just try to play high percentage and then if I'm feeling weak I'm gonna just slice it well high
percentage is gonna what do you mean slice it wait a second if I'm if I if I'm if I'm playing
a match and I'm uncomfortable to hit a backhand I'm going to slice it because I'm gonna slice
it to her backhand I understand that yeah I think going like you know how do you know that I
I saw her just a couple times and she's a girl oh oh women tennis players because
they're backhand they hit a lot more flat ball and they have a harder time with the mid ball
and you know or you're speaking a lot of facts about the women's tennis Shamir but it's true
what you're saying but actually Emma prefers low balls she does before yeah she said it
I talked to her about that once and she said she actually does like returning slice uh-oh
so generally that's not a bad idea to slice to a female player but I think against Emma I don't
think it's going to have the desired effect uh-oh so you're better off sticking to your normal game
well I told you last time not falling in love with the slice too much Shamir don't slice everything
hit the backhand yeah trust your backhand you got a good backhand but I think what happened
was you were injured with your foot which is your right foot yeah and you've been hurt for how long
a year year and a half it happened in that had been summer of 2020 and I didn't play for like
almost two years I didn't play for almost two years and it's halted your development severely
yes because I think like you were a solid 4.5 before right now it's probably 4-0 simply
because you can't move yeah and another thing that's been happening you can't really put that
much pressure on this foot I feel like I'm still nervous about it you're nervous but you don't
have any pain right now right no but if I go in high intensity I don't feel like you don't have
the confidence to step there but I do feel like now we we can build the backhand up to the level
where it was before yeah you said digging my heel helps a little better right when I'm playing well
you gotta plant the front foot you got to plant yeah so let's start off with some easy feeds okay
okay so she likes low slices to her backhand she likes that well I don't know if she loves that
there it is Emma she doesn't mind returning slice she doesn't mind it
but you're right like a player like Roberta Vinci or Ash Barty or Ons Jabeur that slice a
lot have great success on the pro tour with that type of game style simply because it's
an unconventional game style a lot of players are not used to that type of tennis yeah so
they naturally struggle with that I like a little bit more of a turn come on turn more
I like that come again turn more Shamir good and try to finish as strong as you can
okay listen here's the important thing when you finish I really want you to accentuate
this right here this flippage on the on the back end of the stroke as far as you possibly can okay
and accelerate that part I want you to have the goal in mind to finish a certain way and you're
probably thinking why would I do that like isn't the ball already long gone since it has left the racket
you have to understand that there's a delay between your intention and the muscle executing
the action therefore finishing is one of the most important things in tennis if it wasn't
important and players wouldn't finish correct yeah so by you intending to finish a certain
way this can influence the swing path and it can help you get more topspin it can also help
to connect the stroke more to your core which is going to be your back muscles okay squeezing the
shoulder blades and all that so your intention has to be to flip that racket at the end and go
like this okay as much as you can here we go come on more Shamir straighten that arm on
the on the back end of it come on I need a good setup though big shoulder turn come on Shamir
more show me your flip it on the back end of it come more come on buddy go
go again
okay let's get you a little bit on the Run how's that feel it feels good
it's different right it's hard for me to get there so we're going to intensify it right
now with the cone okay you go around you shouldn't have said anything right I know
go around the cone Every Time come on here we go Shamir come
more stronger finish man come on you got this give me a nice solid shoulder turn remember
our first backhand lesson we said we're going to turn our shoulder blade towards
the ball and get a little bit of a dip come on come on more finish Shamir come on it was very good
better straighten the arm a little bit more in the backhand come on okay hold on one second
can you do this does it hurt I just thought that flexible can you straighten the arm or no
does this hurt okay how about this it's okay all right because you're sometimes
like this on the Finish there's a little bit of a bend in here well my have you noticed my arm
right now it's straight but it doesn't look straight right right this is okay
so you naturally have a little bit more Bend in there yeah even when my arm's straight it's like
okay that's good information actually yeah thank you for my providing me with this information
because everybody's got a different genetics you know yeah yeah different body some people hyper
extend actually yeah they go the other way so you can't straighten all the way okay I gotcha yeah
maybe the best one you hit so far that's it beautiful shot come again
it's okay you didn't really swing out all the way come
and finish a little bit more acceleration come on more acceleration good come on
look at that that's a winner down the line reminds me a little bit of Federer come on
are you kidding me that was a good one no that was a good one
you look at a smile on your face you like that yeah that was a good one that's good right
because I had my big step yeah I had the you did everything right like I had the time that
was beautiful that was a good one now do you know I'm learning a one handed backhand yeah so yours
is better than mine well I don't know about that actually I think yours might be better so I wanna
I wanna actually test your backhand against mine because my one handed backhand definitely like Rec
level but the question is where is it on the rec scale so this will be a good test so we're going
to do cross court backhand against backhand Cross Court backhand I guess backhands no forehands allowed
all right here we go Shamir come on keep your feet moving back there
not necessarily you could have hit it
a little bit late there yeah prepare quicker okay prepare quicker you're gonna get overwhelmed
by the pace it's okay
come back to me okay we're gonna rally I want you to hit cross court you catching some
of those backhands late so it's a matter of giving yourself more space back there
backing up behind the Baseline a little bit more okay and preparing quicker okay
okay come on let's keep it in play you come back to me everything yep come back to me
better better volley good hands come on best one so far up up
come on oh again big turn more cross court better okay
gonna be an easier ball everything has to go on this side of my basket okay
better
okay I'm gonna change my position I'm gonna be in the doubles alley volley I want you to
go right at my racket right here okay and we're gonna keep it in play come on good
good come come all backhands come on Shamir finish strong better
okay even that's good that's a good cross court backhand good your last one come on
more
there it is beautiful cross court backhand very nice I just want you to know that when I'm feeding
you and you're able to go Cross Court perfect that means you know how to hit that shot but when
you start rattling a lot of times it gets into your head yeah and especially when there's a lot
of pace coming your way mm-hmm didn't get quite mental where you start rushing and you forget the
fundamentals well exactly everything they've been working on but those last few were really good and
keep in mind that visual hitting that side opening up the court on the one hand there's going to be
super important so that every now and then you can let it rip down the line like you did earlier
today that was fun right it was fun all right man good practice Racket tap there you go all right