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Step 7: Tennis One-Handed Backhand Non-Hitting (Other) Arm video
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This video talks about the role of your non-hitting arm during the follow through of your tennis one-handed backhand. You want to keep your non-hitting hand back in order to hold your shoulders sideways during the forward swing and follow through. |
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Your non-hitting arm plays a specific role during the follow through on your one-handed backhand. In the video clip above I first extend my other arm way back as I follow through. Next, I keep it more toward the side. What you may notice is that the further I extend my non-hitting arm back, the less my upper body rotates during the follow through.
This is an important concept to understand because you want to be able to control how much your upper body rotates during the follow through. We will get into more specifics about why you may or may not want to control this rotation in other videos, but it’s worth knowing that your non-hitting arm controls how much you turn.
Although the seven fundamental steps to hitting a great one-handed backhand that we have outlined in this section may seem simple, the fact is that very few club-level players do all five of these things correctly, so we caution you against not paying close attention to these aspects of your one-handed backhand.
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Comments (1)
1H backhand
Will, your videos and progressions have helped me no end. As I've said before, nowhere else had I previously found such detailed coaching for all shots, systematically explaining the technique and biomechanics.
I have a question about your video of the one-handed backhand. In the clips that show you shadowing the backhand, step by step, after your pivot and shoulder turn, you step across with your right foot parallel to the baseline, which positions you with your back to the net and your racquet also parallel to the baseline.
When I try this, I find it very difficult, and I even have difficulty craning my head around far enough to see the ball!
On the other hand, when you cut to the clips of Andre actually hitting a onehander, it is notable that he does not step across parallel to the baseline; rather, he steps into the court at approximately a 45 degree angle.
I find that when I do this the shot becomes much easier--not to mention the fact that it gets my weight going forward.
I wonder what you think about this.
Thanks.
Bob Cantrick
2008-11-23 12:01 pm
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