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Ballinbob's New Backhand!! (vid)
Hey guys
Got another vid of my backhand for you to critique. I think I'm hitting alot better than my last video, but I'll let you be the judge. And Behappy, I hope your happy now lol Old rally vid:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq0wX9S4JWk New Backhand vid:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHMuwaaoiOc Newer Vid:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GTnE...e=channel_page (I tried keep my arm straight in this one, and sorry its kinda messy) I'll post another vid in like 2 weeks when I get everything down NewEST vid (watch this one)L:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GM0PI57BzI Post away! |
I like it, something keeps bothering me though, I dont think your using very much shoulder pivoting, which allows you to rotate more, but definitely an improvement.
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thanks. Its been alot more consistent lately, but it still breaks down under pressure. Maybe I'm not using enough shoulder rotation, I dont know. Thats why I made this thread lol
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Couple of things
1) You are still bending your arm on the take back, keep your arm straight and relaxed like the picture in the FAQ 2)You are still taking it back way to high, I said pocket height, not chest high. 3)You are still pointing the racket head up as opposed to straight back behind you. Now I'm aware you want to have a pretty backhand, that's a lot of people's motivation for taking up the one hander, and at first, if you follow my instruction, you are going to have a backhand that looks like Blakes, as opposed to Justine Henin's, but just get those fundamentals down first, ok? Then you can start adding everything else. Incidentally, look at this guys backhand, Petr Korda, 10 years ago this was everybody's favorite backhand, technically it's identical to what I'm showing you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Z-MaFtHfs&fmt=18 BTW, it looks like it's a lot better than before, , I'd say you were hitting the ball better? |
alright, will do. I'll work on it, and I might even be able to post yet another vid tomorrow. I don't really care about how pretty my backhand is to be honest. I don't see anything wrong with having Blake's backhand either lol. And yeah, I'm hitting my backhand alot cleaner than before and that's made a big difference
Like I said though, I'll get to work on this ASAP. My backhand is the only thing holding my ground game back, and once I get it down I'll be a much more dangerous opponent |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCeXFXwUAz0&fmt=18
here's a much better video of Korda actually that first video was made by a french guy celebrating a french player, you can see how awesome it is here. |
It's better, but you HAVE to let the racquet head drop below the ball, if only a little. Too much safety is better then too little. :)
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can you see now why I said to practice those three positions in front of the mirror?
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looks better than the old video
there are still problems, but you probably know that 1) takeback should be higher and further behind you. practice turning your head to the right as far as possible (without hurting yourself) and pulling your (right) shoulder in. 2) more torso turn. your back should be almost square to your opponent during your backswing. 3) you're rising far too early and its robbing you of all power. you need to understand the purpose of rising; like leaving your feet on a forehand, its not a cause, its an effect. this is why you feel off balance and unable to add power to the shot. 4) you're late most of the time. this is why your backhand feels rushed. 5) its hard to tell from the video, but it looks like you're wristing the shot. your wrist shouldnt move until after contact. this is why there is no power in your shot. 6) you need straighten your arm faster. right now, your forearm is parallel to the ground when your upper arm is perpendicular to the ground. it should be about 45 degrees. 7) you're not swinging low to high. yes, your racquet tends to go up a little after you hit the ball, but the ball doesnt care about that. your racquet head travels pretty much parallel to the ground until impact. this is why there is no topspin on your shots. |
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Just practice those positions in front of the mirror, then get out on the court! ;) |
It is a very compact stroke. My back swing is the same whether I slice the ball or hit topspin and is definitely higher than yours. I'm not sure whether that is something you need to change though.
On the follow through, I don't think you are getting your arm up high enough. Try and get your wrist at eye level on the follow through with your arm fully extended. This will allow you to get some more topspin on the ball and should provide a little more pop on it. |
thanks for posting a vid. that takes some courage.
nice improvement. but as others have said, it looks like you're slapping the ball rather than taking a tennis swing. if that makes any sense. my backhand was very similar to yours, and when someone told me i was slapping the ball it made complete sense and i was able to picture a full swing rather than a slap. mine is still a work in progress too, i still slap when i get rushed. keep working at it and keep posting. |
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and bob, do you think it would be a good idea to learn a forehand with a straight, waist-height backswing? do yourself a favor and learn a proper backhand. anyone who tells you otherwise just thinks you're too inept to learn the real thing. |
thanks guys for the advice, and yeah i'll definitley keep posting vids. This is the closest to private lessons as it gets. I'll brb, dinner..
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I can't edit my post for some reason.
Anyway, that pocket position is what Henin, Gasquet, Kuerten etc all have in common, so when you're starting off you should go straight to it, then when it has become instinctive you can (if you want) go to a slice takeback and move your racket through that position from there. |
You actually didn't reach an of the positions BallinBob, including the finish, I'm going to post the FAQ sticky post here:
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Your takeback was chest high, with a (very!) bent arm. Your follow through was chest high. So you have a lot of work to do! |
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