Thinking about going to the dark side

[Kevo]

I hit a mean 1HBH myself, but I would typically recommend a 2HBH for most people. A 1HBH requires better footwork and preparation IMO, and it's easier to return typically with a 2HBH. So you should at least give it a shot if you can't seem to improve your 1HBH.

[shindemac]

Why is a 2HBH going to the dark side?! IF anything, I would imagine a Sith Lord would use 2 rackets and have 2 forehands.

Anyways, I use a 2HBH cause it gives me unlimited power!

[rorschack]

Don't go to the dark side! You will not be a GOAT if you hit 2HBH. Plus, you will not get bonus style point either!

[garbage]

Originally Posted by rorschack

Don't go to the dark side! You will not be a GOAT if you hit 2HBH. Plus, you will not get bonus style point either!

Bring back the style bonus points! Then we wouldn't have to be subjected to Maria Sharapova!

[garbage]

Originally Posted by shindemac

Why is a 2HBH going to the dark side?! IF anything, I would imagine a Sith Lord would use 2 rackets and have 2 forehands.

Anyways, I use a 2HBH cause it gives me unlimited power!

I dunno, it's damn effective, but it just looks a bit unco to me. Even the pros.

[garbage]

Originally Posted by Mick

a two handed backhand is not for me so I learned to run around the backhand to hit a forehand.

That's part of my problem. I've been running around it for so long that my backhand is now under-developed relative to the rest of my game.

[bad_call]

i can hit with either but like Kevo posted, more footwork is required for the 1HBH. however i choose the 1HBH over the 2HBH cause i feel like dancing...

[Thomas Bird-Itch]

garbage, I think we all missed a few of your original questions. Basically a 2H is like a forehand on the other side, your left being dominant since you're a righty. Keys for me were good shoulder turn/footwork, dropping the racquet a little to get topspin, and fixing my elbow & wrist through the stroke. You don't want to slap at it with your wrists, which many people do.

I think it's NoBadMojo who advocates practicing a left handed forehand. I think that's good advice, but I've never really tried it.

[bizzle]

2hbh is more powerful, ill take it

[Mick]

Originally Posted by garbage

That's part of my problem. I've been running around it for so long that my backhand is now under-developed relative to the rest of my game.

I tried 2hbh for a few strokes and decided it was not for me. My 1hbh is way better than my 2hbh so I might as well spending more time practicing my 1hbh than switching to a 2hbh and re-learning the stroke from the beginning.

[J011yroger]

Originally Posted by ionutzakis

One think, you can forget ripping DTL backhands.

DTL backhand is one of my more deadly shots, I probably hit double the amout of DTLBH winners as I do crosscourt.

Originally Posted by ionutzakis

let's get real, 2HNH DTL don't compare with a 1H DTL, plus you can't disguise it like you do with a 1H

Actually in my playing experience, I find it very very rare for a one hander to be able to regularly burn me down the line, especially if I am taking it to them hard crosscourt. If I am either pounding them with ISOFH or CCBH in a rally, I can cheat to the BH side and look for something I can take down the line with an Inside-In FH or DTL BH. Whereas with the better 2hbh players they can take that ball straight down the line compared to the one handers who hit it off the line towards the middle of the court (Not counting the errors for being late and putting in in the dubs alley).

Then again Tommy Haas doesn't play in local open tourneys here, so not saying it can't be done, just saying I rarely fear it from open level players.

If it matters I hit very heavy topspin and pace, which is also more difficult to change direction on.

As far as disguise...I really dunno what you are talking about there, I think it is very easy for a two hander to disguise his shots. (Unless you are talking about disguising slice vs. top, because I am talking about crosscourt vs. DTL.)

To the OP please read post #145 in my stroke inventory, I put some good info in there.

J

[Rickson]

Originally Posted by garbage

Been playing for about 20 years, and I've never really sorted out my one handed backhand drive/topspin. There's a lack of consistency there and I usually end up hitting skidding slices unless the opponent has the net covered. Now I'm thinking of trying a two hander. What's there to know with this stroke? Which hand should be the dominant one (for a right hander)? I played a bit of shadow tennis in the lounge, and it felt a little more natural hitting the stroke like a left handed forehand with the right hand acting more as support.

Don't do it! Stick with the 1 hander at all cost!

[thundaga]

i cant believe people were saying how u'll need to kiss the DTL away with a 2h bh!! its so much easier to change direction with 2 hands!

[J011yroger]

Originally Posted by Rickson

Don't do it! Stick with the 1 hander at all cost!

Also take 3 45lb weight plates and put them in a backpack, and play with that. That way you can say, yea, I lost but I am so manly I play with 135lbs extra on my back.

Why on earth would you carry on with something that is impeding you when there is a chance that discarding it would help you play better.

J

[salsainglesa]

hello... I have a one handed backhand, thats the first bh i used and kept with it for a year and a half. After not getting pace, and lots of dificulty on the high balls, i decided to switch to a 2 hander. it was going great actually. I tried many combinations of grips, and finally decided to get a combo of semi western in the left hand and continental in the right. i am right handed. i started building confidence, and paace, and lots of top spin. and one magical day, i tried again my 1 handed backhand against a weak opponent. with all the work i made with the 2hander, the 1 handed backhand got a lot more fluent. I think it helped me correct all the foot work, and gave me a good sense for hitting from the weak side of the body. My brain was rewired and all the misstrust in the backhand side dissapeared. Now my 1 hander is my best stroke. I was training 8 hours a week in that period of time, about one year ago. ONE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT everything you learn will create conections in your brain that will help developement. Here i learned to calculate the ball from that side, and how the racket works. And also, you have to take one less step to reach the ball with a one hander, wich translates in one step less to recover, that is 2 steps, and in a rally of 10 strokes, means 20 steps less, much less energy used that can be directed somehow else.