Hey everyone.
This is Florian from onlinetennisinstruction.com.
Today, I want to take a look at Novak Djokovic's two-handed backhand.
I'll show you some of the fundamentals that make his backhand so great and that are also
really important for your own two-handed backhand.
Novak begins his motion with the upper body turn or what's often called the unit turn.
This basically means he turns the upper body and he does not use the arms.
He's just getting the upper body into position andas you can see here, his arms do absolutely
nothing.
That way he gets into this crucial position right here where as you can see, he has coiled
his shoulders more than his hips.
So from this position, he can later uncoil and generate a lot of power.
Very few recreational players turn the shoulders enough into this position.
So from this position, we'll see Novak drop the racket into the slot position.
He is basically just letting the racket fall into slot which is close to the body as you
can see right here.
From the slot, we'll see him swing inside out to the context.
So his hands are now close and they will then move away from the body.
Have a look right here.
That's how he gets to contact.
Let's have at that one more time in really slow motion.
Swinging inside out to contact, and now we can see how he got to the contact point.
The contact point is slightly in front of his right hipand at around waist height as
you can see right here.
The next thing I want you to pay attention to is Novak's head position and how he's fixating
his eyes at the contact point.
He has his head slightly tilted so that he can keep his on the contact point.
And that will remain so throughout the contact phase.
This is a very fundamental position that you will also see with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal
and most of the other top players.
This can really help you to make clean contact with the ball.
A lot of times, players turn their head too early, and as a result mishit shots.
Now have a look at the contact phase one more time.
As you can see, his eyes remain pointing towards the contact point and his head has not moved
a single inch.
From here, Novak continues to move his arms and racket out the target forward and upward.
This gives him great depth and penetration on his shots.
Have a look at how far away his hands are from his body in this position.
Now Novak follows through and releases his arms naturally.
Let's have a look one more time at the whole backhand sequence in super slow motion.
So those are some of the fundamentals that make Novak Djokovic's two-handed backhand
so great.
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