1) a) Five checkpoints to master the one handed backhand.
i) Ready Position: Racket out in front away from your body with elbows elevated (show your arm pits). Slightly bent knees.
ii) The Unit Turn: As soon as you see the ball coming to your backhand immediately coil your shoulders. Rotate your shoulders while positioning the racket into the Eastern backhand grip (motorcycle grip). Your back elbow is elevated but your front elbow is close to your chest and extended toward the back fence (push your palm toward the back fence). Your racket is vertical.
iii) Pre-Contact Position: Look over your front shoulder as you step toward the ball. Bend your knees and use your left hand to close your racket face down.
iv) Contact Point: Transfer your weight to your front foot as you brush your racket strings from low to high.
v) The Follow Through: Finish with arms oppositely directed (like an umpire's "safe" call). Keep your body sideways with your back foot elevated, your chest puffed up and racket in a "half V" position.
d) The fundamentals of the one handed backhand.
i) Ready position: Elbows slightly elevated with racket away from your body. You should be able to fit a basketball in the space between your racket and your body.
ii) Coil your shoulders around your hips and change the grip. Use your non-racket hand to bring the racket back and to force the racket downward into the slot position.
iii) Lock your wrist by extending your wrist outward and pull the racket throat to bend your wrist toward your body.
iv) Look over your right shoulder as you bring your hitting arm bicep close to your chest as you coil your shoulders.
v) Step across your body and lower your front shoulder while bending the front leg. Point your fist toward the ball as you uncoil your hips and transfer your weight to your front foot.
vi) Keep you left hand on the racket until it reaches your leg. Feel a "pinch" in your back and "puff up" and finish with arms oppositely directed (like an umpire's "safe" call). Finish with you back foot elevated.
2) a) Maximizing power and directional control. At 5 minute mark. Power: Coil your shoulders so that your back is facing the net. Direction: Hand-to-hand line forms the direction to your target.
b) Step across your body and look over your right shoulder.
Now lower your right shoulder as you point your fist at the oncoming ball. With your hitting arm straight, bring your bicep close to your chest. Bend your knees as you transfer your weight to your front foot finishing with the back foot elevated and your chest "puffed" up.
3) a) Seven important steps for the one handed backhand.
i) Motorcycle grip first then Unit Turn: straighten the racket arm.
ii) PULL with your non-racket hand to get your racket back and high above your shoulder.
iii) Look over your front shoulder, lower the front shoulder and raise the back shoulder elbow as you step into the shot.
iv) Point your elbow toward the oncoming ball. Drop the racket into the "slot position", straighten the racket arm. Feel a "pinch" in your back as both arms finish toward the right side of the body.
v) Back foot lifts off the ground to insure forward momentum.
vi) Video: At 5 min: excellent shadow strokes and self feeds.
Notice the grip change and straightening the racket arm while coiling his shoulders. Look over your right shoulder as you step across your body. Transfer your weight to your front foot and finish with arms oppositely directed (like an umpire's "safe" call).
vii) Video on brushing the racket strings across the ball.
We start with the elevated back shoulder but then drop the front shoulder while bending the front leg. Feel a "pinch" in your back as both arms finish toward the right side of the body.
viii) Video showing pictures of the correct technique.
b) Change your grip to the Eastern (or semi western) backhand grip
Use your non-racket hand to pull and get your racket back. With both hands on the racket rotate your shoulders into a full Unit Turn. Finish with your arms oppositely directly with your non racket arm moving to the right behind your body. Maintain the right angle between your racket and forearm throughout the stroke.
c) To hit a deep, high ball to the backhand, turn your shoulders
and get your racket back near shoulder height. It is important to make contact out in front as you swing the racket in a horizontal motion. Notice the follow through as his chest opens up.
d) Progression drills to teach yourself the one handed backhand.
Transfer your weight to your front foot and finish with arms oppositely directed (like an umpire's "safe" call).
e) Place your left hand (the non-dominant hand) on the throat of the racket and rotate the racket into the Eastern backhand grip. Get the racket face below the incoming ball and swing low to high.
f) Look over your shoulder as you approach the ball. Bring your
bicep close to your chest as you point the butt of the racket
toward the incoming ball. Snap the wrist from low to high
and feel a squeeze in the middle of your back as your arms
move in opposite directions.
g) Use your left hand to pull your racket back into the "slot
position". Get the racket strings just below the incoming ball.
