you prolly dont care but if you're bored like me atm then you can stream pretty much all of the new movies on instaflixxer. I've been watching with my brother for the last couple of months :)
Very clear and precise instruction guys. I'm in the process of changing from a one handed backhand to a two hander as I am having difficulty returning high balls. I enjoyed the video immensely. Keep up the good work. John Shannon.
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial .Yes.Initially I struggled a lot with my backhand.Some of your two handed backhand videos and little bit of pratice helped me a lot to improve
Yeah, his backhand is just straight up unfair, haha. Although personally I would love to have Nalbandian's backhand, it's just super flashy and basically another forehand. (and I'm saying that as someone whose backhand is the stronger wing)
Just learning tennis here in some group lessons where all we do is practice bad technic over and over again. I've been watching your videos repeatedly and comparing against a mirror and now some self-filming. Extremely helpful! Thank you both for making these videos!
Thanks for this. It really helped a lot. My coach misses out on some of these basics and often doesn’t make me do as much drills. But this helps a lot. Thanks so much.
Amazing video and as always you guys show us how to hit these shots and most importantly - the drills/progressions to get us there! One quick question, I know we should focus on the high hand low hand drop (up, down and up again) during the drills, but in a game should we still be thinking of actively dropping the racquet head in the forward swing - or if we have loose hands will it just happen naturally? I used to concentrate on it for the forehand but then after a while it just naturally happens if you start in the right position and end in the right position. Thanks again, best videos out there as always!
With practice and high repetition, it should start to occur naturally without you having to think about it. In matches, your focus should be on point construction
Ii wished I could see this before my training at the wall today🤣. Thank you!! I will try it next time. Although I can play one handed backhand I never really wanted to let my left hand hanging in there for decoration. I think I developed my body harmoniously when I use both hands so it was more of a personal preference than style.
Hello fantastic content. Does Alex have an eastern backhand grip on his non dominant hand, I imagine it’s because he has a one hander. Do you recommend that for more spin and control?
Another great video from the best on the net tennis instruction. Clearly, people who have good two handed backhands are fairly ambidextrous. Simon is very ambidextrous. Most people can't hit a non-dominant hand forehand. The backhand they show with a dominant left hand is different than what Chris Evert used. She said her left hand just supported her right hand because she was too weak as a child to hit with one hand. Also, these guys are good athletes and have exceptional hand-eye coordination. But for people who are not good athletes (most of us) tennis is still a lot of fun. You just play with people of your own skill level, barbecue after a match, drink and party :).
This channel has helped my game tremendously and personally would love to train with you guys one day. I seem to never get a chance to see the weight of the medicine balls you guys use, what would be a good range for a 4.0-4.5 player?
Thanks for this. I just started actually playing tennis about 2 years ago (but have been a tennis follower since 2005) as my 30 yrs old promise. I cannot get my backhand shot consistently. This video really helps
the first drill asks a lot from students. Not your typical starting drill with beginners, as an advanced drill I see the value. Big fan of the ball throwing method
I’ve done that drill with plenty of beginners, they’ll struggle for sure but they get better if you do it consistently and you’re building up good motor patterns! If it was easy, everyone would be good
Both have superb bh but I'm personally a huge fan of Alex's 2hbh although I'm aware he's a 1hbh player. Reminds me on Agassi's. He has both hips and shoulders more aligned at the contact, almost parallel to the baseline. Both arms extended. Great.
Can you elaborate a little more on the swing path? I have noticed, my backhand is somewhat like the mirror image of my forehand, which doesn't seem to be the case with your stroke. I don't have as much control on the shape, depth and sometimes, even direction of the shot. On a great day, I'll rip backhands with reasonable pace and topspin consistently, but I can't vary the pace, spin, height etc nearly as well. I can slow my forehand swing down and still keep balls in no trouble, but struggle with that for my backhand. My backhand also doesn't respond to a lot of different positions I'm thrown into, I can alter my forehands swing to suit any kind of ball and often hit good shots from out of position, but am only comfortable facing certain types of shots on my backhand. This really shows in practice, when I hit balls well, but during a set, when I'm thrown into all sorts of positions, my drive backhand tends to fail, and I resort to slicing.
i’ve had coaches tell me to keep both feet grounded as i swing, and to not step with my back leg. Is it worth keeping this or does it actually affect the stroke?
