Arm tension on volleys

[ralph]

Recently I attended a clinic where Wayne Bryan spoke. Part of his presentation included him giving instruction to college player. One aspect he wanted her to change was her tension on her forehand volley. He said that she was too tense. I know on the forehand groundstroke on a scale of 1 to 5 a 2 is the recommended tension. What about a volley? I have been under impression for a long time that a very firm grip was recommended which would cause substantial tension in the arm. Should I be thinking a 2 also when volleying? I know that the tension will very depending on the volley, but for for a crisp poach volley or for the first deep volley off a serve how tense should I feel my arm. Wayne's were cracking.

Ralph

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Your question

Recently I attended a clinic where Wayne Bryan spoke. Part of his presentation included him giving instruction to college player. One aspect he wanted her to change was her tension on her forehand volley. He said that she was too tense. I know on the forehand groundstroke on a scale of 1 to 5 a 2 is the recommended tension. What about a volley? I have been under impression for a long time that a very firm grip was recommended which would cause substantial tension in the arm. Should I be thinking a 2 also when volleying? I know that the tension will very depending on the volley, but for for a crisp poach volley or for the first deep volley off a serve how tense should I feel my arm. Wayne's were cracking.

Ralph

It would be good to bring this question to the John's attention somehow

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ralph,could you clarify,please?

Recently I attended a clinic where Wayne Bryan spoke. Part of his presentation included him giving instruction to college player. One aspect he wanted her to change was her tension on her forehand volley. He said that she was too tense. I know on the forehand groundstroke on a scale of 1 to 5 a 2 is the recommended tension. What about a volley? I have been under impression for a long time that a very firm grip was recommended which would cause substantial tension in the arm. Should I be thinking a 2 also when volleying? I know that the tension will very depending on the volley, but for for a crisp poach volley or for the first deep volley off a serve how tense should I feel my arm. Wayne's were cracking.

Ralph

Ralph,
I got a bit lost in reading your post.
Your question is interesting.
The phrase" Wayne's were cracking." is not very clear.
Could you expand/eleborate?
I assume that you meant that Wayne was funny/entertaining.
julian usptapro 27873

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Your question about a firmness of grip

An answer to your original question may depend on a kind of volley.
For a list of volleys please see

http://www.tennisplayer.net/members/famouscoach/nick_bollet/forehand_volley/forehand_volley.html

To some extent one may provide an answer for three subcases:
a) before a contact
b) at a contact
c) after a contact

To some extent an answer about firmness of a grip depends how powerful
was a ball provided by opponent.Stiffness of a racket is important to some extent.