John McEnroe 🇺🇸 Serve & Volley in Perfection. 

The total genius of all times. 💜🌈

one can agree.

I do agree, personally. Nicely put

I agree. There has never been a serve and volley player to rival him, and the fact is he had the best hands in the game....his touch shots were even more sublime than Federer's, and his serve, including the action, was pure badass.

I agree.

Agree absolutely. Nobody can take his place.

I want that time back too. I was also a serve and volley player, but only with the amateurs.

Maybe this is why tennis players are moving to pickleball. The volley game is big in pickle. Tennis is a power game from the baseline, you are correct. It's become very one dimensional. Roger Federer was the last great volleyer to play the game. I think he was one of the best ever along with J. Mac.

aptly formulated

And the most edgy guy ever. Like a guy with a huge chip on his shoulder.@@TennisWorld1

I agree

It's unconventional but highly efficient as the legs don't burn as much

yes he was

Saw him live, kooyong Melbourne, a few feet away, versus gullikson, absolutely amazing to see....

@@davidwright2379 I envy you...I've seen Agassi, Becker, Stich, Sampras live, unfortunately never McEnroe.

@@TennisWorld1 Mac was unbelievable, watching his serve move around on grass courts was really something, volley was sublime

No doubt about it. Do you think Mac's on court battles with umpires & temper tantrums helped or hurt his game?

@@staunchx That's a tough question. I didn't get to watch him until after his prime. I had a great tennis coach who told me that McEnroe would play better after he got angry. It was unfortunate when he got defaulted that one year at the Australian Open, of course. But his personality is as it was and is impossible to separate from his unique tennis. The contrast between fits of explosive rage and sublime inhuman grace with the raquet is utterly mesmerizing.

@@michaelgarza8271 Thats what made him so compelling to watch. I would agree with you & your coach, the intensity & grace did seem to compliment each other.

I always enjoy watching John.

Yes, without midsize and oversize graphite tools, top spin is much harder to achieve and Mcenroe wohld have maybe won sone more slams.

The other player who hit the ball "on the rise" was Jimmy Conners. He blasted the ball from both wings with his T-2000 racket!

Get into Pickleball if you want to get into volleying. It's very fast and fun. I just picked up the game after a lifetime of tennis.

Thanks so much. I have two more videos of John, I hope you saw them too. Love from

I like McEnroe to this day. He's a winner and pretty funny too. But when I watched him in the "old days" I was kind of embarrassed by his behavior. I thought he lacked class like some of the other tennis greats. But he backed up his trash talk with his play and so he earned the right to be a jerk and get away with it :) Illie Nastase was another guy with great talent and super fun to watch but with a terrible temper and bad manners in a match.

That's a great point about McEnroe, that he was the best in doubles too. He is a guy who still loves to VOLLEY!

good idea

Wow, you saw a great tournament in 1980. I loved all those guys. Each unique, and each a winner and a fighter to the MAX.

Watch a good pro kick serve and you will be able to hear the spin too.

How I envy you to have seen him play live.

@@TennisWorld1 He would never get away these days with the language he was using back then, but it was great to see him serve and volley on grass.

@@brenhugh I like to think so

thank you