Retro Roger calls for more serve and volley

[George Turner]

https://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/federer-halle-2018-friday-reaction

Reading between the lines, he appears to be saying young players aren't being coached to be complete players i.e. learning the art of volleying. Perhaps this is why the next gen are struggling to break through; they aren't being taught the fundamental all round skill set. Not learning to volley also impacts your ability to hit a offensive slice (since you're not chip and charging.) so these baseline bots just use it as nothing more than a defensive shot.

Is Fedr correct, or is volleying obsolete and he's talking like a dinosaur?

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

It's obsolete. Not because it's useless, but because no millennial knows how to do it.

 

[jaggy]

I want to see The Schwartz S & V

 

[George Turner]

I want to see The Schwartz S & V

Diego to win Wimbledon?

Those WTA serves gonna be tough to stop.

 

[Backspin1183]

Federer always says he wants to see more players at the net. Then when his opponents go to the net, he aims for their bodies. Happens every Wimbledon.

 

[beltsman]

Bull has the best slice in tennis but no youngsters learn from him.

 

[MeatTornado]

He said the same thing after winning Wimbledon last year. Players should wish they played a style obsolete enough to win Wimbledon.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...rer-hungover-tennis-next-generation-wimbledon

 

[Backspin1183]

Bull has the best slice in tennis but no youngsters learn from him.

Bull has the best slice like you have the best threads.

 

[tenisdecente]

Well, most of the tour is baseline ball bashing, very few use the slice, even if well used is a great weapon, specially to move around an opponent and change tempo of a rally
If almost no slice is used, serve and volley is lost. When you see Zverev at the net, you want to cry - and he is the number 3 player in the world. Go figure

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

When you see Zverev at the net, you want to cry

you're not looking at the right zverev

 

[tenisdecente]

you're not looking at the right zverev

I was referring to the worse of the brothers. Of course Mischa is the greatest, both in tennis and behaviour on the court. Sorry to tell you that mate!

 

[ZiggyStardust]

Federer always says he wants to see more players at the net. Then when his opponents go to the net, he aims for their bodies. Happens every Wimbledon.

Underrated post

 

[BeatlesFan]

Bull has the best slice like you have the best threads.

Best put down here in awhile.

 

[Freddy Cat]

It'll be obsolete pretty soon -- M. Zverev will probably be the last serve and volleyer in tennis as we know it. There's little incentive to develop a net game, when younger players can just take the easier route and be a baseline grinder.

 

[True Fanerer]

Bull has the best slice in tennis but no youngsters learn from him.

 

[Le Master]

It's obsolete. Not because it's useless, but because no millennial knows how to do it.

Roger is a millennial

 

[Federer and Del Potro]

Roger is a millennial

Depends how you define it. I'd call Fred Gen X.

It was a joke anyway.

 

[Russeljones]

It is a subtle dig at Nadal.

Roger is insinuating that Nadal, as the best volleyer in the top 100, is shirking his duties and not passing on the craft to the next gen. I agree. It is criminal.

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Bull has the best slice like you have the best threads.

 

[zagor]

Then maybe Retro Fedr shouldn't have supported the abolishing of carpet in 2009.

 

[Tennease]

Tsitsipas often goes forward and volleys. He is one of the youngsters who can serve and volley. His father studied tennis in a university so he's got an encyclopaedia of tennis coaching him.

 

[reaper]

Tsitsipas often goes forward and volleys. He is one of the youngsters who can serve and volley. His father studied tennis in a university so he's got an encyclopaedia of tennis coaching him.

Tsitsipas can certainly go forward, but I wouldn't accuse him of being able to volley. He was awful at net in the match he lost last week.

 

[Gary Duane]

It is a subtle dig at Nadal.

Roger is insinuating that Nadal, as the best volleyer in the top 100, is shirking his duties and not passing on the craft to the next gen. I agree. It is criminal.

LOCK HIM UP!

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Not a day goes by without Fed and his fans talk about serve and volley.

 

[smalahove]

Fed is by far the best allround player, but he is not an S&V (but could be,if he wanted though).

I love watching Matthew Edbden, not as a retro, nostalgic thing, but since this type of tennis is aesthetic, esp. compared to the mindless baseline bashing that seldom is.

 

[Le Master]

Depends how you define it.

80s and 90s kids

 

[Backspin1183]

Best put down here in awhile.

Well, Nadal's slice is very effective but it definitely isn't the best nor the most beautiful slice you see in tennis.

 

[Thomas195]

Tsitsipas often goes forward and volleys. He is one of the youngsters who can serve and volley. His father studied tennis in a university so he's got an encyclopaedia of tennis coaching him.

His serves suck big currently. He is 6ft4 and has a worse serve than Berdych. In today game, especially for a 6ft4 player, he needs a Krajicek/Raonic/Kyrgios serve to serve and volley. He will want to play more weak putaways. In other words, he needs to develop a servebotting mode. I think he must hire a good serving coach immediately.