It depends your level. For beginners that works ok, for balance reasons. After that, keeping the back foot planted becomes a serious problem on 90% of backhands
I have been hitting my two hander like a baseball swing, I bring my racquet back around waist level, with the racquet head pointed up, and I use my left leg, and push off my left leg, as I make contact, and I have to admit, after a 22 year hiatus from tennis, my two hander is still extremely consistent and my return serve is still solid. The problem I am having Coach, is my footwork during rallies, because I have two hip replacements, I have been doing footwork drills, and with in 3 months I have lost 25 pounds and I am able to move around much better. I play tennis doubles with players who are in the late 70s and 80s and they love making me run, and watch a 51 year old fat guy run for drop shots!
I had a decent backhand but knew i was missing something - which this video has highlighted : Lifting your leading leg....explained here th-cam.com/video/xn-Bdd74F5c/w-d-xo.html It greatly helps with your forward momentum and body rotation. As a leftie my leading left leg was stuck to the ground and greatly inhibiting the kinetic energy of my backhand technique. So thank you guys - great advice in this video.
Hey simon I hope you reply to me. I am doing ITF coaching advanced players course and I tried this drill of using left hand for topspin as my student was hitting flat. And I was failed. They stated that the top hand is not for topspin. The bottom hand is used for topspin so this drill is wrong. What do you think about this. I have been following you for a long time. Please reply. Also are you certified coach?
That is one of the strangest reasons for failing a course. Which country is this in? The top hand is responsible for creating the low to high swing which produces topspin on the two handed backhand. It’s something most good coaches know, and you’ll see plenty of pros using this drill in training. I just watched paolini do this in New York a few weeks ago. I saw Djokovic doing it during training. Sinner doing it as a junior. I’m a national professional RPT coach, and LTA senior performance coach (level 4) I learned a lot of good things on the RPT course I did. Almost nothing on my level 1, 2 and 3 LTA courses but my tutor for level 4 was excellent and he taught me a lot. So much depends on the tutor and if they have a certain pass rate they need to maintain (looking for any reason to fail people)
Hey Simon, a little off topic, but I have the same raquet (Dunlop CX tour 18X20) as you. I noticed you have lead tape from the 2 down to the 4 o'clock position. Do you have any in the handle? or anywhere else you have lead? I find it a little jarring outside the sweet spot in its stock form and not as stable, therefore, is the lead that you added the reason you applied it there and whats your thoughts to the added lead tape?
The lead tape is mainly a test, I wanted to see if the increased weight would add some extra power without more effort, so far it's worked out well. I feel more stable at contact and get a bit more out of the racket powerwise
My problem with my forehand is that i cant hit clearly when im trying to hit with a lot of power and because of that i lose lot of points.... What am i doing wrong?
That’s a million dollar question. Without seeing your forehand in action, it’s impossible for me to say what the problem is. If you’re losing the contact point, focus on really seeing the ball well right onto the strings
Try to find out if it's a problem with technique, footwork or something else. Usually it's easier to discover with a coach or when you record a video of yourself playing. In general, limit your power to a point of where your technique is still fully intact and where you still manage to hit clean shots. In general you don't really need *that* much power until higher levels of play, since you can get people in a lot of trouble by using moderate power and getting good angles/accuracy so your opponent has to run and hit a weaker shot. But it depends on your preferred style of play, so if you love to exchange heavy shots from the baseline and overpower your opponent you might need a different approach from what I said.
I feel like better the style of Nadal, Sinner whose backhand has no or very little power position. It is just a simple leveled backswing. That’s more natural for me.
Download our free two-handed backhand guide here - www.top-tennis-training.com/free-guide/
you prolly dont care but if you're bored like me atm then you can stream pretty much all of the new movies on instaflixxer. I've been watching with my brother for the last couple of months :)
@Dakari Luca yea, I've been using InstaFlixxer for since december myself =)
Fun fact: Simon's left-handed forehand is better than 99% of TTT subscribers' forehands.
😂
Exactly 😂
@@TiVul It certainly points to a weakness, getting the top hand stronger would make a huge impact on the backhand
Very clear and precise instruction guys. I'm in the process of changing from a one handed backhand to a two hander as I am having difficulty returning high balls. I enjoyed the video immensely. Keep up the good work.
John Shannon.
Many thanks for the support
For best tips Thank you
Thank you for the support
Are there any lessons you would like to see in the near future?
