Tennis At Home Workout - Rebuilding The One-Handed Backhand Technique (Part 2)

[@tantanantant]

Tomas, I agree with many comments here that you are the best online tennis coach and really thankful for your unselfishness to share the content for free. I have been following your channel couple of years back, since then my tennis skills have been improved a lot. Thank you very much. 👋👋👋

[@feeltennis]

I appreciate that!

[@DavidBartosik]

Tomaš, you are the best tennis instructor on YT imo. I've seen so many of these @home techniques posted, but I haven't been compelled to try any of them. I will be trying these tomorrow before my match. You are the PhD of tennis instructors. 👍

[@feeltennis]

Great to hear and thanks for the kind feedback!

[@ronnyhopfner7477]

The content you are sharing for free to us is absolutely fantastic! I'm watching you channel since a couple of years now and have learned a lot due to your excellent teaching skills with lots of important but never to much points we should focus on. Great work, thank you!

[@jonathanchao634]

Tomas, I have been in a backhand funk and this video has really cleared up a lot of the questions I had. It's so nice to know that you actually play with a one hander vs the other youtube instructors who don't. I feel much more comfortable knowing that you know the subtleties of the one hander and not just spouting out check points like the others. Thank you!

[@feeltennis]

Thanks for the kind feedback, Jonathan! Stay tuned, I have more one-handed backhand related videos coming soon...

[@mdougf]

Tomaz is one of the only people's videos on youtube that I press the "like" button before even watching, because I already know the content will be fire!

[@marierhubarb9723]

Tomaz's genius is in the explanations!

[@alanmarr8529]

At 17:00 you point out the greatest misconception in the 1hbh, the imparting of top spin is from getting the racquet under the ball not flicking over the ball. I have been doing it wrong for decades. Thank you.

[@margueritemanshreck-head4810]

Tomaš this video and the one for the forehand workout are simply brilliant! I've been playing tennis so badly for years because I never understood the bio-mechanics. Thanks you!

[@tandinh5293]

Tomaz is the greatest tennis coach in the world!

[@TeamTennisfr]

I'd say to go under the ball for top spin it's pronation of the forearm/internal shoulder rotation then supination of the forearm/external shoulder rotation.

[@feeltennis]

Yes, that may be true. Now tell that to a normal recreational tennis player and see if they can follow that instruction. ;)

[@TeamTennisfr]

@@feeltennis Haha of course no. It was just to precise the action of the forearm/shoulder instead of the wrist.

[@jagadishpurli]

Beautifully explained the biomechanics involved in both the parts (Fh & Bh). Liked it👍

[@lianasmone]

Highly professionale help. thank u very much

[@rogerdignum5938]

Thanks. I found it very informative.

[@Itsmeagaiin]

Tomasz, are you going to upload a video for the two-handed backhanders? Thank you.

[@feeltennis]

Yes, coming up this week.

[@aydnatakan2358]

hi sir, are you in safe and healthy? we are looking forward to see new fantastic tennis videos .

[@joseraposo1494]

Awesome Tomas! You’re the best!

[@CristianCalandra-g3j]

Hi Tomaz. My name is Cristian and I am from Argentina. Your videos are excellent. Extremely useful information for amateur players like me. I have one question about the one handed back-arm Hi Tomaz. My name is Cristian and I am from Argentina. Your videos are excellent. Extremely useful information for amateur players like me. I have one question about the one handed backhand technique in professional players. Do they use the wrist to give topspin to the stroke ? And if so, always or only in certain situations ? Thank you for sharing all your knowledge!

[@feeltennis]

Thanks for the kind feedback! Yes, the pros use the wrist but probably not in a way that you imagine. Most recreational tennis players over-use their wrist in their desire to hit topspin and while the ball does have spin is has no speed. I plan to make a video on this topic so stay tuned!

[@bite.1815]

great tutorial! thanks a lot!

[@JimArthurVanWyck]

Outstanding Thomasz! thanks

[@stevesharad5792]

I agree 100%. I learned a lot from every video created by Tomaz. Brilliant coach.

[@vinodkumarkaliyanthil2969]

Awesome Tomaz. I wish I could meet you one day as I am a big fan of you!! I play with one-handed backhand and I still have timing issues with it. how to correct it and also what is going to be the best grip for a one-handed backhand?

[@alexeyichtchenko4979]

Thank you Tomas fantastic video!

[@santospereyralucena9118]

simply the best

[@balenciaga7319]

Very useful. I like it. You are goodlooking though

[@RahulSharma-to3ze]

Thanks so much

[@typenn84]

I notice you link some video in the description but where is Part 1 of this series?

