few backhands let me see what's going on okay
uh oh okay here we go look at this this is crazy what's happening right here
you spend a lot of time working on the backhand
okay the result is phenomenal you're striking it well
that's the best one you hit so far do it again
okay can you go down the line
go again
nice any advice for improving the coil well the problem with the the problem with the coil
is that like you told me before the there's some range of motion limitations a lot of players
um have they just not flexible enough so you told me you can't get your your chin over your
shoulder when you turn yeah so so you do how far can you go how far can you go when you turn
show me like imagine you're hitting that way how far can you turn
that's enough now try putting your leg across this way your your right leg can you look this way now
okay so around coil yeah so is this the amount that you can do probably yeah okay that's good
enough for now that's good enough you're stretching it you do as much as you can
comfortably don't go ever go in a pain zone as far as your um your backhand setup is concerned
what's comfortable do what's possible yeah yeah we all have our limitations so
other than that the backhand is is looking great it's looking great now i would say one
more thing and that also is related to limitations range of motion problems that players experience
is that you don't really go that far back you kind of stop here and your arm tends to be a little bit
bent on the bent on the finish right so if you can keep the arm straight and try to go as far
back as you can without going into pain so you try to go here watch here if you can a little bit
higher and a little bit further back without going well don't be careful though so that's what i said
you go you'll feel it when it hurts you won't do it when it hurts right so you go as far as you
can without going into the pain okay so you said the shoulder blade the this side of the shoulder
blade yes should be pointed well that's the most optimal way to set up the one-handed backhand
it's like this you look like federer like this my back almost completely turned towards the
incoming ball that's the optimal way to set up the backhand okay but like we talked about you have
some limitations there so you do what you can you don't force anything so what you would try to say
to yourself is to the extent possible back to the net yes of course as far as you can without
you not being able to look at the ball basically because it's the the biggest discomfort people
feel is turning their neck over their shoulder believe it or not this is far more difficult
than coiling this position right here a lot of people have problems their neck so you do it
without going into paint as far as the finish the most optimal way to finish the backhand is like
the pros they are so flexible they can touch their hands behind their back right now i can't
do that i don't have a one-handed backhand but you also have to be careful there not to go past your
limitations and go into a pain area so you finish as much as you can you finish as high as you can
you keep the arm as straight as you can and and then what it is what it is okay something else you
pointed out to me which is i don't know if i fully do it but i think i've partially done it which has
helped a lot which was remember i was taught with the wrong way the so-called heel of the racket
pointing straight forward and i try to get the butt pointing more to the side okay okay well i
got a problem with that because that's a that's a part of the backhand that happens by itself
so you that's not something you have to consciously adjust the thinker that's from the
that's from a correct coil absolutely so let's say i don't coil right let's say i
hit a backhand like this watch i hit it backhand like this without without any coil watch
you see what happens to the racket in the take back phase it goes here and the cap
is pointing forward okay right now watch this if i go like this and get a big turn
you see naturally when i get the big turn i drop my racket the racket drops back here
you see watch watch me hit it to the other side turn
and now the racket dropped here from the coil it's not something that players are consciously
doing wrapping the racket behind their back is just naturally where the racket drops when
you are coiled a lot like we talked about and so hold on one second but if you consciously try to
manufacture positions of the racket in that area you're going to create a hitch in your
backhand and don't do it okay no so a question i have is yeah the coil
and the shoulder the right shoulder dip yeah those happen simultaneously yes yes they do they do
and it'll also happen with the with the setup but usually with the right foot that's going
to be loaded when you go heel to toe and then you go here this is when you dip and you turn
when you load which by the way happens very late in the stroke this doesn't happen like
prior to the stroke this happens late in the stroke the dip everything the full coil and
the dip and the planting of that front would happen somewhere in the take back already but
a lot of this stuff you're already doing so you don't have to worry about it that much let's hit
a few more and see where we're at nice terms of getting the back to the net yeah i think i
do it on my slice let me see it okay so let me see your slice or do it a lot more oh let me see
do it again yeah you do do it a lot more
okay now go ahead and hit the topspin backhand down the line
