Two-Handed Backhand Grip

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To find the two-handed backhand grip and explain it easily, we are first going to assume that you are right handed. First, grip the tennis racket handle with your right hand so that your heel pad is resting on the first bevel (the top) of the handle. However, your index knuckle is going to rest on the second bevel, one bevel over from the top.

Now place your left hand on the handle. You want the heel pad of your left hand to rest on the seventh bevel. The index knuckle should also rest on the seventh bevel. If you were left handed, this would be an eastern forehand grip. The real key to the two-handed backhand grip is that you want to be holding the racket in a way that allows both arms to move smoothly throughout the shot.

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  • Joao Victor Aldinucci
    Hello, I'm a brazilian that like a lot this site. I play tennis with this way of to hold the racket. But I saw an other way: take a left hand using a semi-western forehand grip. Thanks a lot.
  • Dickson
    Hi,

    Since I am using a semi-western with my forehand, I am trying to use the same with my two-handed backhand. However, I find it pretty difficult to put both my index knuckle and my heel pad on the seventh bevel. Its easy for the index knuckle but for the heel pad, it just naturally lands on the eighth bevel and I always have to force down my racket or spends extra efforts to switch it back to the seventh... I wonder if this is only my problem and if there's anyway to fix it.... but on the other hand, is there a big difference if I continue to hold in this way, i.e. index knuckle on seventh and heel pad on eighth?

    Thanks,
    Dickson.
  • Gayle
    If you make a trigger finger with left hand then it forces the heel pad onto 7th bevel.

    If your left hand grips racket like a hammer then the heel pad moves into 8th bevel
  • Ob
    I'm level 4.5 and use both single and double handed as it requires. e.g for base line I use single, for short fast cross courts I use double. for 2 handed, I use eastern on my non active hand and western on my hitting hand that works well. Again I'm ambidextrous and in tennis primarily left handed so my double handed backhand is pretty strong cause its basically a right handed forehand for me and I can use almost equal strength on my right hand. Hope it helps.
  • Balavessov
    "You want the heel pad of your left hand to rest on the seventh bevel. The index knuckle should also rest on the seventh bevel."
    I find it quite cosy to put my left (non-dominant) hand index knuckle on the 6th bevel, especially when I'm hitting down the line. 
    Is it wrong?
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