Pete Sampras - Slow Motion Serve and Volley

Replay in slow motion of Pete Sampras serve and volley (x2) on grass against Boris Becker.

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• topspin
• sampras
• serve

[nekbeth]

I believe that serve and volley is the best way to succeed in Tennis. You will need two natural gifts: A powerful serve & outstanding reflexes. In my opinion Federer went to N.2 because he changed his game from volley to backcourt (like Nadal). You can´t beat a Nadal or Agassi with backcourt shots, they will kill. You need to finish them off quickly & make them risk shots (something they rarely do).

These generations of tennis players lacks great serves & volley players like Sampras.

[eaterofcandy]

pete sampras's serve and volley is second to none. im thinking about temporarily switching to a serve and volley style from a defensive baseliner because of an injured knee. cant wait to try this out

[XizelSF]

@Taryll22 With slower surfaces in recent years, I doubt Federer would want to approach the net frequently. Players are able to generate pace off of nothing with high topspin for consistent passing shots. Federer won't make it out alive.

[nekbeth]

@Taryll22 Federer is well known for being the best all around player of all time but when you say "he never played many volleys", I disagree with you, because Federer was a serve/volley player most of the time early in his career, he then evolved his game and became the all around player that we know him for. If you watch his match vs Sampras (which cut his streak in Wimbledon), it was almost like a mirror, he then won 2 to 3 slams the same way, Nadal came and Federer's game changed too.

[Taryll22]

@nekbeth: I agree with you except that Federer never actually played many volleys. The problem with him is that he continues to play his all-round tennis even when he's approaching his 30s and he can no longer succeed against the younger players. As you say, they simply kill him in the rallies. He should have switched to a more aggressive style a few years ago, attacking Nadal or Djokovic directly from the serve and finishing it off early. As Sampras got older, he played more aggressively too.

[fierte]

We can't blame today's players for the loss of serve and volley. A lot of the fault lies with the manufacturers who have been slowing down surfaces so that people can enjoy more rallies. They are instead just destroying the bodies of players. I feel sorry for them now.

[87Logitech]

@federer

Roger greatest ever then Sampras, Nadal have boring style, I don t love to watch Rafa...

[gwyneth00]

A thing of absolute beauty. Pete Sampras always did and always will have the best combination of serve and volley in the history of the sport. Poetry in motion. The only one that comes close is John McEnroe--who was a tennis genius the like of which will never be seen again. I would give almost anything to see those two go at it with wood racquets to allow for the artistry of their shot-making ability to be at its peak. 

[Pshnookems]

@federer id say 2nd best behing laver

[lollerz16]

@TitaniumProAce I'm not talking about what the Pros want. It's about what I want fro tennis as a spectator.

[TitaniumProAce]

@kitt998 Think about what you wrote here.....why wouldn't players want to do that? When players of any sport play they're not doing it for your enjoyment first, they're doing it to win first. This was one of the quickest and most effective ways to win and dominate, over too quickly to an actual player is a good thing.

[TitaniumProAce]

@lollerz16 Contrary to what you might think, no top player wants a "incredible rally" they want to end the points quickly. Most players aren't taught the serve and volley in it's entirety so it's sort of turned into a lost art, but if you look at some of the greatest players of all time used the serve and volley like Laver, Mcenroe, Sampras and even Federer though not often.