{"id":20239,"date":"2016-06-30T16:45:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T22:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fayac.com\/?p=20239"},"modified":"2016-06-30T16:45:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T22:45:15","slug":"volley-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fayac.com\/volley-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Volley Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Volley Technique<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.) Continental grip with top of the racquet above your grip; hands extended and even with the body; energy with your feet<\/p>\n<p>2.) Split step<\/p>\n<p>3.) Push hands out in front; elbow in on the forehand; elbow out on the backhand<\/p>\n<p>4.) Step out; contact; step forward &#8212; volley with your feet!<\/p>\n<p>5.) Finish above the level of the net<\/p>\n<p>*Volley combinations are deep short or short automatically. You have one or two chances to finish the point at the net. Do not rally at the net*<\/p>\n<p>**Do NOT take the racquet too far back (well past the shoulder), finish beneath the net\u00a0with your follow through, or finish on the wrong side of your body**<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goals for PB or any Future Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.) Make 12 balls a point; high % first serves; high % returns<\/p>\n<p>2.) Do not let your parents be more professional than you&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carry your own bags and water jug<\/li>\n<li>Fill up your water jug<\/li>\n<li>Plan your warm ups and meals<\/li>\n<li>Pack your snacks<\/li>\n<li>Pack your bag with everything you need<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3.) Communicate with coaches before, if you split, and after each match<\/p>\n<p>4.) Control what you can control<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focus\n<ul>\n<li>Routine<\/li>\n<li>Planning<\/li>\n<li>Staying present in the moment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Emotions\n<ul>\n<li>Post point reactions<\/li>\n<li>Not getting too emotionally high<\/li>\n<li>Not getting too emotionally low<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Footwork &#8212; if your feet are there, your game will be there\n<ul>\n<li>How hard you run for every ball<\/li>\n<li>Return footwork<\/li>\n<li>Energy with your feet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5.) Rest Rules<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have a tournament the very next weekend, take a Monday or a Tuesday off<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have a tournament the very next weekend, come to practice and learn to play tired. Do not miss out on valuable group time. Instead &#8212; take the following weekend off.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t come this Monday though &#8212; no practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volley Technique 1.) Continental grip with top of the racquet above your grip; hands extended and even with the body; energy with your feet 2.) Split step 3.) Push hands out in front; elbow in on the forehand; elbow out on the backhand 4.) Step out; contact; step forward &#8212; volley with your feet! 5.) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fayac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fayac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fayac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fayac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fayac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fayac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fayac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fayac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fayac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}