All the best
Simon
Top 3 fourhand drills
I am a huge fan of Nole's two handed backhand. Gonna straight away utilize these drills and improve my two-handed backhand on the court.
Glad to hear it, have you always been a two hander?
Alex
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial .Yes.Initially I struggled a lot with my backhand.Some of your two handed backhand videos and little bit of pratice helped me a lot to improve
Yeah, his backhand is just straight up unfair, haha. Although personally I would love to have Nalbandian's backhand, it's just super flashy and basically another forehand. (and I'm saying that as someone whose backhand is the stronger wing)
Just learning tennis here in some group lessons where all we do is practice bad technic over and over again. I've been watching your videos repeatedly and comparing against a mirror and now some self-filming. Extremely helpful! Thank you both for making these videos!
Thank you for watching 🙏
Are there any lessons you would like to see in the near future?
All the best
Simon
I hope the courts are open so I can practice this! Thanks for the great videos ❤️
Glad to help! Let’s hope we can all get back on court soon! Are you a two hander?
Yes, I’m a two hander. I tried doing one-handed backhands before but I feel like it might mess up what I have right now with the two-handed backhand
Totally an excellent video for me in learning the cause and effect of my two-handed backhand. Great job and huge thank u.
Thanks for watching
Are there any lessons you would like to see in the near future?
All the best
Simon
Bravissimi! Il più esauriente video mai visto sul rovescio a due mani!
Thank you for watching 👍
Are there any lessons you would like to see in the near future?
All the best
Simon
Interesting drills, espacially the one you step forward onto the ball to enable this complete trunk rotation..
Thank you for watching
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All the best
Simon
Thanks, guys. It was very helpful, tomorrow I'll practice and I'll try to improve my backhand following your advice.
Have fun on court 👍
Nice job guys. So helpfull.
Thank you for watching 👍
Are there any lessons you would like to see in the near future?
All the best
Simon
Thank you very much! I will begin right away with the drills
Have fun!
Thanks for this. It really helped a lot. My coach misses out on some of these basics and often doesn’t make me do as much drills. But this helps a lot. Thanks so much.
Thank you for watching and good luck with the improvements 👍
All the best
Simon
Thanks. I’m looking forward to incorporating some of these drills. 🤓
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Best regards,
Simon
Old school tennis drills, I love it! Great job on the video Coach. Hopefully you had a great Thanksgiving my friend.
Super helpful! Thank you, coach!
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All the best
Simon
Excellent return serve analysis.
GREAT THE EXERCISE WITH THE MEDICINE BALL, REALLY HELPFULL DRILL!
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Hi!! great video, how to get your guide?
Amazing video and as always you guys show us how to hit these shots and most importantly - the drills/progressions to get us there! One quick question, I know we should focus on the high hand low hand drop (up, down and up again) during the drills, but in a game should we still be thinking of actively dropping the racquet head in the forward swing - or if we have loose hands will it just happen naturally? I used to concentrate on it for the forehand but then after a while it just naturally happens if you start in the right position and end in the right position. Thanks again, best videos out there as always!
With practice and high repetition, it should start to occur naturally without you having to think about it. In matches, your focus should be on point construction
This channel is amazing. Any tips on how to hit more cross-court angle for two hand backhand?
Hit slightly earlier and make sure the strings are facing your target 🎯
Ii wished I could see this before my training at the wall today🤣. Thank you!! I will try it next time. Although I can play one handed backhand I never really wanted to let my left hand hanging in there for decoration. I think I developed my body harmoniously when I use both hands so it was more of a personal preference than style.
Let us know how it goes
Good video form your side really loving 🥰 your content that you are providing in these times. Also sir pls do a video on cool down exercises🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial thank you
Hello fantastic content. Does Alex have an eastern backhand grip on his non dominant hand, I imagine it’s because he has a one hander. Do you recommend that for more spin and control?
An eastern backhand grip is ideal for one handers but not so good for two handers. The continental is the way to go
Awesome video Bros
Thanks for watching
Are there any lessons you would like to see in the near future?
