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 philosophy 8:09 Volleying cross court more often 12:59 Technical fundamentals of the volley 16:47 Split stepping 20:21 Teaching first volley movement 22:31 The volley grip 25:33 The basics of doubles 29:26 Applying strengths and weaknesses 31:38 How to anticipate at the net 33:09 Watching more doubles 33:45 His best doubles tip 35:41 The biggest doubles mistakes he sees 36:30 Doubles advice for the 4.0 player **sound effects by https://www.zapsplat.com