i noticed that i need to place my thumb up the racquet to generate strength for my backhand volley and slice. is this a correct way? i tried holding my usual continental grip to do backhand slice and volley but it seems like i can't generate enough power to hit the backhand. any advice guys?
difficulty with one handed backhand volley & slice
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KenC
Hall of Fame
You're going to want to break that thumb habit. It really doesn't help anything. On your volleys you will have to stay with the conti grip as there sometimes isn't enough time to switch grips at the net.
For a baseline backhand slice try moving to an eastern backhand grip to hit the slice. Its a little hard in the beginning but you eventually start to hit nasty backhand slices that have good pace and stay low and skid off to a side a bit and generally drive people nuts.
For a baseline backhand slice try moving to an eastern backhand grip to hit the slice. Its a little hard in the beginning but you eventually start to hit nasty backhand slices that have good pace and stay low and skid off to a side a bit and generally drive people nuts.
Tennisfresh
New User
on the slice lead with your elbow and dont try to hit the ball the same way at the different heights....make adjustments to the height of the ball
1hbh volleys feel's like it requires a different forearm muscle than forehand volleys. I feel unstable sometimes, especially against hard struck balls or if I catch it late. Anyone else find this true? Any exercises to strengthen this particular muscle? Are you finding this a part of the problem too?
Some advice would be to keep your contact out in front (short backswing on your volleys), hitting it late and beside your body makes it harder to provide pace and helps knife the ball better/easier.
Some advice would be to keep your contact out in front (short backswing on your volleys), hitting it late and beside your body makes it harder to provide pace and helps knife the ball better/easier.
fuzz nation
G.O.A.T.
Ideally your hand should be leading the racquet when you hit a bh volley or a bh slice, so it's not really necessary for you to stabilize the frame with your thumb running up the grip. Imagine pulling the racquet down and forward through the ball - you're better off with your thumb wrapped around the grip to help maintain a firm hold of it.
To help find your power source for that volley, try having someone send you some easy feeds while you hold the racquet up on the throat just above the grip with that same (hopefully continental) position. Placing your hand farther up the racquet like that will make is harder to be wristy with your volley. Keep your arm rather quiet with only a mild forward move through the ball as you make contact.
Look to power the racquet through the ball mostly by pushing off your back foot and moving forward onto your front foot. If you're turned sideways for that backhand volley, this move is sort of a deliberate side-step toward the net. Instead of swinging the racquet with your arm as you would with a ground stroke, your legs create the motion to drive the racquet through the ball for a sharp volley.
To help find your power source for that volley, try having someone send you some easy feeds while you hold the racquet up on the throat just above the grip with that same (hopefully continental) position. Placing your hand farther up the racquet like that will make is harder to be wristy with your volley. Keep your arm rather quiet with only a mild forward move through the ball as you make contact.
Look to power the racquet through the ball mostly by pushing off your back foot and moving forward onto your front foot. If you're turned sideways for that backhand volley, this move is sort of a deliberate side-step toward the net. Instead of swinging the racquet with your arm as you would with a ground stroke, your legs create the motion to drive the racquet through the ball for a sharp volley.
xFullCourtTenniSx
Hall of Fame
It's all about wrist strength. Don't use your thumb to support the racket. You'll injure yourself.
Work on developing a firm wrist and keeping the racket head above your wrist.
Work on developing a firm wrist and keeping the racket head above your wrist.
One way only ?
I respectfully disagree.
If it works and you can make it consistent without injuring yourself, do not let anyone tell you you "CAN'T" do something.
Many of the greatest players did things no one else did.
Could it be that that is what made them great ?
This does not mean you will win the Open.
But it does speak to the correlation of thinking, trusting yourself and success.
JMHO
I respectfully disagree.
If it works and you can make it consistent without injuring yourself, do not let anyone tell you you "CAN'T" do something.
Many of the greatest players did things no one else did.
Could it be that that is what made them great ?
This does not mean you will win the Open.
But it does speak to the correlation of thinking, trusting yourself and success.
JMHO
naylor
Semi-Pro
I play SHBH and am with LeeD here. Lock the wrist, keep the rackethead above the hand. And don't forget the shoulder turn, so that you get the kinetic chain working for you, and your rackethead tracks along the same line you want the ball to take (even on a short punched backhand volley), rather than pushing the ball away from you or slapping the ball weakly across your body.
Slazenger07
Banned
For the slice and volley I usually have a little separation between my index finger and the rest of my fingers this gives me a better grip on the racquet I feel, and more control over the shot.
Grip?
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess you're trying to hit a backhand volley with a semi-western forehand grip. If your hand/wrist is already pronated - you are trying to hit the ball with very weak grip - nobody can hit backhand volleys that way.
But, I could be wrong. I'm just guessing here...so many folks refuse to understand the need to change grips when they come to the net if they use a two-handed backhand or a semi- or full-western forehand grip.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess you're trying to hit a backhand volley with a semi-western forehand grip. If your hand/wrist is already pronated - you are trying to hit the ball with very weak grip - nobody can hit backhand volleys that way.
But, I could be wrong. I'm just guessing here...so many folks refuse to understand the need to change grips when they come to the net if they use a two-handed backhand or a semi- or full-western forehand grip.
Slazenger07
Banned
You need to use a Continental grip for the backhand slice and volley if you arent already, this will make both of these shots easier for you.