How To Instantly Improve Your Two Handed Backhand (5 Simple Tips)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- The two handed backhand is one of the most common strokes in modern tennis.
Jeff Salzenstein shares five simple tips to help you instantly improve your two handed backhand. He demonstrates each of these tips in greater detail, so that you can start hitting your double hander with more power, consistency, and topspin.
1:50 Tempo
Focus on following the ball with your strings as you take the racquet back, and then bring it forward to create good rhythm and tempo. You will need to adjust your swing path depending on the speed of the ball.
4:05 Relax Your Hands
Avoid gripping the racquet too tight, so you can get better acceleration and power on your backhand. Instead, work on relaxing your bottom hand at the end of the swing. Once you feel comfortable with it, try to wiggle the fingers on both hands.
6:56 Footwork
When you step into your backhand, make sure to bring the back leg around to fully square in and get in a low base.
10:05 Narrow Stance
When the ball comes, focus on staying more upright and taking a small step forward before making contact with the ball. This will help you to be more balanced, and hit great two handed backhands more consistently.
11:47 Lansdorp Finish
Focus on stopping your finish with the racquet out in front, which will force you to extend out towards the target. This finish is a great option when you’re dealing with a ball that comes fast and low.
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Jeff was a top 100 ATP professional in singles and doubles and was the oldest American to ever break the top 100 in the world after the age of 30. During his 11 year pro career filled with injuries and setbacks, Jeff was determined to discover simple methods to make tennis learning easy and fun for himself and for all players committed to improving. Jeff is passionate about peak performance in the areas of nutrition, fitness, injury prevention, and mindset, and much more.
Jeff was also a 2 time All-American, national champion and team captain at Stanford University where he received his BA in Economics.
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@@williamsannuto8239 You're welcome!
Thank you so much for your wisdom! These tips mean so much too me thank you!
This is my biggest weakness...two-handed backhand. Great stuff again! Thanks Jeff for helping me improve my game.
You're welcome Mikey! Glad to help.
Finally a good tennis coach that is left handed!! Every video I’ve watched the coach is right handed and I have to think backwards..
Thank you, appreciate your nice comment!
I love that "relaxing the bottom hand" thing. Good one! Thx.
Amazing Derrick! You're welcome ;)
This is your best video.Ive taught for 30 years and have always started with that landsdorp finish.
I'm glad that you made the point about how to hit the 2HBH when the front foot is positioned first. So many academic / internet coaches advise to always position the rear / outside leg first on the 2HBH, but it's very difficult to do that unless you have a lot of time to plant and then step into the ball. You see top pros like Goffin and Nishikori starting their backhands with a closed off front leg / stance very frequently.
Exactly!
I really like the way you talked about your personal struggle with your backhand. You do coach it well. Good job buddy
Thanks Jerry!
Thanks for the video. The step of rhythm really solved my backhand problem.
Thoroughly appreciated attention to details!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
I especially like the tip about shortening my step on the two handed backhand. I struggle with taking too big a stride.
Awesome! Give it a go ;)
Thank u for video really help improve my backhand n showing my mistake
That's awesome to hear ! Thanks for sharing.
At 10:18 “striding out” and as the result, leaning into it too much. Coach, you are spot on! Going to try to narrow up the step to stay more upright. Hopefully, this will help with driving through the ball more. Thanks!
Jeff, your lesson is always practical!
Thanks.
You're welcome! Thank you for watching ;)
Jeff.
Thanks Jeff, your channel is really a gem for tennis players
You're welcome Martin! Thanks for your comment ;)
Jeff.
Definitely I will try this weekend! Thanks !
You're welcome! Let me know how it goes.
Lots of great tips and things to work on! In particular I want to try your suggestion for using the Lansdorp finish for low balls.
That's a great idea Shawn!
Like, than watch. Best in the game Jeff!
Tysm I really needed this
Glad to help.
Man, I have never heard any of these and I've taken quite a number of lessons. I've felt really stuck for years on my two hander, I'm excited to impliment these. I actually thought holding on tight was a good thing, I'm full on death gripping it. I really like the point about timing as well, I tend to set really early and just wait for the ball and it feels so awkward compared to my forehand. Subscribed, thanks for the great content.
You're welcome Caleb! Let me know how it goes.
great tips
Thank you!
Thanks for the tips
You're welcome!
As always, great video! Thanks Jeff.
You're welcome Wali! Thank you for watching.
Nice job!
Well done sir!
Thanks!
Great tips
Will try again. And back to you☺️
Awesome, look forward to hear from you!
it was super helpful when you did a video on the low, high, and wide for forehand. Are there variations for the backhand?
Thanks for your comment Samantha. There are a few variations on the backhand side. Check out the two great videos below to start off. You can find more inside our channel
th-cam.com/video/fbNngF3tfZE/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/s_kwtuIE_AU/w-d-xo.html
Wow ,it the best explains in video from long time ago.Thanks for your help!!!!
You're welcome!
Thanks jeff
You'r welcome Blade.
Thanks Jeff, will try Hold the finish and see the difference.
You're welcome Johnny! Let me know how it goes ;)
Great vid
Jeff, I will really appreciate if you could please make a video how to handle high deep balls on backhand when you are 8-10 feet or more behind the base line and the ball is almost above your head. Thanks in advance.
Hey Vijay! Thanks for your comment. I will add your request for future videos.
