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Overview
Syllabus
One-Handed Backhand / Technique
- Intro
- Preparation
- Contact
- Follow-Through
- Progressions
- Progressions (Visual Only)
Two-Handed Backhand / Technique
- Intro and Grips
- Preparation
- Contact
- Follow-Through
- Footwork
- Progressions (Visual Only)
Slice Backhand / Technique
- Intro and Grip
- Preparation
- Contact
- Follow-Through
- Progressions
Tips and Quick Fixes
- Quick fix: one-handed backhand missing deep (out) often
- Quick fix: slice backhand floating high
- How to add more power to slice backhand
- How to avoid playing defensive
- Proper distance to the ball - 1 of 2
- Proper distance to the ball - 2 of 2
- How to shorten your backswing for more control
- 3 Exercises to prevent tennis elbow
- Best shot selection from the baseline
- The reason behind a long follow-through
- The role of the non-dominant hand
- Slice or topspin backhand / when should you use them
- The tennis priorities
- How to recover quickly after chasing wide balls
- Two-handed backhand: the role of each hand
- How to hit the ball on the rise
- How to last longer in a rally (consistency)
- One-handed vs two-handed backhand / which is better
- How to switch from two- to one-handed backhand - 1 of 3
- How to switch from two- to one-handed backhand - 2 of 3
- How to switch from two- to one-handed backhand - 3 of 3
- How to switch from one- to two-handed backhand
Practice Drills
- Watch and Hit
- Warmup Side to Side
- Warm Around the Ball
- Butterfly Short Court
- Five Plus One
- Two Cross / One Down
- Three x Four
- Big Square
- Forehand / Backhand / Push
- Forehand / Backhand / Short Put Away
- Ground Triangle
- Groundstrokes and Cones
- Groundstrokes Forever
- Inside Forehand / Inside Backhand
- On the Run
- One Short / One Deep
- Plus Ten
- Groundstroke Recovery Footwork
- Short Wide Around the Cone
- Shuffle / Run / Hit
- Stay Low / Quick Reaction
- Three Plus One
- Three Along the Baseline
- To and Away from Me
- Wide and Center
- V-Drill: Attack/Defense
- Three Cones Recovery
- Seven Balls / Short and Deep
- Groundstroke Power / Low and High
- Topspin and Slice / Basket Feed
- Topspin and Slice / Rally
- THANK YOU