Straighten the right arm and swing low to high.
h) Important steps for improving your one-handed backhand.
Use a relaxed grip with your fingers slightly spread apart.
Turn the shoulder first then look over the shoulder at the ball
as you step across the body. Lower the right shoulder and
raise the back shoulder as you step into the shot. Keep the
racket head upright and straighten the racket arm.
i) From the "slot position", straighten the racket arm and swing
low to high.
j) Get more topspin: Bend your knees, look over right shoulder at
incoming ball, transfer weight to front foot, rotate the wrist.
k) Step ACROSS your body and look OVER your front shoulder
(chin to shoulder) as you point the racket butt toward the ball.
l) Important tips for the one handed backhand.
Position yourself so that you look over your right shoulder as
you hit the ball.
m) First turn your shoulders so can move sideways to the ball.
Use your non-racket hand to get the racket head higher than
your grip and to change the grip into Eastern backhand grip.
n) How to direct the ball: down the line or cross court.
o) Using the Topspin Pro to learn to hit the topspin backhand.
3) Use a mirror to check that you use the correct technique.
4) Your non-racket hand PULLS the racket back so initially the
back-elbow starts up HIGH. Feel a PINCH in your back.
5) Important Tip: Point the BUTT of the racket toward the ball
6) a) The Unit Turn: Rotate shoulder and racket together as a unit.
b) Ready Position: Up on the balls of your feet, Knees Bent
c) PULL the racket to contact and ROTATE the wrist
through contact as you extend your legs upward
7) U-shaped motion: racket goes from high-to-low-to-high.
(Important: The BUTT of the racket should be pointing
toward the ball and just BELOW the ball prior to contact.)
8) a) How to hit that HIGH bouncing ball to your backhand.
b) Another method of hitting HIGH balls.
9) If you get too close to the ball, the elbow gets bent...BAD form.
10) Teaching tip for coaches. for one handed backhand.
11) Best of BACKHAND: TC Academy Videos
i) Ready position: Elbows slightly elevated with racket away from your body. You should be able to fit a basketball in the space between your racket and your body.
ii) Coil your shoulders around your hips and change the grip. Use your non-racket hand to bring the racket back and to force the racket downward into the slot position.
iii) Lock your wrist by extending your wrist outward and pull the racket throat to bend your wrist toward your body.
iv) Look over your right shoulder as you bring your hitting arm bicep close to your chest as you coil your shoulders.
v) Step across your body and lower your front shoulder while bending the front leg. Point your fist toward the ball as you uncoil your hips and transfer your weight to your front foot.
vi) Keep you left hand on the racket until it reaches your leg. Feel a "pinch" in your back and "puff up" and finish with arms oppositely directed (like an umpire's "safe" call). Finish with you back foot elevated.
Get racket arm straight and your elbow elevated. Bend your knees prior to contact. Follow through so your hands are in the same line.
f) Excellent slow motion: The back elbow is elevated on the back swing as the racket starts above the head. Note how the non-racket hand is used to bring the racket back and then to position the racket into the "slot position".
g) Hitting high bouncing balls to your backhand.
f) Excellent slow motion: The back elbow is elevated on the back swing as the racket starts above the head. Note how the non-racket hand is used to bring the racket back and then to position the racket into the "slot position".
g) Hitting high bouncing balls to your backhand.
2) a) Maximizing power and directional control. At 5 minute mark. Power: Coil your shoulders so that your back is facing the net. Direction: Hand-to-hand line forms the direction to your target.
b) Step across your body and look over your right shoulder.
Now lower your right shoulder as you point your fist at the oncoming ball. With your hitting arm straight, bring your bicep close to your chest. Bend your knees as you transfer your weight to your front foot finishing with the back foot elevated and your chest "puffed" up.
