With the exception of the serve, all tennis strokes are backhands or forehands; for a right-handed player, strokes on the right are forehands and strokes on the left are backhands.
Stroke by which the ball is hit on the short hop below the knees; the half-volley is used mainly while approaching the net.
serve
Putting the ball into play by striking it above the head from behind the baseline; the server has two serves to put the ball diagonally into the service court.
volley
Stroke executed before the ball bounces; it is usually played near the net.
