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	Serve (tennis) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The serve is initiated by tossing the ball into the air and hitting it (usually near the apex of its trajectory) into the diagonally opposite service box without touching the net.
		A flat serve is generally used as a first serve, when the server can afford the greater risk of hitting a fault, in an attempt to win the point outright, possibly by an ace.
		The slice serve can be used to either draw the receiving player away from his initial stationary position or to "jam" him with the serve as the ball curves directly into his body.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serve_(tennis) (1065 words)

	Coaching Tips - Volley and Smash
		Standing at the net and hitting volleys in practice is one thing; hitting a serve or a return and moving in behind it in a competitive situation is quite another.
		Volleying involves a short blocking or punching action with your contact point just to the side and out in front of you, so you don't have to recover the racket from a follow-through.
		The half volley is a shot that's forced on you - you're close to the bounce of the ball but not close enough to play a volley.
	www.tennisontheline.org /coach3.shtml (3130 words)

	Tennis4you.com
		Since there are less serve and volley players out there, I believe it makes it tougher for some club players to have to face a serve and volley player since they are not used to it.
		Beating a serve and volley player can be tough but if you stick to the basics you can find yourself on the winning end.
		Patience: One of the main things to remember when playing a serve and volley player is to not be pressured into hitting a big shot every time you swing the racquet.
	www.tennis4you.com /lesson-lounge/tennis4you/how-to-play/how-to-play-against-serve-and-volley-players.htm (908 words)

	Tennis deserves a serve (and volley) - www.theage.com.au
		Volleys were as rare as spectators without shirts, and this was heresy, no less.
		The drop volley collapsing on impact, the half-volley on the run, the stop volley, the shoelace nudge that skids off the baseline, the high backhand volley, an entire repertoire has turned invisible.
		And it is not just the volley, but the shots that came with it that assisted its execution - the chip, the charge, the nudge, the forehand block, the backhand slice off one hand - that became, and are, hard to find.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/01/23/1074732600570.html?from=storyrhs (856 words)

	Learning to live without serve and volley
		Last year, serve and volley died, was buried in an outside court, and the baseliners spat in the grave and walked off.
		Of the five serve and volleyers in the top 50 today, Sampras is 31 and a prolific nappy changer, Henman is 28 but Timorous Tim scares nobody, Rusedski is 29 and in rapid decline, Max Mirnyi is 25 and makes sweeter music on the doubles court, which leaves us with the up-and-down Nicolas Escude.
		Serve and volley would resuscitate comatose spectators, but as Leander Paes might tell you, it isn't going to happen soon.
	www.sportstaronnet.com /tss2603/stories/20030118002707300.htm (989 words)

	Central Washington University - Intramural Sports: Rules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Only one serve attempt is allowed, except in the event of a let (the ball touches the net on the serve, but lands in the proper service court).
		A helpful hint: a player serves from his right hand court when his score is 0 or an even number and from the left hand court when his score is odd numbered.
		Serve Position: Server can have one foot inside the baseline, as long as the other foot is outside at moment of serve.
	www.cwu.edu /~imsports/pickleball/rules.html (982 words)

	Florida International University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Points are scored when the team 's side that's returning the serve or volley fails to return it in a manner allowed by the rules.
		POSITION OF THE SERVER: The server shall serve from the within the serving area and shall not touch the lines bounding this area on the floor outside this area at the instant the ball is contacted when hit for the serve.
		DEAD BALL: A served ball is dead if it: 1) touches the floor of the serving area, a teammate of the server, the net; 2) passes through or under the net; 3) or lands out of bounds.
	www.fiu.edu /~camprec/Wallyball_Rules.htm (1430 words)

	CP Discussion Board - serve and volley/counterpuncher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Serve and Volleyer- Traditionally, this type of player uses a chip-and-charge style of play.
		However, because of modern game, serve and volleyers now have to be a tiny bit more selective on when to come into the net.
		Usually, this player's groundstrokes and service returns are slightly stronger than their serves and volleys.
	www.tennis.com /ME2/Apps/DiscussionBoard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=515 (1013 words)

	Implementing Serve and Volley - Talk Tennis
		I'm not interested in being a full time serve and volley player, but an all court player that uses it from time to time.
		Most people serve wide, down the middle, or even into the contact zone, so people are not used to getting out of the way and making the contact.
		Serving down the T is a good way to start to learn the serve and volley game if you are learning during matches.
	tt.tennis-warehouse.com /showthread.php?t=37642 (2111 words)

	Human Kinetics
		The half volley is defined as a ball that you have to play immediately after it bounces (usually in the midcourt area).
		At the 4.0 level, you’re beginning to serve more offensively, but you aren’t quite at the point where you want to serve and volley in singles, because the returner has more room in which to return the ball and her ability to return is far more developed than your ability to serve and volley.
		A lot of players can’t serve and volley well because they toss the ball behind their heads, which forces them to regain their balance before they can go to the net (see figure 4.9, a-b).
	www.humankinetics.com /products/showexcerpt.cfm?isbn=0880117559&excerpt_id=3110 (1643 words)

