Left handed forehand drill

[treo]

I was watching a coach with a promising young junior doing left handed forehand drills to improve her two handed backhand. I always heard about how the 2HBH is a lefty forehand with more emphasis on the left arm.

I tried this mindset for 20 years and and my 2HBH progress has stagnated. When I try a one hander I get more spin but it is too much to switch.

What I am now doing and finding improvement with spin and power is a 2HBH with the right arm dominant. I starting doing drills with my left hand coming off the handle at contact. Now sometimes it comes off, other times not, but my focus is my right arm is dominant and left arm is along for the ride and can release at any time.

I'm thinking my left arm is not very good for tennis and I should have started 20 years ago with a 1HBH but I've found the next best thing.

 

[Pete Player]

I used to, still play hockey from the left side. Golf righthanded and tennis righthanded with a 1hbh.

Intresting take, you have. I would probably try hitting with loose right hand with really loose three-finger grip and very restricted range left forehand motion in practice. Would try to make a modern flip and whipeing kind of finish with my left hand and take on the right hand fully, when able to hit from about left hip to finish with spin and depth to the ball.

What I think, you are suffering from with both hands on the finish, is that you stall the swing and don’t finish it in an accelerating fashion thru to finish over your shoulder high enough. Could be a timing issue too.

Both hands on the handle the flip looks a touch different, but Nole here has a significant racket drop in the transition to forward motion, which could become more easy, had you practiced the modern forehand on your left side too. On the other hand, lot of younger players and juniors drop the racket by extending their arms already towardrs the end of take-back behind the body before turning forward.

There is no right or wrong, but different styles, hence you need to do it by the physics, biomechanically sound way in your own envelope of athletisism to get the best out.




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[heninfan99]

I was watching a coach with a promising young junior doing left handed forehand drills to improve her two handed backhand. I always heard about how the 2HBH is a lefty forehand with more emphasis on the left arm.

I tried this mindset for 20 years and and my 2HBH progress has stagnated. When I try a one hander I get more spin but it is too much to switch.

What I am now doing and finding improvement with spin and power is a 2HBH with the right arm dominant. I starting doing drills with my left hand coming off the handle at contact. Now sometimes it comes off, other times not, but my focus is my right arm is dominant and left arm is along for the ride and can release at any time.

I'm thinking my left arm is not very good for tennis and I should have started 20 years ago with a 1HBH but I've found the next best thing.

 

[treo]

Yes, my approach is validated by Borg and I am abandoning the traditional 2HBH approach. Berasategui also used a two handed takeback and released the left but was more like a regular 1HBH. My takeback is like Chang, straight down with no loop.

 

[Simon_the_furry]

I was watching a coach with a promising young junior doing left handed forehand drills to improve her two handed backhand. I always heard about how the 2HBH is a lefty forehand with more emphasis on the left arm.

I don't like to use this drill because it's not really the left arm doing most of the work on the two-hander, contrary to popular belief.
It's the core and the shoulders.
The left arm and right arm should be doing about the same amount of work in the swing.

 

[Deleted member 23235]

I don't like to use this drill because it's not really the left arm doing most of the work on the two-hander, contrary to popular belief.
It's the core and the shoulders.
The left arm and right arm should be doing about the same amount of work in the swing.

agreed.
*BUT* before i did the lfh drill, i'd say my right hand was doing like 90% of the work of controlling the brush
after practicing it for a while, it's closer to 50/50, or 55L/45R