Jeff.
Both single and double handed
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Hey Jeff I'd like to see you break down say a game between two players. Maybe let them play out a full game and you dissect each point and what each player is doing right and wrong, using your various videos as the foundation (e.g. how to get more power in your forehand, how to get better balance etc.). Show the two players play each point at full speed and then slow it down and analyze certain key shots and movements during the point. You can analyze so many different angles from footwork to balance etc. I think your analysis is great and putting it alongside actual match play points would be interesting. You could take two players at any level but relatively even and just show a couple games between them, or a tie-breaker. This would take it from the theoretical to the practical.
Thank you Charlie. I appreciate your comment and suggestion. Check out our strategy analysis videos, where I have broken down match point play individually step by step.
Let me know if you have any issues finding them.
Jeff.
Good one!!
Thank you Manju!
I tried Jeff's tip to use the Lansdorp finish for low balls on the backhand side -- it works great! I'm pretty sure I'm not getting into as nice of a finishing position as Jeff demoed, but even still, focusing on using this abbreviated follow through is really helpful for those low backhand balls!
Awesome Shawn! Keep it up ;)
Jeff.
What is the lansdorp finish
Tammi Kim keep the racquet and hands in front
@@tammi7853 The Lansdorp finish involves finishing with your racquet in front of your body, without wrapping over the shoulder. This helps to maximize your extension and get effortless power.
Thats awesome .. gonna practice them .. just by ending the racquet in Front id for any low ball?? .. what about or tip could you give with a high ball?.. thanks Jeff
Thanks for the video. Very helpful! Is the weight primarily on the front leg when we do two-handed backhand? Thanks!
Hi Jeff. Do you think Nadal has a two handed backand we could copy? I find his technique very simple and I am a leftie as well so I find it easier. Thanks and greetings from Argentina.
Love you honesty.
Thanks Bill! Appreciate it.
Hi Jeff, would I add the same steps/principles if I were to hit more with my (dominate) top hand? (natural lefty but play right)
Hey David. Yes, you would.
Please explain about the movement of the wrist at the moment of strike? My coach tells me to actively lower and then raise the wrist when hitting for the top spin.
Relaxing my hands increased my backhand topspin 😎
Awesome Kharis!
good one, thanks
All of these are true for me. My backhand needed to go into the garbage can and now it is great
Thanks for watching! Glad you found this video lesson helpful.
iinteresting tip on pointing toward the target for short backhands and not doing a full followthrough. Does this same suggestion apply to short balls that come to forehands? Don't follow through all the way? It seems not.. I seem to put away short balls better when I follow through completely. Can you do a video on
putting away short balls or at least staying in control with short balls in different locations on the court such as in the middle, and forehand side also?
Thanks for your comment Susan. Check out the following videos on how to put away short balls.
th-cam.com/video/OQvZMDD_838/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/eDOBOl6jkw8/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/CpgvQAVYdps/w-d-xo.html
Hope this helps!
Banger video
I notice you do a little hop after your unit turn and into the closed stance/swing. Does that help with momentum?
Landsdorf finish is something new.
Give it a go! Let me know how it works out.
@@TennisEvolution I've been finishing this way often but didn't realize it had a name! Thank your for the history lesson Jeff!👍
@@K4R3N Awesome! You're welcome.
Hi Jeff! In your opinion which is the better grip in dominant hand to use?
Thank you....
You're welcome!
hey jeff, correct me if im wrong but seems to me the racket drop happens exactly when the ball drops? does that work if i time the racket drop with the ball drop? 3:36
just found my lefty coach .. ❤
Thanks. Fine tips. Sometimes all my muscles tighten up and I could trip over a feather
You're welcome Jeffrey. Thank you for watching.
Any drills for timing?
Can you be more specific?
I subscribeddddddd
Amazing, welcome on board!
What grip do you use?
According to the tennis books I read in the 1970s and '80s, the Lansdorp finish is the correct finish for _all_ groundstrokes.
I agree!
I never I really struggled with my two-handed backhand that much, the thing I struggle with the most with is my forehand.
Why are not using the same technique that is used in baseball with our 2 handed backhand?
Re Lansdorp finish, it looks like you are trying to go across to the over-shoulder finish but forcefully stop. Wouldn't be better to more naturally extend more forward and finish the stroke like that? Or, even more upwards for more spin?
that lansdorp thing sometimes happens intuitively on low balls to keep the ball on target ...😅
I’m right handed and with some grips I get bad wrist pain. Even if I’m hitting a light ball
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Back swing is a part of forward swing👌
Yes, it's all connected!
WAAAAAIT A MINUTE.... you said you were LEFT-HANDED, yet you're demonstrating a 2-handed "backhand" when it's really YOUR 2-handed FOREHAND !!!
(I still LIKE the video, but now I wonder if it's VALID)
- Mark in North Aurora
We flip the videos to right handed
Why are we not using the same technique that is used in baseball with our 2 handed backhand?
How is it possible pro ATP player says that his backhand shot was not perfect. Is there any hope for club players then?
Please make a video called "you never swing your arms on forehand or backhand." The body will throw your arms and racquet forward. The word swing makes it sound like your arms are moving when it's your torso or hips.
I am guilty of gripping too hard.
suiiiii
What an interesting American language.... Nothing is clear from these sounds.