Stosur can't volley to save her life!

[Cesc Fabregas]

How many easy volleys has she dumped into the net this French Open? Even when she beat Williams and Jankovic she looked horrible at net, she is meant to be a doubles specialist.

 

[muzza123]

seems all that time on the baseline and gym has compromised her feel at the net

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Probably one of those new-age doubles specialists playing from the baseline and volleying with two hands on the BH, most of the time

So, when push came to shove, Kaput ...

 

[decades]

ummm doubles specialists ARE great volleyers....that's why they ahh play doubles?

 

[Raiden]

She can volley... when she's not being a perplexed kangaroo that got caught in a flashing headlight.

 

[Soianka]

It could be her new strings. McEnroe says they give you no feel at the net.

 

[Deleted member 21996]

i hope she wins a lot in the near future... it would be great for your reputation.

the delpo and soderling threads need a triplet for you to achieve Carreer Troll slam!

 

[RCizzle65]

It's easier to volley in doubles because, well, your only covering one side of the court....maybe she's just bad at covering more court?

 

[Mick]

mcenroe said the type of string she used had a dead feel and it was good for hitting top spin shots but more difficult to volley.

 

[cork_screw]

Good point. A full poly job is harder to volley with. In my experience you don't feel the ball and the strings don't catch or pocket the ball as well as gut or multis.

mcenroe said the type of string she used had a dead feel and it was good for hitting top spin shots but more difficult to volley.

 

[Guamanian G]

But still, if you specialize in doubles, couldn't you hit easy volleys regardless of string type? just sayin

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

i hope she wins a lot in the near future... it would be great for your reputation.

the delpo and soderling threads need a triplet for you to achieve Carreer Troll slam!

Don't forget the 'a digrace...' thread ab Nads being put on Lenglen, then Fed was there a few days later...:lol:

 

[zagor]

It wouldn't surprise me to see Stosur win Wimbledon after this thread

 

[film1]

mcenroe said the type of string she used had a dead feel and it was good for hitting top spin shots but more difficult to volley.

Sounds like a description of Lux BB to me.

 

[Soianka]

Good point. A full poly job is harder to volley with. In my experience you don't feel the ball and the strings don't catch or pocket the ball as well as gut or multis.

Yeah, a good point that I made first.

 

[hawk eye]

Most of those misses she should have put away even with her eyes closed, poly or no poly strings. I's not like she had to deal with laser beam passing shots from Rafa or Roger.

 

[lefty10spro]

Please disregard EVERYTHING McEnroe says about rackets and string. Stosur volleyed poorly because of nerves.

 

[rovex]

Yeah what was that all about? I could do a better job at the net lol.

 

[pandaboy]

Stosur's volleys have always been a weak part of her game in singles. And that's not just in this years French Open. I have followed her matches a lot throughout her career (being an aussie myself naturally), and I have been shocked at how many simple volleys she misses. Don't read all these comments in these threads about "nerves" or new strings. Bottom line is her volleys have always been bad, and need a hell of a lot of work. She has been getting away with it, as her ground strokes have improved tremendously the past few months.

I simply cringe every time she needs to play a volley.

 

[hawk eye]

Stosur's volleys have always been a weak part of her game in singles. And that's not just in this years French Open. I have followed her matches a lot throughout her career (being an aussie myself naturally), and I have been shocked at how many simple volleys she misses. Don't read all these comments in these threads about "nerves" or new strings. Bottom line is her volleys have always been bad, and need a hell of a lot of work. She has been getting away with it, as her ground strokes have improved tremendously the past few months.

I simply cringe every time she needs to play a volley.

Aussie players always have been known for their volleying.. even Hewitt has quite decent volleys, being a baseliner. Stosur must be the exception then.
And her doubles partner must be some volley miracle i guess.

 

[mtr1]

When she was winning doubles titles, she must have been at the baseline, whilst Stubbs/Raymond were putting the volleys away.

 

[hawk eye]

When she was winning doubles titles, she must have been at the baseline, whilst Stubbs/Raymond were putting the volleys away.

Makes sense..

 

[Cfidave]

McEnroe,along with most other announcers, are pretty mis-informed about strings and racquet technology in general. No way did the Babolat blast cause Sam to miss those volleys. If you watch those misses you will see poor footwork and/or poor racquet technique. Her opponent wasn't having any problem!

 

[cak]

I thought McEnroe said they were both using the same strings. So I'm not sure he was blaming the volleys on the strings, as Fran had impressive volleys.

 

[Cindysphinx]

It was indecision, in most cases. She just hadn't decided where to hit the volley. Like she was hoping to find the one piece of court where she could hit it to win the point outright rather than just hitting a quality volley and hitting a second one if need be.

 

[ShiroRm]

McEnroe,along with most other announcers, are pretty mis-informed about strings and racquet technology in general. No way did the Babolat blast cause Sam to miss those volleys. If you watch those misses you will see poor footwork and/or poor racquet technique. Her opponent wasn't having any problem!

I agree. Even the match point was lost because of poor footwork and poor backhand technique: she refused to go back enough to hit the ball properly.

 

[gold soundz]

I don't believe playing doubles would improve your volleying significantly. I really think it wouldn't do much. In doubles you're standing there waiting/anticipating the volley and also you're only covering one side of the court. In singles you've got to come up to the net, you've got to move around a lot more and cover a lot more. It takes much more.

 

[Justdoit10]

Stop blaming Stosur. It is that robotic racquet and string combo that NASA developed for her that actually plays tennis. Stosur doesnt actually do anything. She simply uses technology.

 

[Raiden]

^ No you stop overly blaming/crediting Babolat beyond what is reasonable.

Stosur was facing a woman with the the exact same material at the other end of the court! Never ever forget that.

 

[squeaky shoes]

When she was winning doubles titles, she must have been at the baseline, whilst Stubbs/Raymond were putting the volleys away.

Hmm, no. They all played at the net. How about you people actually start watching her doubles play instead of making assumptions based on half a dozen of volleys in one week.

Stosur has good volleys overall. But in singles she doesn't feel very confident at the net and tends to get tight. She also misses a lot of overheads when she's under pressure.

 

[bluetrain4]

Good point. A full poly job is harder to volley with. In my experience you don't feel the ball and the strings don't catch or pocket the ball as well as gut or multis.

Schiavone plays with full poly (didn't she?) and volleyed brilliantly. Plenty of players volley very well with poly, especially when, like Stosur, they're coming to net on their own terms. She really blew some very makeable volleys. It wasn't the string.

 

[Stinkdyr]

Yup, big room for improvement at net for Stegosur, Federer, Sod etc.

Few people realize that Nada has vastly superior touch at net compared to Fed. It's true, review your tapes.
You can put de earf on it.