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The first step of the tennis two-handed backhand is the pivot and shoulder turn. You execute this step as soon as you realize you are hitting a two-handed backhand. The pivot and the shoulder turn starts your tennis racket take back by virtue of your shoulders turning sideways. |
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Click to watch the next step of the two-handed backhand: Tennis Two-Handed Backhand - Get your Racket Back
The first step of the two-handed backhand is the pivot and shoulder turn. Coming out of the split step, I pivot with my outside foot, transfer my weight to that foot, and I get the heel of my inside foot up. At the same time, I turn my shoulders sideways. When I pivot, that opens up my hips, allowing me to turn my shoulders more comfortably.
At 25 seconds in the video we clip to the side view of my two-handed backhand. From this perspective, you'll see that when I pivot and turn my shoulders my tennis racket starts to come back because my shoulders are turning sideways. This is one of the keys to the pivot and shoulder turn: the racket starts to come back because the shoulders turn sideways. It's very important that you do not use your arms during this step of the backhand to take the racket back.
At 53 seconds in the video we watch Frank pivot and turn his shoulders on his two-handed backhand. Coming out of the split step, he pivots with his outside foot, transfers his weight to that foot, he gets the heel of his inside foot up, and he turns his shoulders sideways. The pivot opens up his hips, letting him get his shoulders all the way sideways.
At 1:15 we clip to the top view of Frank's two-handed backhand. From this perspective, you can see that when he pivots and turns his shoulders the tennis racket starts to come back. What's equally as clear is that, despite the fact that the racket has started to come back, his hands are still in line with his head / body. The shoulder turn is what starts the racket take back.
At 1:42 we look at some pictures of Andy Roddick's two-handed backhand to illustrate the pivot and shoulder turn. In the first picture Roddick is just completing his split step. In the following picture he has pivoted and turned his shoulders. Andy has transferred all the weight to his outside foot and he has the heel of his inside foot up. That footwork has opened up his hips, allowing him to turn his shoulders sideways. The tennis racket has started to come back because his shoulders have turned sideways, even though he hasn't moved his arms yet.
Click to watch the next step of the two-handed backhand: Tennis Two-Handed Backhand - Get your Racket Back
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Comments (2)
Thx mate
I just want to say thx man because of u i learned how to serve properly, slice, proper forehand, and now i have a decent 2 handed backhand thx again!>
2008-12-27 8:41 am
giandrea
ciao
2008-09-23 11:49 am
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