	Human Kinetics
		The objective is to jam your opponent by serving right at her, making it difficult for her to create any angles on the return.
		If you serve to the tee, your opponent’s most likely response is to hit the return toward the middle of the court.
		One corollary advantage to serving to the tee is that this type of serve travels the shortest distance and over the lowest part of the net, which gives you a higher likelihood for making the serve and, in fact, hitting an ace.
	www.humankinetics.com /products/showexcerpt.cfm?excerpt_id=2911 (1074 words)

	Serve and Volley - Talk Tennis
		and like hedges said, a 140mph serve doent get you where you want to be for the first volley.you might notice the few times he tries serve/volley he takes quite a bit off his serve so he can get to a reasonable place on the court to hit his first volley.
		The return of the serve and volley player is posible, it just not very likely at this time.
		edberg and rafter both hit high kicking serves and their serves were getting jumped on towards the end of their careers, and they both had to learn to develop their backcourt games to compete.
	tt.tennis-warehouse.com /showthread.php?t=31639 (1456 words)

	Tennis Lessons - FREE! Learn to think like a tennis pro with Tom Veneziano - Tennis Warrior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This is called serve and volley and is definitely the most difficult of the three.
		The serve and volley is the most difficult, but one of the keys is to hit the first volley without going for a winner.
		After you have served and you're running up to the net, the first volley you hit should be used as a vehicle to get you to the net, not as an opportunity to win the point outright.
	www.tenniswarrior.com /archives/December98.htm (721 words)

	PickleBall.com
		When playing Pickle-Ball the serve must be hit underhand and each team must play their first shot off the bounce.
		Points are lost by hitting the ball out of bounds, hitting the net, stepping into the non-volley zone and volleying the ball, or by volleying the ball before the ball has bounced once on each side of the net.
		That is, the first receiving team must let the served ball bounce, and the serving team must let the return of serve bounce before playing it.
	www.pickleball.com /Rules.asp (577 words)

	Turbo Tennis
		If you are up 5-0 and are serving for the set or down 0-5 and receiving, it is very tough to avoid these kinds of thoughts.
		But, if your first serve is in and lands deep in the box, the likelihood of your opponent winning the point goes down.
		If you hit your volley in the center of your opponent’s court, your best position is to be near the center of the net.
	www.tennisserver.com /turbo (2273 words)

	Tennis Anyone?
		Solution: Because the first volley is usually hit below your waist, it is difficult to hit up on a volley and win the point.
		Solution: In actuality, you will win just as many points by getting the serve in and coming into the net and your opponent failing to make the return as you will by making the first volley.
		The pressure you put on your opponent by coming into volley is great -- forcing them to play out of their comfort zone.
	www.tennisserver.com /Mills-tip/Mills-tip_01_11.html (489 words)

	CP Discussion Board - Troubles with Serve and Volleyers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Most serve and volleyers are tall and/or acrobatic, so the topspin will allow you to hit a lot higher without them getting to it, and keep it in the court.
		IMO that's the reason why you always loose to such a player because you stated that your serve is weak so he breaks you regularly which negates the fact that sometimes you also breaks his serve.
		As a serve and volleyer, what bothers me are returns at my feet and fast returns that doesn't give me time to come in.
	www.tennis.com /ME2/Apps/DiscussionBoard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=308 (1004 words)

	Tennis Week
		As for the women, in 1975, the first year of the WTA rankings, six of the Top 10 served and volleyed frequently, at least on grass: Virginia Wade, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, Margaret Court and Olga Morozova.
		Serving and volleying, therefore, presents something of a paradox.
		Not only are lunging, reflex and touch volleys — not to mention the sprints back to whack leaping overheads — spectacularly entertaining for fans, they are also thrilling for players themselves.
	www.sportsmediainc.net /tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=8941&bannerregion= (2414 words)

	sandv (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Many coaches and players believe that playing serve and volley tennis takes extreme levels of talent, and never seriously consider adding this style of play to their tactical arsenal.
		At younger ages, serving and volleying is probably not a serious option because youngsters don't have an offensive serve or the ability to get in close enough to successfully volley the return.
		Learning to serve and volley is not as difficult as many players and coaches believe as long as the skill is developed incrementally, using the progression method of learning, rather than the whole method.
	www.ushsta.org /COACHES/PUBLICAREA/HSTCPREVIEW/sandvprev.htm (230 words)

