to the basic position as quickly as possible