Hey everyone, Simon and Alex here with Top Tennis Training, and in this video we're going to show
you three drills to transform your two-handed backhand. In particular, we're going to look
at how to generate more power, more topspin, and how to get more control on your shots. So a common
problem that a lot of players struggle with on that two-handed backhand is getting heavy topspin.
Now when we break down both hands so the top hand versus the bottom hand in general on most of your
200 backhands it should be around 60 percent led with your top hand and 40 with your right hand
now when we want to generate more topspin it's important that this top hand takes the lead and
is really the driving force that is brushing the back of the ball and in this drill that's
exactly what we're going to work on i'm going to take this hand away and i'm going to be simply
working on that top hand creating that top spin with my left hand i'm also going to be doing this
out of the open stance to engage my left leg so the left side of my body is the main driving force
now that i have the top hand engaged now i'm able to drive
with more topspin i also want that bottom hand the right hand to also do its job
so in this drill i'm now going to alternate between my top hand and my bottom hand so the
left hand is producing that top spin the right hand is producing that more extended flat shot
and now we're going to put them together so i'm doing one with my left hand
one with my right hand and then one with two hands
so this is the perfect drill for you to feel which hand is controlling each shot
so
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now to hit an effective two-hander you need to engage both of the hands together
eventually so the way we're going to do this is we're going to really focus on that top spin
where the right hand is going to push down and the left hand is going to push up on the racket
so it's the seesaw action for the topspin where my right hand is pushing and my left
hand is pulling on that racket so the left hand is doing the top spinning like the left-handed
forehand that we've done earlier but the right hand is doing the pushing down and that motion
actually creates that easy topspin you're going to need when you're hitting your backhand
in the first part of this drill we're going to start with our racket head down
so in this downwards position with my right hand above the left so this is all about
switching those hands going from right being above the left to now being the left above the
right so we're going to go from the bottom position to the top position bottom to top
and every time before the shot we're going to start with that racket head below the handle
for the second part of the drill now we're going to recreate a proper shot where we're
going to start at the top now we're going to let the racket drop and then do the motion
so right hand below the left right hand above the left right hand below the left
now that we've worked on the topspin let's work on that power now the power on the 200 backhand is
generated from a few different sources the first one is making sure that you have the correct swing
you could do everything right with a body but if your swing is wrong if you're not
maximizing your swing path you won't have the maximum amount of power that you can generate
so in order for us to get the power we want to reach a power position similar to this so
we'll see djokovic we'll see agassi we'll see saffin now bandian all the greatest two-handed
backhand players will reach this position this is where the racket head is higher than the grip
so in this position i'm creating that leverage in the racket and hand
leverage is basically force over that oncoming ball
now along with being in this racket position i also have my right shoulder turned
facing towards the net now my chin is above my right shoulder and this is engaging the
core muscles i've already rotated at the start of the swing we're rotating and we're storing energy
in the trunk muscles now i'm also going to focus on stepping through that ball so using that body
weight to generate the power so for this drill i'm going to start in this power position alex
is going to make sure that my racket head the fit the side of the rack i'm hitting the ball with is
facing the left side of the court i'm in this position with the racket head higher than the
grip and i'm going to lift my right leg off the ground so i'm starting on my left leg only and
as alex drop feeds the ball i then step forward having that body weight transfer from the back
leg to the front leg and then rotating through the shot so i'm stepping forward and i'm also rotating
the hips i'm uncoiling and i'm also allowing this left foot to pivot around the right foot
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guide straight away now we're going to work on the power on our two-handed backhand through rotation
now we're going to use a medicine ball well throw the medicine ball to simon we're looking for him
to turn his shoulders first against his hips so this is the important part where he stores his
energy he's going to turn the shoulders from the hips then he's going to step forward and then he's
going to release so we're looking for storage of power and then release through the trunk
what we don't want is him throwing that ball with simply his arms and that's a common mistake with
some of the players you want to use the long segments you want to keep your arms
nice and away from your body so you can rotate against your hips
and then release you'll be surprised how much energy you can store through your body
and how much you can release and how much power you'll be able to get
using a medicine ball simply recreates hitting a shot but because you're holding a heavier object
you're actually over training so that when you pick up a racket it becomes a lot easier
now if you don't have a medicine ball available to you can use a football if you don't have that
you can use a smaller object even a tennis ball will do but you're simply focusing on generating
that throw from the trunk and not from your arms even if you held something a little bit heavier
you don't have to release and you can simply work on the move without actually letting go
but the ideal situation is you'd have something a little bit heavier like a football or a medicine
ball where you can throw it properly you can also practice this against the wall where you
throw against the wall it'll come back and you can make it repetitive thank you so much for watching
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