[@jrptwo]

I had the problem of over rotating hips on the backhand. With an eastern grip I think they should only rotate from facing the back left corner to facing the left fence. In another video you give 3 drills for this (Walk across hitting multiple backhands, hit from up close to the net, and hit backwards toward the right fence) . Another way that has helped me is to think of pulling the butt cap toward the left fence and a bit forward. Say toward 10:00 if the net is 12:00 on a clock face. This contrasts with the forehand where the butt cap is pulled forward toward the net. Do you agree this is how it should feel and if not how should it feel?

[@marktace1]

Having the racquet relatively high at the end of the unit turn is almost an absolute in a 1 hand backhand. I don’t see that and the loop that naturally follows in this. Crunches and Russian twists are hard on the back and should generally be avoided.

[@mattc248]

The visual and explanation of tilting forearm versus dropping wrist is fantastic thank you. Would you say getting “under the ball” for more top spin comes from dropping the legs?

[@feeltennis]

Sure, legs may contribute something to the topspin but it's a minor part.

[@mattc248]

Feel Tennis Instruction To rephrase: bending the knees getting low and blasting upwards gets the raquet head farther below the ball for more of an upward motion

[@SpecXify]

When you were speaking about applying spin to the one-handed backend, you said that we do it without our wrist. Some coaches that im watching on youtube say that it is necesarry to rotate our wrist at the point of contact to apply the topspin? Why is that? Of course i will believe you because I'll support a fellow Slovenian :P Lep pozdrav

[@Osnosis]

Tomas is 100% correct. You can not add significant racquet head speed with a wrist flick (a weak muscle & tendon combo). Additionally, you lose accuracy with head contact.

[@joolm4976]

Superb. Thx Tomas. You could have clarified the grip for different ball heights. Some says to change the grip depending on high or low balls, some says the opposite. What's your advise on these situations? I tend to keep semi western all the time, but I am just playing for 2 years, so not a lot of confidence :D Sorry for my english

[@Osnosis]

The low ball is adjusted with the knee bend. The high ball (above the shoulder) is almost always slice. The racquet swing and grip should change as little as possible.

[@mcemcibikci6459]

What kind of a racquet do u recommend for a single bachanded player who is intermediate to advanced playing 3-4 times a week?

[@feeltennis]

Even though I've been in tennis for over 30 years, I still cannot really recommend a type of racket based on its technical characteristics like head size, balance, swing weight, etc. I choose them based on how the racket FEELS as I hit the ball. In these modern times almost all rackets are good quality otherwise the brand would not be competitive. So just a rough guideline for an adult male - a racket weight of 285 - 310 grams, that's about it. Then test it and see how it feels. Keep in mind the STRINGS as they give another feedback when it comes to feel and ball control. Which strings? Test them. Just not all polyester as they are hard on the arm. Mix them up with synthetic gut or with multifilament strings.

[@mcemcibikci6459]

Thomas thanks for your response.

[@marlowe1969ify]

thanksssssssss

[@paraka115]

Hi Tomasz, i like this clip but...it could be fine if you include a workout with some exercices without explanations, only work, hard work 😆💪👍

[@feeltennis]

Well, I did my best to just show exercises in the first part and explain later. The purpose of these workouts at home is to CHANGE and IMPROVE your technique. Being at home and repeating these drills daily WILL improve your technique once you get back to courts. But if your goal is NOT to improve your technique and just work hard and sweat, then this is not the right channel for you. I didn't acquire knowledge and experience for 30 years just to now make someone sweat. Way less experienced coaches can help you work hard.

[@paraka115]

@@feeltennis Sure bro. Im talking about to do another video with a simple workout, without explanations. Exercices hitting the ball and so on ( more or less like on the court😅)

[@overrev982]

Hi Tomaz! I had a question about coaching, I've been playing for about 2 years now, and started when I was 17. Ever since I fell in love with tennis and I want to make it my career. However I know that I do not want to be a professional player, but I want to become a coach instead. I still love to compete and want to become the best I can, but I really want to become a coach. I'm wondering if maybe I started too late even for that? Any advice would be appreciated!

[@feeltennis]

It's never too late to become a coach because for coaching you don't need any high level motor skills (which can only be acquired in childhood with the right training), but you mostly just need knowledge and of course experience. Knowledge is acquired over time through courses, certifications, seminars, etc. And in time experience grows. Some of the best coaches in the world have never been really good players: Toni Nadal, Nick Bollettieri, Patrick Muratoglou, etc.

[@overrev982]

@@feeltennis Thank you! I had my doubts at first but it's something I really want to do, I'll keep doing my best and learning/growing as much as I can! 👍

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