The Volley grip is the same one we use to serve... Broken down here in pictures, along with an awesome USPTR 1min video.

Muy importante, por favor. Those who improve upon this important and necessary nuance (grip change) will benefit by seeing their tennis game improve, accompanied by the feeling we all love, winning more tennis matches.  The instructional points below are ones we've spoken about and worked on in practice, which is the most important place to work on this skill.  If you want you can click on the pictures below to read the captions,  but that isn't necessary, seeing the volley sequence in the picture below, and than the short video is most importante to understanding the grip for the serve and volley.  This first picture is where to hold the racquet properly for the Continental grip, you will also see it in the video clip below.




















MUY IMPORTANTE! NOTICE THE VOLLEY READY POSITION

 Don't forget to lower your head with your racquet's head, when going in for the volley, as this activates the knee bend.  This is a great phrase to remember and help improve your volley stroke, 'USE YOUR HEAD TO STEP FORWARD TO MET THE TENNIS BALL.'  A little bit of looseness in the wrist, but increased pressure on your grip with your forefinger and thumb, at the base knuckle (seen in picture above) same as with the serve. The serve grip is looser than the volley grip.  Keep your elbow firm, and lead with it and your front shoulder. When we play in the up position, during a doubles match, it is easiest to hold the racquet in Continental grip but while being in the volley ready position.  One of the many reasons we practice our serve a lot is to help adjust to this grip, moreover this is the same grip we use to hit overheads with, which is quite the same as a service motion. 



This grip is crucial to getting backspin on the ball, thus keeping the ball low as it bounces on our opponents side.  Remember that your forehand groundstroke grip feels and acts different, don't get a floppy wrist as you change between grips in real match time, keep your long follow thru.  If you are not yet comfortable with serving in a match with this grip, you can continue to use the Eastern Forehand Grip, however when you work on the serve in practice you should use the Continental Grip.  All that said this grip should be the only grip you use to properly volley, in practice or matches,

The Volley - A Short USPTR Video

And lastly because it's Friday, an old SNL skit which your coaches draw daily inspiration from.