In my last match I was more successful getting to the poaches, but still lost most of the points. Where should you hit the ball after you poach? I heard before you should hit at the opposing net man's feet, but that didn't work very well. He just blocked it back and I was still moving diagonally and couldn't intercept his shot.
I'd have to see video of how well you were hitting the volley; aiming at the net man is a good idea. If he is consistently blocking it back, your volley is not good enough, not that your target was necessarily bad.
Also, it depends on whether the volley was offensive, neutral, or defensive: if the opposing BLer hits a challenging GS, your volley might be tough and aiming at the net man might be the exactly wrong thing to do; it might be better just to hit it back to the BLer.
Another good target is at the net man's dominant hip; very difficult to hit a FH volley, which is many people's first reaction since the volley is on their dominant side and the ball is coming so quickly that they don't have time to realize a BH volley is easier.
Is there space to hit between the net man and the alley? That's not my preference because many times there isn't as much space as we initially perceive and we hit it wide.
I think you should be commended for getting out of your comfort zone and poaching. That's the hard part, mentally. Now you just have to work on execution, which is much easier, IMO.