All the best
Simon
oh my goodness!! he has it all: powerful lefty forehand, 1handed bh, and 2 handed bh!!! I'm so jealous
😂
Can u guys pls make a video on topspin serve
Here you go- th-cam.com/video/yjpi0cMrkyw/w-d-xo.html
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial tqsm
I'm able to do it
Another great video from the best on the net tennis instruction. Clearly, people who have good two handed backhands are fairly ambidextrous. Simon is very ambidextrous. Most people can't hit a non-dominant hand forehand. The backhand they show with a dominant left hand is different than what Chris Evert used. She said her left hand just supported her right hand because she was too weak as a child to hit with one hand. Also, these guys are good athletes and have exceptional hand-eye coordination. But for people who are not good athletes (most of us) tennis is still a lot of fun. You just play with people of your own skill level, barbecue after a match, drink and party :).
Thank you for watching 👍
This channel has helped my game tremendously and personally would love to train with you guys one day.
I seem to never get a chance to see the weight of the medicine balls you guys use, what would be a good range for a 4.0-4.5 player?
I’d go for 3kg to begin and take it from there 👍
All the best
Simon
Amazing, could you please make the one handed backhand one?
Here you go - th-cam.com/video/rX0U1gnySRI/w-d-xo.html
Thanks!
Can you please make us a video showing us how to choose the best grip tape and tennis racket strings with preferred tension and so on. Thanks
👍
Hi guys,
another great video, thank you!
What is the weight of the medicine ball you train with?
All the best. Rgds
Thanks for watching 👍
The weight is 4kg
Another great video 👌🏾
Thanks for this. I just started actually playing tennis about 2 years ago (but have been a tennis follower since 2005) as my 30 yrs old promise. I cannot get my backhand shot consistently. This video really helps
Good luck with the backhand improvements
Hello How do we have to topspin with the ball like the clock?
How we can brush the ball in contact ?
This lesson should help - th-cam.com/video/iRO6n0Qp4QU/w-d-xo.html
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial oh its same thing like forehand the topspin?
the first drill asks a lot from students. Not your typical starting drill with beginners, as an advanced drill I see the value. Big fan of the ball throwing method
I’ve done that drill with plenty of beginners, they’ll struggle for sure but they get better if you do it consistently and you’re building up good motor patterns! If it was easy, everyone would be good
Nice video!! Great tips and exercises to improve the quality of your two-handed backhand. Good Job!! ;-)
Thank you for watching
Are there any lessons you would like to see in the near future?
All the best
Simon
Great desscription
Awesome
Many thanks Paul
Thank you 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎾💝
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Jesus this is probably one of the hardest drills. You still have so much control hitting it as a onehanded backhand. Makes me feel bad 🥲
Keep working on it, you'll get it
What kind of grip do you use on one-handed BH? In this particular drill.
Eastern backhand or continental?
For the one-handed backhand it's best to use the eastern backhand grip
Both have superb bh but I'm personally a huge fan of Alex's 2hbh although I'm aware he's a 1hbh player. Reminds me on Agassi's. He has both hips and shoulders more aligned at the contact, almost parallel to the baseline. Both arms extended. Great.
Can you elaborate a little more on the swing path? I have noticed, my backhand is somewhat like the mirror image of my forehand, which doesn't seem to be the case with your stroke. I don't have as much control on the shape, depth and sometimes, even direction of the shot. On a great day, I'll rip backhands with reasonable pace and topspin consistently, but I can't vary the pace, spin, height etc nearly as well. I can slow my forehand swing down and still keep balls in no trouble, but struggle with that for my backhand. My backhand also doesn't respond to a lot of different positions I'm thrown into, I can alter my forehands swing to suit any kind of ball and often hit good shots from out of position, but am only comfortable facing certain types of shots on my backhand. This really shows in practice, when I hit balls well, but during a set, when I'm thrown into all sorts of positions, my drive backhand tends to fail, and I resort to slicing.
Check out these lessons - th-cam.com/channels/NOhED7RHmzzoxS3YnAUwPQ.html
funny to read this as I have the exact same! My backhand is even better than my forehand even though I just seem to have a rather one dimensional shot
Can you leave video on jumping forehand please
👍
Thank you 🤗🤗
Good video
Glad you enjoyed, and thanks for the support 🙏
i’ve had coaches tell me to keep both feet grounded as i swing, and to not step with my back leg. Is it worth keeping this or does it actually affect the stroke?
