AlexM
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kayYou are asking someone who you don't know anything about a question about their practice you don't know anything about, and calling one of the potential answers "a lie". Go figure it out.
kayYou are asking someone who you don't know anything about a question about their practice you don't know anything about, and calling one of the potential answers "a lie". Go figure it out.
Sure. I dont think I ever said one handers are not reliable and if i did please forgive me I thought i said they are LESS reliable than two handersI know you're a Djoko fan and fan of two-handers but not all single-handed backhands are unreliable. Look at Henin, Laver, Wawrinka, Gasquet, Kuerten...
LOL. ive never seen such a funny post!I mean Federer's game is that of unparalleled beauty.
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Both are inferior to three-handed backhand.Which is better; one handed BH or two handed BH
Nobody is able to question indefinite peRFectness of his backhand slice.I mean Federer's game is that of unparalleled beauty.
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'greed. Variety is the only thing, and you can get that just by having a coach who instills that in you and your shot selection.All else being equal I find it hard to make an argument for a one-hander over a two-hander these days
There will always be players who succeed with one handers, but modern tennis provides greater reward to the advantages of the two hander
All else being equal I find it hard to make an argument for a one-hander over a two-hander these days
There will always be players who succeed with one handers, but modern tennis provides greater reward to the advantages of the two hander
So you play with a 0 handed backhand?I am too old to learn a 2 handed backhand. I failed miserably when I tried to in the past.
The three most important backhand abilities in modern tennis are solid returns, consistency against topspin, and redirecting play down the line - all points where the two-hander has a natural advantageSeems to be the case for sure. Wether that's because the mostly baseline oriented coaches that coach the kids these days preach to it or wether there's an actual mechanical/strategic advantage to having a two hander in today's game is open for discussion I guess. But my feeling is that consistency from the baseline with the backhand along with the ability to go for it from time to time has become the name of the game. The serve-forehand combo will fix the rest.
Well, I have a 2HBH and this happens to me a fair amount.Never seen anyone go up to someone with a 2HBH and say nice backhand
You get respect on and off court if you can hit a classy one handed backhand
You might think 2H means you don’t have a decent slice, but if your 1HBH is really good you just never hit a slice either
two of top 3 slam winners of all time have two handers though.Very few people get coached as a single hander these days so a tiny sample, and yet we have Fed, Tsitsipas, Dimitrov, Shapovalov, Warwrinka, Evans (win last week) all playing one handed. Is there an argument that say if you can manage a one hander you are more likely to successful?
And he was still able to have 2 sets of twins in spite of what happened in the last image. GOAT.I mean Federer's game is that of unparalleled beauty.
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Poetry in motion.
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Elegance is an attitude.
Pancho SeguraI could bet that there is no tennis pro who has a one handed backhand, together with a two handed forehand.
I thought he hit both forehand and backhand two handed.Pancho Segura
Nope - see about 0:14 in the below clip.I thought he hit both forehand and backhand two handed.
One-hander definitely looks cooler but two-hander is more effective imo
Maybe I'm a bit bias though since I've always envied people who could hit a one-hander (I can never hit two balls in a row with a OHBH)
2h on returns I think should be taught to 1hamders who switch but I dont know how much skill developmwnt correlates and makes that less effectiveIt seems like coaches teach juniors only 2HBHs for drives and 1HBHs for slices/volleys. So, I guess that is the modern thinking on the textbook way to play tennis nowadays.
I switched from a 2HBH to a 1HBH when I was a kid, but still retained the ability to hit 2HBHs to some extent. When I get jammed at the baseline or on returns, I automatically switch to hitting a 2HBH in those cases as it seems more natural to me. Otherwise, I hit a 1HBH on all other drives, slices and volleys. I’ve been waiting all my life to see a pro player who does that, but no luck so far.
Exactly I think one-handers are more of an antique thing and less of an actual shot in the modern era. The only next gen player I can think of with a one-hander is tsitspas. (cannot spell his name)All else being equal I find it hard to make an argument for a one-hander over a two-hander these days
There will always be players who succeed with one handers, but modern tennis provides greater reward to the advantages of the two hander
well saidAs a kid, I decided to hit a 1hbh since I had my first lesson because I liked how it looked. For 3 or 4 years I wasn't able to hit a single topspin 1hbh into the court, so my coach forced me to hit 2hbh instead. It never felt natural to me, but after a couple of weeks trying it, I was hitting balls into the court from the bh side. Nevertheless, I hated it, so I kept trying the 1hbh until one day, magically, it started to work. In my opinion, both can be great weapons:
2HBH is easier, and is great to handle high balls. 1HBH is great if you manage to take balls on the rise, before they're too high and become a problem. It lets you better disguise the shot (the type of shot, slice/flat-topspin, because 2hbh lets you use your non dominant hand to change directions in the last moment at concrete points like passing shots). Both styles of bh can bring great power. But I think a well executed 1hbh on the rise has slight more power and it's more surprising.
In any case, use what you like. Both styles are great. I wouldn't mind having the backhand of Agassi or Djokovic... or the backhand of Wawrinka or Federer.