How to hit A Backhand
Hit Consistent Two-Handed Backhands
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okay we're going to talk about
two-handed backends we'll do a video on
100 backends I know that's a big thing
right now more Inc has got such a pretty
back-end and federal is playing well
it's Wimbledon time right now I think
that finals tomorrow anyway but we're
going to talk about two hands that's
what I hit that's kind of what I coach
most of my kids to do so just like all
the videos we're gonna start off with
stuff with a grip okay so just like
before we're going to count the panel's
we're going to go one two three and with
a workers way around we're going to go a
continental grip which is the grip that
most people don't like most people love
the eastern grip but Cornetto grip gives
people nightmares but anyway that's the
group we're going to use so my right
knuckle is going to go on the second
panel this way and my left knuckle is
going to go on the seventh panel which
is this way it's going to look this way
so I find the second panel I find the
back panel with my left hand okay
some coaches will have you put the right
hand on this panel which is the Eastern
forehand grip I think one of my favorite
coaches in the whole world
Rick Macy teaches this if you've not
checked out any of his videos you should
fantastic coach but I I teach this way
I've had a lot of success this way but a
lot of the best back ends in the world
have had had the other way
I think Andy Murray has this grip this
grip is great for return a serve because
there's no grip change between foreign
and backhands it makes the return of
serve so much so much more effective but
anyway sorry about this we're going to
do the Continental which is more of a
Djokovic and jog which is got a pretty
good back end so here we go okay so very
similar to the forint when the ball
crosses the net we want to have a unit
turn so the ball crosses the net I'm
going to make a turn on my shoulders and
I'm going to move my left leg and put
the weight on to my left side really
when the ball crosses the net I want to
be turned I want to get the leg set just
as I'm getting ready to go make contact
so when the volkoff's is the net I'm
turning but as I go to hit the ball I'm
going to load my left leg and then I'm
going to transfer that weight by
stepping into the ball with my right leg
now I see a lot of people on daily basis
let's say they're getting a wide ball
they tend to not get set behind the ball
with the left leg they tend to come
across and step this way this is no good
because the body weight and the power
comes from this left leg so we need to
get this left side slightly behind the
ball so we can go ahead and step into it
versus
step in across it like this okay so one
of the reasons we would teach 200 back
enters versus one because it's quite
simple to teach really all you think
about is the left hand hitting a
forehand so when the ball comes I make
the turn we step into the ball I'm going
to use the left hand and it's going to
make contact about six inches to 12
inches in front of this knee and my left
hand is going to brush over the shoulder
I'll go watch look cheap or watch from
Kmart
that I'm going to hear that ticking in
my ear after I've finished okay let me
back up a little bit let's talk about
take-backs when I make this unit turn
and I take my racket back there's three
different ways I can take the racket
back I can go back like the Williams
sisters when I take my racket straight
down and I like that because it
simplifies it I struggle with my back
end so I like to simplify this by doing
this so you just go one two these are
the way you can go back is by taking the
racket up a little bit we call this the
and rock so you the rack it up
and then you drop it in hit and that's
really good for rhythm a lot of really
good back ends that way and then also
you see some cultures teaching the loop
if you're looping the four and it stands
to reason that you should loop the back
end so this is where they take the
racket up then you let it drop when you
make contact don't see a whole lot of
that but it's valid so what I would do
is get out there and practice those
different different ways to take the
racket back and see which feels best so
let's hit a few back ends and we'll go
from there
so I'm going to drop the ball I'm going
to make contact way up there in front
I'm going to drive the legs I'm going to
swing through obviously this is more of
a closed stance four and then a sorry
the back end then an open stance back
end because really if you get set up you
should always try and get that body
weight into the back end it's hard to
generate a lot of power with an open
stance back end so we still want to step
into most back ends so here we got some
drop out in front think about my left
arm hitting the ball and transfer my way
those are actually going in and you
can't see like a camera that's a good
ball okay if I do say so myself those
are good backhands anyway this has been
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