Single handed backhand ball machine practice

[Cheetah]

90 degrees isn't the important part. it's the laid back wrist. it forms a 90 most of the time because most ppl use an eastern bh grip. if they use a more extreme grip or more conservative grip the angle only changes a couple of degrees. so it's not contact point or swing path or butt pointing. it's intention. to form that angle you have to intend to have the 90 degree angle throughout the swing... and this is accomplished by laying the wrist back. same as a correct fh. wrist back for leverage. this is covered in those vids i gave you that you 'watched dozens of times'. booo!!! disappointing.

lay the wrist back. point the butt. hit out in front. change your footwork to match the fed pics. hit with closed face like in fed pics. your racquet face is open.

edit: lay the wrist back might not be the right term. you should also lay the wrist back but most ppl don't talk about that. to form the 90 you have to turn the wrist to the left. ie don't let the wrist perform ulnar deviation.

 

[rkelley]

90 degrees isn't the important part. it's the laid back wrist. it forms a 90 most of the time because most ppl use an eastern bh grip. if they use a more extreme grip or more conservative grip the angle only changes a couple of degrees. so it's not contact point or swing path or butt pointing. it's intention. to form that angle you have to intend to have the 90 degree angle throughout the swing... and this is accomplished by laying the wrist back. same as a correct fh. wrist back for leverage. this is covered in those vids i gave you that you 'watched dozens of times'. booo!!! disappointing.

lay the wrist back. point the butt. hit out in front. change your footwork to match the fed pics. hit with closed face like in fed pics. your racquet face is open.

Yep. The 90° is very approximate and changes depending on lots of stuff. But your racquet and arm are almost straight and impact. I looked at the video and earlier in the swing it is about 90°, but you lose that angle way before you hit the ball.

Lay the wrist back, drive the butt of the racquet at the ball.

Also, your stance is way to closed. I'm sure it's covered in those videos, but approximately step toward your target - maybe a little closed toward your target - but you're almost 90° closed. Your feet point toward the side fence.

 

[njboy]

Yeah

Looks like more hammer grip would get you close.

I have the same feeling but cheetah disagreed.

 

[Cheetah]

Fed does not use a hammer grip

 

[LeeD]

Don't matter what Fed uses, OP has the problem, not Fed.
OP takes the ball waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too late. Good strikepoint for a slice, but not for a one handed topspin backhand. OP can almost hit his forehand with his backhand grip.

 

[Cheetah]

yes but we were discussing how to form the angle that fed and others have and you said hammer grip. he needs to hold the lowest possible angle between racquet and forearm throughout the shot which is around 90 degrees regardless of grip. he needs to get a better motion for shadowing so that he's not reinforcing incorrect form.