Avoid This Mistake on Your Two Handed Backhand Tennis Technique

Avoid making this mistake with your two-handed backhand tennis technique that occurs at the junior, recreational, and even the professional level.

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[vagabondjx]

after hundreds of dollars on coaching, and countless hours watching videos and doing analysis, this is the single video that fixed my back hand!! I seriously want to know where you teach so I can come in person as your videos makes the most sense for someone like me who has to understand the physics of how things work! The lightbulb moment is when you said the back hand rotation is not like the forehand where the none dominant shoulder points forward at contact! Me trying to over rotate was the main cause of the miss-hits!

[LetsBuildThatApp]

I'm understanding the shoulder lean and racquet drop after rotation now. Thanks for tips on the following through and left foot placement after the swing. I usually feel like I'm going to fall after a hard swing but this stabilizes the stance a lot.

[danyarbrough]

I watched your video and then put your advice into action hitting against my wife today. I was more consistent and had more power and accuracy. Dozens of instructors, over the years, have told me the two-handed backhand was just like a left handed forehand. Thanks for explaining the differences. I have a league match tomorrow against tough opponents, and I’m looking forward to implementing your advice during that match.

[WikiPeoples]

Seriously the BEST explanation I've found. You did right to point out that this is NOT like your forehand shot. Most of us learned first to forehand, so its natural to be trying to use similar technique. Explaining it like you did was super helpful, including making clear that we're not expecting any kind of lag in this shot, it's strictly a power from rotation.

[darnellcaballes]

yup I used to do this too! was taking the tip “hit more lefty fh for a better 2hbh” too literally. eventually found that there are many elements of the fh that don’t fit in the 2hbh (like “pat the dog” and being more open at contact)

[albertlee]

The ambidextrous demonstrations made everything so clear. I was always wondering why my right elbow was jammed into my side and why I felt like I was bunting all the time. Thank you very much, sir.

[obaidfarghani]

Best explanation and yes two hander is not non-dominant forehand and if u treat it such, you will have wrist and back pain issues as u try to generate power. A backhand is a backhand non dominant arm ( Right for a lefty and left for righty) does have a role to play in it.

[espressodawn]

I've been trying to mimic Djokovic's backhand, but I'm one of those people who is doing it wrong. I did feel my elbow jam up and while I was holding my racket up like Djokovic, my dominant shoulder wasn't dipping low enough. So I tried this today and it improved/fixed my 2HB, giving me a little more power... I was hitting 2-3 ft behind the baseline, with the intention of getting my balls into into No Man's Land. Before, I was hitting the ball with mixed results, getting some into the service box areas, some into no man's land, and moon balls to the fence. But today, I was able to get the ball a lot more consistently into no man's land and much less into the service box areas. I feel my elbow jamming less and my upper body rotating more.... Thank you for another brilliant video!!!

[mideastmadness]

great Video! Agree100% the 2HBH s NOT a lefty FH - that advice has sunk American tennis the past 25 years. Suggestion - Please do a video on the 2HBH approach shot. I cannot find any videos on that and since I learned the 2HBH later in life, it does not come naturally. Thanks

[danielzeman]

This is the best explenation of 2h backhand and forehand difference, thank you!

[joseh]

EXCELLENT INSTRUCTION NICK! YOU MAKE IT EASY FOR US CLUB PLAYERS TO UNDERSTAND! 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾

[campingkingbaby]

Please do a video tutorial about the jumping 2 handed backhand like the one Safin used to do,

I really need to improve on my jumping backhand like aggassi and Safin to handle those high balls in the backhand area

[radhikamohan]

Yes its helpful, my coach suggested me to not take right foot out and lock the back hand, but that shoulder bend is good !! So helpful !

[biminiboater]

Great explanation. The shoulder dip explanation was particularly helpful to me.

[umutkara]

You teach very well. I've learned a lot. Thank you.

[郝伟红]

Hello! I am a two-handed player so I strongly wished you can produce more videos on two-handed lessons. Thank you Nick！

[alessandrosig]

my tennis instructor always correct me, regarding going down with the front shoulder maybe i go down during the first phase of unit turn and approaching the ball but i didn't go up as you did in the contact phase.

[alessandrosig]

that's the instruction i was waiting for my twohanded backhand

[KRN]

Exactly the lesson I needed today, have been struggling to "find" my 2hbh and other ytube coaches have been promoting this idea of a non-dominant one handed forehand but when I practice that on the wall it does not feel intuitive. Bookmarking this video, thanks coach Nik!👍

[southbayedub]

This is a great video and explanation that has helped my backhand significantly. Thank you!!