more power on 1hbh than 2hbh?

[ohhgourami]

i was messing around and trying to teach my newbie friend how to hit a 1hbh (im a 2hbh player). im not great or decent at it since it isnt what i normally use, but i managed to hit a few killer shots. i noticed that those shots had more pace than my 2hbh shots. i was so surprised. i thought 2hbh has more power.

i was using a eastern bh grip compared to my regular right hand on continental and left on western(sometimes semi western). even when i flatten out my 2hbh, i still dont seem to get as much "bang" and pace on my shots. why is that?

 

[fastswingVD]

yeah more power but you get less control
im a one hander

 

[crash1929]

i know what you mean its like your loose and just let it rip and it seems like you can hit the one hander faster. but i can do the same with the two hander if i remember to stay loose and relaxed. on the two hander sometime I can have a tendency to muscle the ball.

 

[Vision84]

Something I have been wondering myself. I think a big part of it is that with one hand you can get more extension and thus swing through the ball more.

 

[FedererISBetter]

i was messing around and trying to teach my newbie friend how to hit a 1hbh (im a 2hbh player). im not great or decent at it since it isnt what i normally use, but i managed to hit a few killer shots. i noticed that those shots had more pace than my 2hbh shots. i was so surprised. i thought 2hbh has more power.

i was using a eastern bh grip compared to my regular right hand on continental and left on western(sometimes semi western). even when i flatten out my 2hbh, i still dont seem to get as much "bang" and pace on my shots. why is that?

It's probably one of these things where the mechanism of both hands on the backhand is fighting each other. I use a two handed backhand and majority of the swing comes from one of the hand. One swing, the other guides the swing. So the one hand has more pace, from your perspective, because theres less swing hinderance... and thus the motion is probably more solid and fluid. As opposed of the two hand, where you try to muscle the swing with both hands= swing hinderance... motion more restricted and stiff... or I could be wrong : ) Lemme know

 

[Mick]

i think if you hit a 1hbh correctly, it should have about the same power as a 2hbh. I would hit a 1hbh harder than a 2hbh because I don't know how to hit a 2hbh correctly.

 

[Koaske]

I honestly don't think there's that much difference in speed between the two backhands if hit correctly, even if the onehander is slighly faster. But in tennis, power doesn't matter at all if it's not controlled power. Some find it easier to control the power with a stable two-handed shot.

 

[NiteFly]

I had the same experience hitting with a ball machine this past Monday. I was practicing slice and decided to hit some one handed topspin while I was at it. I got such effortless pace with the one hander and it feels so natural. I'm switching for the next couple of weeks to see what I can do with it. One thing I realized right away when hitting with another person is that I tend to hit on the rise and the timing is so different with the one hander.

I think overall, I can hit the same pace with either one, the pace just comes so easy with the one hander if timed correctly.

 

[JediMindTrick]

This is well known, 1h has more power and the 2h more control.

 

[babar]

I use both backhands and find that my 2HBH is great for controlling incoming power and returning it. The 1HBH is great for generating my own power on the shot. Like Vision84 said, I feel like I get more extension on the 1HBH so, more power. Although it is harder for me to time the 1HBH on harder hit balls and thus use the 2HBH on those shots. Plus I can hit much better spin and angles with a 1HBH than I can with a 2HBH.

 

[hoodjem]

1HBH = more length, more sweep, more power

2HBH = more stability, more precision, more control

Think about spinning a weight on a string: which one will go faster and have more kinetic energy, one on a short string or one on a long string?

 

[ClubHoUno]

I just know that my 1HBH cross court in the right service field is the meanest shot I have and is almost as fast as a pretty good serve.
It's faster than my fastest forehand and when I hit a really good one, my opponent just stands there and looks like it was an ace down the line..........he hasn't got a chance :lol:

 

[ohhgourami]

the 1hbh feels very natural for me. maybe ill learn to hit better with so i can hit winners to surprise my opponent while i use a 2hbh for baseline rallies to set up for winners.

 

[crash1929]

one hander

I have a 2 hander but while hitting with the ncode90 decided to be like fed and hit some one handers. I've finally ben able to learn to hit the shot. The wrist assist helped remind me of the concept of keeping the wrist cocked and not letting it fling into the shot like I used to try to do (obviously w/o success).

Two reasons why I haven't switched: 1. cant seem to return serve!
2. don't want my right hand to be like popeye and my left like olive oil.

 

[xnarek]

Sometimes 1hbk seems to amaze me too, but stick with you're original style, u don't want to "accedently" use a 1hbh in a real match and mess it all up

 

[Rickson]

It depends on the player. 2 handers can have good pace and so can one handers. 2 handers can also hit puffs and so can 1 handers.

 

[GuyClinch]

Both can be hit extremely hard. <g>

 

[njjohan]

I find that 1hbh has more power, but is hard to return serve with unless you slice, especially further out on the wing.

 

[Defcon]

The best 2hbh's are hit with the fh being the dominant hand and generating most of the power, the 2nd hand is there for control, for the extra flick etc.

A one hander is I think bio-mechanically the most fluid shot, with very little that can go wrong with it if hit correctly - that's why all the great 1h-bh's share the same fundamentals, whereas other strokes (fh, serve) are very different.

Unfortunately its also a very hard shot to master because it relies on timing more than any other. You can hit late on a 2h-bh or fh and still muscle it or get it in. A 1h has to be hit very precisely. But oh, what a sweet shot it is

 

[obnoxious2]

yeah more power but you get less control
im a one hander

Please. There about the same if you know how to hit it properly. Some people think the 1hbh is more powerful because you have a more whip effect. But i can smash the hell out of the ball with my 2hbh that looks like a linedrive but with plenty of spin.

 

[ey039524]

I switched to a one-handed about 3 years ago, when I took up the game after a long layoff. A one-handed feels free and loose, and I always liked the way it looked. In retrospect, I wish I never switched for the following reasons:

- return of serve (easier to block big serves, or redirect w/ 2-handed, even when late);
- topspin lob (very difficult w/ one-handed); and
- crosscourt flick (off hand helps w/ this shot).

I tried hitting 2-handed again and it felt constricted. I couldn't get any extension or pace anymore. My 2-handed used to be just as good as my forehand. Now I'm stuck w/ a nice-feeling, good-looking, one-handed that's probably less effective.

 

[kv123]

Both backhands depend on the person. One hands come from your dominant hand most of the time while the body turn and shoulders generating the power with the wrist there to generate topspin or kept firm to get the flat. On the otherhand the twohanded is generated from many peoples point of view on the nondominant hand which is doing most of the work. The hand at the top of the racquet grip is doing the work or pulling the double across the body. Power also comes from pushing into the court like a lunge and transferring your full body weight into the ball which gives you that massive power. A great example is Nadal who uses his dominant hand to power his double backhand which is very powerfull.

 

[elee3]

If your 1hbh is way more powerful than your 2hbh then you probably aren't very good with your nondominant hand. Your nondominant hand is holding you back.

2hbh is wickedly powerful if you are good with both of your hands. People are going crazy about adding 10-20 grams on to their racquets, add a 2nd arm to your swing and your adding about 10-20 lbs or how ever much your arm weighs. Thats why it's really easy to block back massive serves and shots with a 2hbh. To block back those massive shots with a 1hbh you either have to have seriously buff arms or hit the ball right on the money.

1hbh is probably a better choice for people that are just plain ridiculously horrible with their nondominant hand and have pretty buff arms.