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I had a shoulder injury last year and could not play tennis for a while. After that I had to go back from the two handed backhand to a one handed slice backhand for more than four months. My shoulder is much better now and I started with the two handed backhand again in February. But: I seem to...

I would like to ask pros, what they think about our club tennis training lessons. We are a team of 7 women (age 30 - 50) and having "training lessons" once a week, one hour. Our new pro is very nice and she is making a lot of effort, and she is doing a lot of further training to improve herself...

Good post. I am a two handed player on both sides. But I had a shoulder injury last autumn and wasn’t able to play the two handed backhand for a while. I tried to by-pass the time with the one handed slice I always liked. So I played two handed forehand and onehanded backhand slice during the...

Thanks everybody for all your ideas. I studied them all carefully and tested some of it. But don't ask about the glances from the neighbor courts when I practiced the swing with a ball in my old ski sock, or when I tried to pronate while kneeling at the baseline (which is actually a good...

Brian11785, I found a picture of a doublehanded forehand player. I think he is doing what is called 'crossing wrists'. I don't know how to copy the picture, so here is the whole page: http://btcrw.de/website-2004-2008/htm-berichte-2007/beidhaender.pdf It is in German, but have a look...

I have a big problem: the serve. The rest of my game is fine, but a am absolutely useless with the serve. I tried everything: eastern grip, conti grip, a loop, a big loop, a bigger loop, no loop, bending knees, holding the racket only with three fingers for a whip factor, changing foot...

Sorry for going into a bit of longer story... I met a guy and he told me, tennis is not as difficult to learn as people think - if you have the right technique. And he offered to show me his way. He is a retired pro, but still giving lessons. So I went to his tennis school and it was -...

1st Seed, I try not to let the balls come too high, this is, I step forward and take them early, more on the rise. This is what I never before could do with a one handed forehand, but I now like to take high balls early - which often has a nice surprising effect to the opponent, because players...

BevelDevil, I use the 'normal' double handed backhand grip, so grip changing is no problem. You only need to turn the racket slightly in both hands for either backhand or forehand grip. There is plenty of time for that slight turning. I always have both hands on the racket in a forehand...

BevelDevil, I started, as David Smith recommends, with an eastern grip both hands. After a while, without doing it intentionally, I felt more comfortable with a semi western grip right hand, and conti grip left hand. I also play a two handed backhand.

I am playing tennis for several years and I nearly never won a match during all these years. From the begin on I had problems with my forehand, it was my weakest stroke and always failed. I had tennis lessons for a long time but it seemed that I just wasn't able to pick up the right technique...

All the winter we played on an indoor carpet court and everything went perfect, and all girls of our team looked forward to the outdoor summer season. Last week the outdoor clay courts opened and since them I can't play tennis any more. I hit the balls too early, or too late, or too high, or too...

I play a two handed forehand and a two handed backhand, but my backhand slice is one handed. Last Sunday I was watching the ladies finals in Indian Wells (Bartoli/Wozniacki) on tv, and I realized that Marion Bartoli (also two hands on both sides) was playing drop shots and backhand slices...

1st seed - Thanks for the videos. You make a very very short swing. Actually my forehand looks different. I do make a small loop for back swing (might come because I played 5 years one handed forehand before switching to the two handed). I noticed you stop the finish right over your shoulder...

Thanks very much. So you think a higher contact point (hip high) would be okay? Dave, I already have your book, Tennismastery, which is really great. But sorry, English is not my native language. What do you mean with "don't cross hands/wrists"? How shall one cross hands? Which grip is that?

I play a two handed forehand and I started with an eastern forehand grip (right hand). The ball contact point was 'normal high', I'd say somewhere between knee and hip. During the last few weeks I found out that I find it much more comfortable with a semi western grip right hand, sometimes...

My husband had a bad tennis elbow (right elbow) last year. He did not stop playing tennis but went for osteopathy and changed from a one handed backhand to a two handed backhand. Within four months his tennis elbow was cured. He liked the two handed backhand so much that he is still playing...

I had exactly the same problem. Last year I switched from a one handed forehand to a two handed forehand and this was the best decision. Why not give the two handed forehand a try? Look for discussions in this forum, there are loads, and read the comments from TennisMastery David Smith.

It's essential to use conti grip with the right hand for fh and bh volleys. The left hand is kind of support and stabilizing the stroke. (two handed volleys do not work with eastern grip for right hand). With conti grip you can play really good volleys with underspin, especially with the...

Thanks everybody for joining the discussion and mentioning important things. You gave me a lot to think of! I think I'll go for a two handed volley on both sides - because it 'feels good', and even pros do it. And play the one handed volley from time to time - because it seems to be the 'right'...

I would like to ask everybody and especially 'Tennis Mastery' if one could play a two handed volley. I remember you mentioned in one of your posts that one should not play a two handed volley because you said a one handed volley can be mastered by everybody, it just requires the correct...