Instead of holding it like you're doing here you're kind of holding your ground
and just being very careful I want you to lift a little more lift a little bit
more with your feet open up your chest and hit the ball a little bit harder yes
straighten that front leg let's see what happens come on lift
Okay now remember what we talked about last time so if you fall back it's basically the front leg
is going to lift off the ground and now naturally the weight is gonna shift
backwards and you're literally falling back so pulling back sometimes can can
help you but you have to load the front leg to do that you can't do it off an
open stance backhand okay. So you if you load the front leg you can actually pull
back with the back leg while keeping the front leg on the ground that's pulling
back on the backhand. You'll see Federer doing that all the time when he's under
pressure.
don't allow it to lift off the ground come on load the front leg keep
it there good and pull with the back leg pull backwards you separate your stance
come on.
So you understand the difference between falling back and
pulling back look you're gonna set here and now you're gonna hit and as you're
as you come in in here closer to contact the back leg is gonna pull back.
What you're gonna accommodate the finish yeah feed me a ball I'll show you so
here's you normally you kind of hold it here and you're just very gentle you getting
it back it play which is not bad but if you ever want to be aggressive while
moving back you got to do it like this watch this set and pull here you see
that okay see it and pull back you see that but do that look you're gonna set
here and then you're gonna come in and you will pull with this side while
keeping the front foot down you see then you get to unleash your stroke all the
way there you go separate the feet hold this and I'll pull back with this leg
pull back pull it this way yes it's alright don't swing just pull back there
you go again okay that's gonna help you finish
because your momentum is carrying you backwards momentum is going backwards
you can't go forward right so like I said there's three things that can
happen you can number one kind of hold this position and just redirect the ball
it's very defensive okay it can work but you won't be able to hit winners off of
that you can load the back foot and then you have a danger of falling back with
the front two lifts and you go like that you could do open stance which works
sometimes but those require a little more strength but the easiest thing is
actually to load here and then as you swing pull back with this side which
is gonna lengthen your finish look look at the difference if I stay like
this and I'm moving backwards I'm losing balance and therefore my stroke abruptly
ends and if I pull back this accommodates my finish look the racket
is going backwards and my back foot goes backwards as well
look here it just accommodates my finish I am I'm loading the front leg I told
you this doesn't work in an open stance backhand because you can't pull back if
the weight is on the back foot. Listen open stance backhand is usually on more of a
lateral ball where you getting dragged this way and now you go here and you
come through with this side so I wouldn't really I mean you can but I
wouldn't really do an open stance backhand when you give me being pushed
straight backwards now you've got to be very strong people to hit the ball like
this so you're much better off being closed when you're moving straight back
on the backhand yes absolutely.
One thing I want to mention though with see your backhand has a lot of rotation so you
don't necessarily have to pull straight backwards you can pull to the side as
well so if you have a backhand that has a continuing rotation after contact you
can pull out with this leg you'll see Wawrinka doing this all the time.
so you're pulling back and out. See Federer will often pull straight back
this way he will sometimes pull off to the side too. Yeah don't even think about it
just that you know allow the rotation to happen but then just make sure
that back leg is going backwards do five more come on
So this is you right here this you're kind of just like bent and holding.
You're not really unloading on the backhand look what look what happens if I unload
If I unload and hit it like that see naturally I don't even think
about pulling back it just happens naturally so if I completely unload and
accelerate backwards naturally that back leg pulls back.