Her main strength is her forehand, as well as her volleying skills. She has great volleying ability and great footwork. Mahut is a solid baseliner who is also very adept at serve and volleying. These they dealt with by volleying darts and jabbing under the tail. Lowering the line also helped time his feet volleying skills of a moving ball. Laver described Hoad's strengths of "power, volleying and explosiveness" as justification of his accolade. The Woodies combined Woodforde's left-handed baseline play with Woodbridge's swift volleying reflexes at the net. Tactically, beginning with Oda Nobunaga, the technique known as "volleying" or countermarch drills were implemented. Cormack scored the opener against Real volleying home a cross by Neil Martin. Ivan Lendl hired Roche in 1985 as a full-time coach for Roche's advice on volleying. He used to finish the point by approaching the net and volleying or smashing. His volleying techniques were learnt from former Indian player Akhtar Ali. Three letters form a thread that illustrates the volleying back and forth. Zverev's volleying technique is regarded as one of his biggest weaknesses. He was particularly known for his volleying and speed at the net.