[Senorita Conchita]

Agassi & Pierce for me, but maybe through the replies of this here thread we'll be able to find out who it originated from???

 

[Sam L]

Monica Seles and Jim Courier I think... if not they must be the very first few i have seen <img src="cool.gif" border="0">

 

[Big Lindsay]

Well, wayyyyyyyyy before those people ... Jimmy Connors used to do it all the time. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

 

[macn]

I am told that Althea Gibson used to hit them all the time. Andrea Jaeger also hit them(Queen of moonball)

 

[Justin]

Chris Evert is the first one I remember, although she did not hit it often.

 

[Martian KC]

Seles for me.

 

[Josh]

I don't remember who was the first I saw hit a swing volley but I must say that at the moment Kim Clijsters owns that shot. I've never seen anybody hit it more and better than she does.

 

[Brαm]

Ooooh yeah! It is one of Kim's trademarks.

 

[Heavy_Hitta]

Billie Jean King has renamed that shot. It's now called the "Schwing volley" because of Venus' superior execution of it. Forehand, backhand, court postion, below the net or above it.. doesn't matter. Whenever Venus hits it... it's a winner. She makes the most impossible schwings look totally effortless.

 

[Rollo]

The tennis diva of the 1920's , Suzanne Lenglen, liked to hit swing volleys. Venus has the best that I've seen, but it's a poor play when the ball is below the net.

Funny you mentioned Jimmy Connors Big Lindsay, cause he had that "skyhook" overhead as well the swing volley-and he hit them both with that toothpick T2000!

 

[cooolconchita]

for the women - coetzer