Richard Gasquet 1HBH analysis

[jrs]

Hello,
I am looking to find a detailed analysis of Richard Gasquet's backhand with very little success. I would've thought there would be tons of video analysis on this shot. But I've had very little luck. Found a couple 1min clips of this on youtube. There are many high light reels but no detailed breakdown of this shot.

I wouldn't mind a link to a French video. Since he is from France, I would think they must have been studying this shot for years.

So if anyone knows of some detailed videos of the Gasquet's one hand backhand - links would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Jrs

 

[tennis_balla]

What are you looking for specifically?

 

[julian]

Hello,
I am looking to find a detailed analysis of Richard Gasquet's backhand with very little success. I would've thought there would be tons of video analysis on this shot. But I've had very little luck. Found a couple 1min clips of this on youtube. There are many high light reels but no detailed breakdown of this shot.

I wouldn't mind a link to a French video. Since he is from France, I would think they must have been studying this shot for years.

So if anyone knows of some detailed videos of the Gasquet's one hand backhand - links would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Jrs

Type Richard gasquet backhand under Google.com
Only Suresh has a better backhand

 

[jrs]

What are you looking for specifically?

I am looking for a break down of the backhand - actually came across this link. This might answer all my questions:
http://www.optimumtennis.net/richard-gasquet-backhand.htm

 

[Chas Tennis]

I used Gasquet's excellent backhand technique to illustrate one significant biomechanical force that I believe is used for the best one hand backhands and many other stronger one hand backhands.

Here are some of the posts -

Watch the chest press on the upper arm.

To do stop action single frame
1) click "Vimeo" on the video to go to the Vimeo website.
2) hold down the SHIFT KEY and use the ARROW KEYS

Point with backhand topspin drives and one slice (at 1:20). Different camera viewpoint.

See also the backhand drives of Stan Wawrinka and Justine Henin.

Have you observed?

"When does her upper arm separate from her chest during her stroke?"

Replies #73 and #90 show an example of a top quality one hand backhand by Gasquet. In my opinion, Stan Wawrinka and Justine Henin appear to have similar initial accelerations for heavy paced backhand drives as shown in the Gasquet example. The upper body turns with the upper arm pressed to the chest.

What about one hand backhand drives where the upper arm separates from the chest for initial acceleration?

Feliciano Lopez is very athletic, a very strong server and comes to the net often. He uses backhand slices for the majority of his backhands, perhaps 80-90% of his backhands are slices and only 10-20% are backhand drives.

Video of Lopez's one hand backhand drive.

The frame shown in the video thumbnail above has separation of the upper arm from the chest while not much upper body turn has occurred.

To examine single frame 1) click "Vimeo", 2) Hold down SHIFT KEY & use ARROW KEYS.

An internet search for Lopez and backhand drives indicates past criticism of its effectiveness.

The backhand slice of Lopez, that he predominately prefers over the drive, has little upper body turn. It has early upper arm-chest separation as with most backhand slice techniques. Did that excellent slice technique partially transfer into his backhand drive. ?

In order to see this issue in high speed video requires small enough motion blur to be able to observe when the upper arm separation occurs. (killer application of high speed video for the one hand backhand technique). Videos from overhead also may be especially informative if they show the upper arm and upper body moving together.

 

[jrs]

I used Gasquet's excellent backhand technique to illustrate one significant biomechanical force that I believe is used for the best one hand backhands and many other stronger one hand backhands.

Here are some of the posts -

Chas - this looks like an interesting thread - could you provide a link to this thread - thanks in advance

 

[Chas Tennis]

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/inde...and-waht-force-to-start-forward-swing.462997/

 

[jrs]

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/inde...and-waht-force-to-start-forward-swing.462997/

Chas - thanks - that thread is fantastic - it's addressing a lot of the issues I am having with my 1HBH

 

[geca]

usually, analysis of a specific player's specific shot is good for entertainment only.. the backhand mechanics is actually quite simple, but every pro hits it slightly differently because their body structures are different.