It depends your level. For beginners that works ok, for balance reasons. After that, keeping the back foot planted becomes a serious problem on 90% of backhands
I have been hitting my two hander like a baseball swing, I bring my racquet back around waist level, with the racquet head pointed up, and I use my left leg, and push off my left leg, as I make contact, and I have to admit, after a 22 year hiatus from tennis, my two hander is still extremely consistent and my return serve is still solid. The problem I am having Coach, is my footwork during rallies, because I have two hip replacements, I have been doing footwork drills, and with in 3 months I have lost 25 pounds and I am able to move around much better. I play tennis doubles with players who are in the late 70s and 80s and they love making me run, and watch a 51 year old fat guy run for drop shots!
I heard that Djokovic and Andre Agassi are right hand dominant on their back hand is that true.
I wouldn’t say so. Both hands play their role
What club is this called and where is it?
It's a club in London
It's working!
👍
Quá hay!
I had a decent backhand but knew i was missing something - which this video has highlighted : Lifting your leading leg....explained here th-cam.com/video/xn-Bdd74F5c/w-d-xo.html
It greatly helps with your forward momentum and body rotation. As a leftie my leading left leg was stuck to the ground and greatly inhibiting the kinetic energy of my backhand technique.
So thank you guys - great advice in this video.
Thanks for watching 👍
Hey simon I hope you reply to me. I am doing ITF coaching advanced players course and I tried this drill of using left hand for topspin as my student was hitting flat. And I was failed. They stated that the top hand is not for topspin. The bottom hand is used for topspin so this drill is wrong. What do you think about this. I have been following you for a long time. Please reply. Also are you certified coach?
That is one of the strangest reasons for failing a course. Which country is this in?
The top hand is responsible for creating the low to high swing which produces topspin on the two handed backhand.
It’s something most good coaches know, and you’ll see plenty of pros using this drill in training. I just watched paolini do this in New York a few weeks ago. I saw Djokovic doing it during training. Sinner doing it as a junior.
I’m a national professional RPT coach, and LTA senior performance coach (level 4)
I learned a lot of good things on the RPT course I did. Almost nothing on my level 1, 2 and 3 LTA courses but my tutor for level 4 was excellent and he taught me a lot. So much depends on the tutor and if they have a certain pass rate they need to maintain (looking for any reason to fail people)
I need this video in 1 handed version please 🙏
Here you go - th-cam.com/video/rX0U1gnySRI/w-d-xo.html
Hey Simon, a little off topic, but I have the same raquet (Dunlop CX tour 18X20) as you. I noticed you have lead tape from the 2 down to the 4 o'clock position. Do you have any in the handle? or anywhere else you have lead? I find it a little jarring outside the sweet spot in its stock form and not as stable, therefore, is the lead that you added the reason you applied it there and whats your thoughts to the added lead tape?
The lead tape is mainly a test, I wanted to see if the increased weight would add some extra power without more effort, so far it's worked out well.
I feel more stable at contact and get a bit more out of the racket powerwise
Happy diwali Guys.
Happy Diwali to you sir
My problem with my forehand is that i cant hit clearly when im trying to hit with a lot of power and because of that i lose lot of points.... What am i doing wrong?
That’s a million dollar question. Without seeing your forehand in action, it’s impossible for me to say what the problem is.
If you’re losing the contact point, focus on really seeing the ball well right onto the strings
Try to find out if it's a problem with technique, footwork or something else. Usually it's easier to discover with a coach or when you record a video of yourself playing. In general, limit your power to a point of where your technique is still fully intact and where you still manage to hit clean shots. In general you don't really need *that* much power until higher levels of play, since you can get people in a lot of trouble by using moderate power and getting good angles/accuracy so your opponent has to run and hit a weaker shot. But it depends on your preferred style of play, so if you love to exchange heavy shots from the baseline and overpower your opponent you might need a different approach from what I said.
One-handed backhand drills - th-cam.com/video/rX0U1gnySRI/w-d-xo.html
🙏
👍
I feel like better the style of Nadal, Sinner whose backhand has no or very little power position. It is just a simple leveled backswing. That’s more natural for me.
Some players benefit more from that style of swing 👍
We're you at David Lleoyd
Yes I coached there for 11 years.
I left last year
All the best
Simon
Just curious: Alex vs Simon H2H score? heh heh
These days I think we would injure ourselves before the match ends.
Courts closed again here
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial keep safe guys 🙏
you make this look too easy mate XD
😂 thank you 🙏
that camera quality tho.
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:)
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