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Simple Tennis Backhand Power Trick - Two-Handed Backhand Tennis Lesson. For most players, the backhand in tennis is the hardest shot to generate good power with, however, when we look at the pros, we can see that many of them can generate effortless power time and time again on their backhands.
The two-handed backhand can be a great weapon in your game if you have good technique. When we study players like Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal, we can see that they use very similar mechanics on their double-handed backhands.
In past generations, players would tend to have the racket head and the grip of the racket on one level, preparing with the racket in that position which allowed them to always time the shot well but also gave them the best chance of hitting a clean backhand. Because they used smaller head sizes in general, the sweet spot was much smaller so timing was the major factor for them. Nowadays, with the new technology and bigger head sizes along with bigger sweet spots, hitting the ball perfectly in the middle of the strings is no longer the main concern. Power is.
In order to generate good power, we need fast racket head speed. Anything that will give us more racket head speed will, in turn, give us more power. To generate good racket head speed we need space to accelerate the racket properly and nowadays we see players having a bigger swing than in past generations.
On the two-handed backhand, the easiest way to generate effortless power is to prepare for the shot with the racket head higher than your grip level. This will create leverage in the arms and racket, leverage will translate into force over the ball. It will also give you the necessary space you need to properly accelerate the racket head to high speeds.
When we study Novak Djokovic's backhand, we can see that he prepares with the racket higher than the grip level and takes the racket back in this manner. Djokovic's racket is not as high as players like Maria Sharapova or Alexander Zverev who both lift the racket head directly above the grip when preparing for the shot. When these players have fast incoming balls, they tend to struggle with their timing
17 июн 2019