oh you did it there that was good do it again backhand down the line
good nice i like it and again backhand top spin
look at these backhands you're doing it you did but give me like one
secret to help me coil better like one thing that'll change my life you're on one one secret
coil because you know i know i'm you've told me that 10 times and it's in the videos yeah and i
know i'm supposed to do it but obviously i don't do it well you can do it that's the good news yeah
yeah so the the the limitations that you think you have they might not be as bad as you think because
those were some nice setups there on the backhand only you know what your
limitations are so it seems like that you're actually more flexible than you think you are
the secret to coiling there really is no secret however there is one way to achieve
and i've told you this if you make a lateral step yeah a wide lateral step you get a natural coil
now this will only work on lateral balls okay so you just want to work from the middle of
the court or close to the middle so when you get pulled this way wide see naturally even if i catch
this ball see what i do i step laterally across and look naturally i have the correct coiling
position naturally now if i'm in the middle of the court all right now now i won't get that even
if i step here it's i'm going to have to force the coil a little more you said in the middle
do the step the step back kind of like yeah um yeah you could do that step back uh
three-pointer right so there you have to force it more to turn the coil and you still you want that
in the step back yeah sure of course yeah when your ball comes right here through the middle you
can step here and you get an automatic coil that way yeah but that's situation dependent because
a lot of times like one step is not enough in tennis you need like three four five steps so
try more of a lateral step that would be a secret a trick tip tips and tricks which i don't usually
sell on intuitive tennis but i'll give you one anyway come on there it is step across
okay keep going down the line come on step across now it's going to be a lot easier to step across
if you come from the middle come to the middle and now step across right here calm oh was that in uh
much better nice and again lateral step
okay and now go cross-court
more time hold the stroke a little longer coming out of it too fast hold it more
much better nice shot and do one more good and one more with a large lateral step like federer come
on wow you're doing everything perfect those were really good looking one-handed backhands
okay let's try to rally a little bit how you doing physically okay drink mine mineral wasser
even the lateral step can happen naturally because when you make a turn right away you make a turn
towards your backhand and are you running this way this will happen naturally as well you know
but just be aware that it's okay to make a larger step in that case you don't have to stay narrow
and when you do so when you're stepping in this direction you naturally get that coil there you
lateral step also help with the right shoulder dip
yes actually so so you know a lunge when you do a lunge yeah right so when you do a lunge like this
naturally this part of the body goes down and you put more weight towards the front part of your leg
do a lot look do a lunge do a low lunge you see how you naturally go down a little bit
you create this v formation you you're unlikely gonna lunge and like stay upright it's gonna feel
weird right so now if i do a correct lunge and step i don't even have to consciously think of
a shoulder dip probably not and also remember that the dip is going to be tough when the ball
is higher it's only on waist high balls when the ball is higher it's going to be tough to dip
good go again come on look at that backhand that's killer nice nice
wow okay you didn't set on that one come again good backhand take your time don't rush
again keep the arm straight good
come again and robert here one more last one come on rip this one blast it beautiful job
there's one thing on the backhand though that i see that i would like you to pay attention to
and that is not so much on the lateral balls but more on the stationary balls that you're holding
your back foot behind you you're hitting and the back foot stays here allow the back foot to come
around at the very end it doesn't have to come all the way forward just allow the back foot to get
out of this position which is going to accommodate your finish remember the feet come at the very end
of the chain okay but you don't want to be stuck in the same place
because that's going to make you finish a lot less because your body's being stuck in that position
so look if you come here the racket is towards the end of the stroke and you come out of this
the back leg comes out now you don't have to step that much forward okay there you go
beautiful job that's how you come out of that position and with the back foot come again
beautiful job and go one cross court
it was a little bit early there give me another one hold it longer hold
whoa wow remind me a little bit of wawrinka there
he's not playing so good lately uh he's i think he's like his body's
giving out you know but uh the backhand is looking good
the forehand is looking good you're on the right track man you're playing really well couple
adjustments couple adjustments here and there but overall you're playing really well you're really
impressing me with your techniques the beautiful form man oh form it's nice team effort absolutely