3) a) Seven important steps for the one handed backhand.
i) Motorcycle grip first then Unit Turn: straighten the racket arm.
ii) PULL with your non-racket hand to get your racket back and high above your shoulder.
iii) Look over your front shoulder, lower the front shoulder and raise the back shoulder elbow as you step into the shot.
iv) Point your elbow toward the oncoming ball. Drop the racket into the "slot position", straighten the racket arm. Feel a "pinch" in your back as both arms finish toward the right side of the body.
v) Back foot lifts off the ground to insure forward momentum.
vi) Video: At 5 min: excellent shadow strokes and self feeds.
Notice the grip change and straightening the racket arm while coiling his shoulders. Look over your right shoulder as you step across your body. Transfer your weight to your front foot and finish with arms oppositely directed (like an umpire's "safe" call).
vii) Video on brushing the racket strings across the ball.
We start with the elevated back shoulder but then drop the front shoulder while bending the front leg. Feel a "pinch" in your back as both arms finish toward the right side of the body.
viii) Video showing pictures of the correct technique.
b) Change your grip to the Eastern (or semi western) backhand grip
Use your non-racket hand to pull and get your racket back. With both hands on the racket rotate your shoulders into a full Unit Turn. Finish with your arms oppositely directly with your non racket arm moving to the right behind your body. Maintain the right angle between your racket and forearm throughout the stroke.
c) To hit a deep, high ball to the backhand, turn your shoulders
and get your racket back near shoulder height. It is important to make contact out in front as you swing the racket in a horizontal motion. Notice the follow through as his chest opens up.
d) Progression drills to teach yourself the one handed backhand.
Transfer your weight to your front foot and finish with arms oppositely directed (like an umpire's "safe" call).
e) Place your left hand (the non-dominant hand) on the throat of the racket and rotate the racket into the Eastern backhand grip. Get the racket face below the incoming ball and swing low to high.
f) Look over your shoulder as you approach the ball. Bring your
bicep close to your chest as you point the butt of the racket
toward the incoming ball. Snap the wrist from low to high
and feel a squeeze in the middle of your back as your arms
move in opposite directions.
g) Use your left hand to pull your racket back into the "slot
position". Get the racket strings just below the incoming ball.
Straighten the right arm and swing low to high.
h) Important steps for improving your one-handed backhand.
Use a relaxed grip with your fingers slightly spread apart.
Turn the shoulder first then look over the shoulder at the ball
as you step across the body. Lower the right shoulder and
raise the back shoulder as you step into the shot. Keep the
racket head upright and straighten the racket arm.
i) From the "slot position", straighten the racket arm and swing
low to high.
j) Get more topspin: Bend your knees, look over right shoulder at
incoming ball, transfer weight to front foot, rotate the wrist.
k) Step ACROSS your body and look OVER your front shoulder
(chin to shoulder) as you point the racket butt toward the ball.
l) Important tips for the one handed backhand.
Position yourself so that you look over your right shoulder as
you hit the ball.
m) First turn your shoulders so can move sideways to the ball.
Use your non-racket hand to get the racket head higher than
your grip and to change the grip into Eastern backhand grip.
n) How to direct the ball: down the line or cross court.
o) Using the Topspin Pro to learn to hit the topspin backhand.
3) Use a mirror to check that you use the correct technique.
4) Your non-racket hand PULLS the racket back so initially the
back-elbow starts up HIGH. Feel a PINCH in your back.
5) Important Tip: Point the BUTT of the racket toward the ball
6) a) The Unit Turn: Rotate shoulder and racket together as a unit.
b) Ready Position: Up on the balls of your feet, Knees Bent
c) PULL the racket to contact and ROTATE the wrist
through contact as you extend your legs upward
7) U-shaped motion: racket goes from high-to-low-to-high.
(Important: The BUTT of the racket should be pointing
toward the ball and just BELOW the ball prior to contact.)
8) a) How to hit that HIGH bouncing ball to your backhand.
b) Another method of hitting HIGH balls.
9) If you get too close to the ball, the elbow gets bent...BAD form.
10) Teaching tip for coaches. for one handed backhand.
11) Best of BACKHAND: TC Academy Videos
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