How to Improve Your Backhand in Pickleball (FULL GUIDE)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ส.ค. 2024
- 🎾 Master Your Backhand with Expert Techniques and Drills
Do you find yourself avoiding backhands and favoring forehands in your pickleball games? You're not alone. The backhand is often seen as one of the most challenging shots to master in pickleball. Today, we're diving deep to transform your backhand from a liability into one of your strongest assets.
Join me as we explore everything from the fundamentals, tips, and strategies of various backhand shots to the common pitfalls that might be holding you back. This full video serves as your ultimate checklist to enhance your backhand technique and efficiency.
🚀 What We'll Cover:
Understanding Backhand Variations:
Differentiate between drive, slice/chip, and drop backhands. Note: We won't be covering volleys and dinks in this session.
Fundamental Techniques for Each Backhand Type:
Start with the basics: proper grip, body positioning, and movement for powerful and accurate backhand shots.
Detailed breakdowns of each shot type, ensuring you know how to execute them flawlessly.
Top 5 Common Backhand Mistakes:
Uncover the frequent errors players make with their backhands and learn how to correct them. We'll discuss everything from improper grip to inadequate body rotation.
Effective Drills for Practice:
I'll show you the only three drills you need to practice your backhand effectively, whether on the court or at home using tools like the Dink Master.
Tips on transitioning these skills into real game situations through targeted rallying practice.
Advanced Techniques - Two-Handed Backhand:
For those interested in adding more power and control, we'll go over the two-handed backhand, popular among former tennis players.
This masterclass is designed to not only improve your understanding of the backhand but also to give you the tools and knowledge to practice effectively. Remember, perfecting your backhand takes practice and persistence, but with the right techniques, you can make significant improvements. Let's get started and take your game to the next level!
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Different Types of Backhands
1:36 - Drive Technique
3:58 - Chip Technique
4:31 - Drop Technique
5:33 - Mistake #1
6:46 - Mistake #2
7:46 - Mistake #3
8:43 - Mistake #4
9:14 - Mistake #5
9:45 - Drill #1
10:35 - Drill #2
11:58 - Drill #3
12:22 - Two Handed Backhand Tutorial
15:26 - IMPORTANT! - กีฬา
Thank you for watching! Comment any questions you have for me. I'll answer or another pickleball player will help you out!
Thank you so much, watched your video before going for my coaching class this morning. My coach was pretty impressed.
Great job!
Nice. My backhand is so garbage I started working on a left handed forehand instead
lol! Switching hands would be tough since balls fly at you so fast. Hopefully this video helps you
I use both left hand and 2handed backhand. Im not quite ambidextrous but the more i use my left hand, the better i get. Its to a point now where i can even feel confident blocking and attacking at the kitchen, tho its not as good as might rh…yet lol. Great vid! Thanks!
@@fernandoherranz4095 agree my left has improved the more I've worked on it myself
Another brilliantly done video. What a great teacher!
Great tutorial! Thank you!
Excellent video and lots of great information. Playing pickleball three months now and the back hand is a problem among other things. However, these tips and drills will be something I will give time to. Well done.
Wow Kennedy’s hair looks amazing! I like the new look 😀!
Just what I need.
Thanks for the content C and K! LOVE the in-depth tips, drills and techniques...👊
You bet!
@@EnhancePickleball ;-)
Such a good, detailed video! Thanks so much!
You're so welcome!
A true masterclass, will use this to learn the Conor Garnett Twoie.
Connor also posted a vid if you wanna check that out
Would be great to hear advice on what your off-hand arm should do (when not using a twoee)...
Hey Kennedy, Thanks for this amazing video. I was looking for a video on this topic. Btw would you mind if i redesign your thumbnail and share with you?
How do you change your grip in the middle of the rally?
Quickly
Personally I like to do it when a ball is coming straight for my shoulder and I’m flailing like an idiot
I'm really used to doing this from my tennis background - but for beginners I advice using your left hand to help you switch grips. It will be really hard in the beginning to do it solely with your playing hand.
Like other racket or paddle sports, you only grip the handle tightly before hitting the ball. Most of time, you loosely holding it and it’s easy to change the gripping, until it’s becoming a natural way. Just be relax, take a breath before hitting the ball😊 The most important thing is to make sure you turn your body, swing back your arm, your griping will be changed unnoticeably.
I was told the "hand shake" grip is for the eastern grip. The continental grip is the "holding a hammer" grip
There is an Eastern forehand grip and an Eastern backhand grip. The handshake one you are talking about is just for the forehand. The eastern backhand is just moving to the left one more side from the continental grip. I hope this helps!
I started playing pickleball in February. After suffering a Baker's cyst behind my knee that erupted from 50 years of tennis, I began as a beginner and quickly advanced to intermediate. Now I'm an advanced player, pushing the expert envelope. I've been using my western grip on my backhand and forehand until I get to the kitchen, where I slightly alter my grip. By the way, I have a blistering backhand using my western grip😉
what's the best way to use back hand when facing someone who serves very hard with top spin to your back hand side and its very difficult to return let alone get a good offensive return ?
Love your vids. More demo less blah blab blah. Ty!
3 hours, lucky number (I almost lost my winning streak cause my backhand sucks)
Coming from tennis you can hit your backhand with a slightly bent arm as long as you finish with a straight arm
Ya know how so many times you're partnered with someone who just always pops the ball up almost every time they hit the ball? Is that a wrist thing? I can't even imitate this action, but would like to offer a solution or technique to help correct players like this that I'm partnered with... any ideas?
when you react to drives, keep your wrist firm and block the ball down towards your opponent's feet. Their wrist is likely too loose when the ball hits their paddle
my backhand is better than my forehand idk it feels natural to me
I broke my pickle ball patle cause I was using tennis balls. with it
Legend
I'm ambidextrous so I never have to play backhand. I just swap hands.
So what do you do in a hand battle?