Not being able to keep up with my teammates

[AndreDaGamer]

on the backhand, maybe try to shorten the take back, or take it back earlier. Also to use a ohbh with topspin is fairly difficult and requires a good amount of prep and conditions. Generally, you should be using the slice for higher / lower balls. Pretty much anything out of ideal hitting area should be a slice as it is much easier to hit. Otherwise, convert to a two hander. Thats what Ive been doing recently, and I can drive more shots a lot better.

on the forehand, looks like your issue is that your arm is lagging behind too much. Ideally, it should be rotating as your body is, or slightly behind, but your hand is far too behind. Youre opening up your body too fast, when your arm lags behind your body like that, you have no strength or control of your hitting arm. Contact is in front of you, with your body facing the ball. Your left hand, though is up and pointing to your right, just drops when you hit. Make sure, you are getting that coil from pulling your left arm to your right, as well as, using that coil and pulling your left arm back to your left side, rather than dropping it.

Also maybe try and close your stance a little more, it looks very open right now, so maybe aim for a semi open?

not sure if this is valuable info, but good luck.

really? Apparently, I'm not turning my body early enough and I start the backswing too much earlier than my body turning.

 

[Firepandas]

really? Apparently, I'm not turning my body early enough and I start the backswing too much earlier than my body turning.

Why are you separating turning body and backswing? As I've said before, turning your body IS your backswing. You watch any good 1hbh player and as soon as they recognize the ball is going to their backhand, they turn their shoulders to prep. You did that 0 times. Ball comes to your backhand, you turn your body and you are pretty much set.

I'm sorry, but if anyone can't recognize that the biggest problem with your backhand is the fact that you refuse to turn your shoulders and move your feet, then they are blind. Literally one of the first things we teach to developing players is turning their body to the side when they are preparing to hit, ESPECIALLY on the backhand side.

 

[giantschwinn]

Your spacing to the ball is all over the place. Kids who started tennis very young can't be lazy. If they don't get to the ball at their strike zone quickly, the ball would be over their head already. They develop this sense of where the ball is going to go. It's not a footwork issue, it's ball recognition. I suggest you force yourself to hit every ball at waist height. Decide quickly if the ball is going to be a deep ball or shallow ball and move right away.

 

[AndreDaGamer]

first update in a while:

I have been hoping that I was throwing my hips into the ball and I’m wondering if I’m successfully doing so.

 

[joah310]

I would say too much an emphasis on the hips, which then leads to improper weight transfer along with the arm lagging way too far behind the body resulting in what a lack of leverage over your arm meaning less power and control, evident by your noodly out of control arm on your forehand side. Rather than focusing on throwing your hips, try to focus on the core and keeping your arms relaxed but controlled

 

[AndreDaGamer]

I would say too much an emphasis on the hips, which then leads to improper weight transfer along with the arm lagging way too far behind the body resulting in what a lack of leverage over your arm meaning less power and control, evident by your noodly out of control arm on your forehand side. Rather than focusing on throwing your hips, try to focus on the core and keeping your arms relaxed but controlled

So essentially do I tighten up right before contact?

 

[ballmachineguy]

So essentially do I tighten up right before contact?

Your grip? If so, not intentionally.