Kelly Jones: Building confidence in your volleys and transition game

Kelly Jones is our guest for the 31st episode of Baseline Intelligence. He won two NCAA doubles titles at Pepperdine University and went on to become world number 1 in doubles in 1992. He won 8 career ATP doubles titles, 2 ATP singles titles and has coached top pro players like James Blake, Mardy Fish, Sloane Stephens, Rajeev Ram, and his daughter Makenna, who also won an NCAA doubles title in 2021. We talk:2:16 The foundation of his coaching philosophy8:09 Volleying cross court more often12:59 Technical fundamentals of the volley16:47 Split stepping20:21 Teaching first volley movement22:31 The volley grip25:33 The basics of doubles29:26 Applying strengths and weaknesses31:38 How to anticipate at the net33:09 Watching more doubles33:45 His best doubles tip35:41 The biggest doubles mistakes he sees36:30 Doubles advice for the 4.0 player**sound effects by https://www.zapsplat.com