	The Club At Harper's Point: Tennis Terms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A serving formation in doubles wherein the server and server's partner are initially positioned on the same side of the court.
		A volley produced by holding the racket firmly in the path of the oncoming ball and "blocking" it back with almost no motion.
		Positions for the serving team, server stands at baseline with partner at net; for the receiving team, receiver stands near the baseline with partner on the service line.
	www.clubatharperspoint.com /tennisterms.html (3213 words)

	Breaking Serve in Doubles
		When an opponent is serving a first serve, the receiver is on the defensive, both mentally and physically, usually playing farther back in the court, and often dug in, on his or her heels.
		Many players keep the same position in the court that they do for the first serve, either waiting for the ball to come to them in the backcourt, or acting surprised by a short serve and running forward to hit a defensive shot.
		In fact, many second serves never even go back into play, because the receiver is either out of position or is so overconfident, he tries to hit a winner off the return.
	www.ushsta.org /PLAYERS/PUBLICAREA/HSTMAG/2003/103playerbreak.htm (718 words)

	July 1, 2004 TennisONE Newsletter
		Hewitt never volleyed, though he was quoted earlier in the year that he was working to improve his approach shot and volley.
		In this model, playing the right way includes: a high percentage of first serves, crisp volleys to the open court, killer overheads, and a steely determination not to allow the opponent's passing shots deter this player from their relentless attack.
		Smashes, like volleys, must be put away, not only from the standpoint of winning the point but also the mental effect such shots will have on the opponent.
	www.tennisone.com /newsletter/template/7.1.04.newsletter.html (2074 words)

	[No title]
		If you use A,B,X, or Y to serve all you have to do is press them, then press it again when the bar is full at the top.
		Risk serves are very hard to return, and to be a good player you will need to master them.
		F.Volleys A volley is where you and your opponent are at the net and you hit it back and forth without letting it hit the ground.
	www.cheatcc.com /psx2/sg/top_spin.txt (2683 words)

	1994: Edberg Regains Form, Beats Stoltenberg
		It didn't help that Stoltenberg struggled on his serve, racking up five double faults and getting only 56 percent of his first serves in play.
		After that second volley was wide, Edberg, who thought it had nicked the line, looked at the chair umpire in disgust.
		After the players reached deuce, Stoltenberg gained the advantage when he returned serve with a sharp crosscourt forehand that Edberg couldn't reach.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/tennis/longterm/1997/legg/lm94.htm (838 words)

	Tennis Articles - Outlined (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Serve and volley is the best strategy here...especially on grass (a rule on grass: never let the ball touch the ground...volley!)
		Slice serves require that you hit the outside of the ball (3 o'clock position for righties and 9 o'clock position for lefties) Kick serves require that you strike the ball at the 6 o'clock position.
		To me, one essence of returning serve is the same as an essence of serving...your mind, body and spirit must be loose and relaxed.
	www.maxtennis.com /id23.htm (3725 words)

	Jan Siemerink at 1997 ATP Championship, Tennis; August 7, 1997; ASAPSports FastScripts; Sports Interviews, Quotes, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Normally as a lefty you have the change of serve on the ad side and against lefty you don't have it because they have the forehand.
		And, that is what you are working on when you are serve and volley player, serve and volley better and better all the time.
		Like you said, guys are returning better and better, and it is harder to play serve and volley; especially on the second serve and, you know, there are still a few guys who do it and it is not impossible.
	www.asapsports.com /tennis/1997atp/080797JS.html (801 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Game China India to serve for the set 5-3 in the 1st Kash comes in and puts away a nice backhand high volley for a winner 15-0 2nd serve..
		Game China PA to serve, 1-2 in the 2nd having won the 1st Lee is a constant chatter box during the breaks - contrast to the chinese captain 2nd serve...
		DF 0-15 2nd serve, long, long baseline duel, Yu prevails with a FH down the line winner 0-30 Ace 15-30 2nd serve..
	www.sports-india.com /Scoreboard/match2.txt (1683 words)

	SPECIAL STORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		While Edberg was a genuine serve and volleyer, Chang was an aggressive baseliner and their contrasting styles made tennis enjoyable.
		The former, it must be said stuck to his serve and volley game on all surfaces and once made it to the French Open final before falling to Chang.
		As tennis undergoes changes with the rackets getting bigger allowing the baseline matadors to have their way and various ways being devised to slow down the game, serve and volley players are on the cusp of extinction.
	newstodaynet.com /30jun/ss2.htm (672 words)

	USATODAY.com - In search of an even exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		"Martina hit the big serve, then she was there at the net, inside the service line hitting the first volley into the open court," Austin says.
		Whether the characters were John McEnroe (serve and volley) vs. Bjorn Borg (baseliner), Chris Evert (baseliner) vs. Martina Navratilova (serve and volley), fans were attracted to their
		McEnroe, a four-time champion, often was called "a genius with a racket" because of his deft touch, sharp angles and slicing serve.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/tennis/01open/stories/2001-08-29-volley.htm (855 words)

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