At this time many people, including most tennis coaches and specialists, say that serve-and-volleying is dead. They tell us that racket and string technology gives returners the advantage. But the same technology helps the serve and the approach to the net. Are the present players better than Bjorn Borg or Jimmy Connors at defending against the serve-and-volley game? Are the todays service returners better than Andre Agassi or Michael Chang? Of course not.

Chris Evert wrote about serve-and-volley in Tennis Magazine: "Still, given how well players serve, its a strategy that could be a bigger part of a lot of players arsenals. Yes, returns are formidable,but serving to spots out wide or into the body can yield opportunities for successful forays to the net".

In my opinion, there is a problem that many modern tennis coaches do not know how to teach their players this style. They prefer to use the simplest approach while coaching their players to the aggressive baseline game.