The Biomechanics Of The Next Generation One-Handed Backhand

Superb, chef d'oeuvre step-by-step tour of the one handed backhand. God bless you Vince

Vincent I've noticed on the take back your racket invariably stands straight up parallel to the body. In Brooke's preparation she has her racquet head leaning FORWARD. I believe I've seen Musetti prepare his one hander with the sloping forward racquet. I reason it's for more rotation in the windup hence more racquet head speed at contact with the ball. Musetti hits a particularly heavier, deeper one hander backhand. 🤔

My question, which is more technically correct technique. The racquet straight up or the sloping forward racquet head. TBH I see Brook Ratcliffe impacting the ball with more racquet head speed. Have I answered my own question? Enjoy your videos, thanks.

nice

I hit 400 today, and I hit 10 beauties 😁

Hey Vincent, thanks for sharing. Just want to point out that your bevel/grip system is different from what is generally used.

The continental grip that you mentioned is what generally thought as the forehand eastern grip. And your bevel 1 is generally thought to be bevel 3.

This doesn't make your theory about the techniques invalid, indeed they makes total sense to me, but your bevel/grip system may cause confusion. It's like you are using lbs and others are using kg.. Hope you can adjust your bevel/grip system to what is generally accepted, so no room for misunderstanding.

Thanks again for the good work.

This is really nice explained. The issue with club players and on clay court is ball bounce high and we are slow on feet so we do all those errors you mentioned, in particular timing and setup to hit the ball. Any suggestion?

Hey Vincent, your racket handle looks like the bevels are very pronounced. Do you use a leather base grip and an overgrip overtop to achieve this pronounced bevel? If not, how do you get such a strong bevel? Thanks

Wow this is an amazing video. Moved my grip over a bit as suggested and could really get great topspin and ironically it seems to have made my backhand slice better too. Love the detail you bring, I can work on one or two things, and it always feels unnatural at first but after a day or two it clicks.

Best video ever - super helpful!! Love that you ‘slow talk’ us through the most important points. Love your comments like “ hit & freeze” - easy to remember.

I'm thinking maybe this trick can also be used on the serve, or even on the forehand, but the gestures have to be changed.Because that can also make the drop shot more deceptive.

Brooke's take back is excessively complicated and one of the reasons why she needs to play so far back. She's playing more than 10 feet from the baseline. If she were to move up to the court she would feel rushed. The one-handed backhand cannot be hit late and you must simplify everything. Every unnecessary movement loses fractions of a second that really matters. Her big looping forehand also will make her feel rushed when playing closer to the baseline. I would try to coach her out of these bad forms.

Brilliant video Doc, extremely helpful, as indeed all your videos are. May I please offer a suggestion for the backhand instruction, and probably applicable for other videos. You break down the backhand very well, discuss the steps perfectly but what would be very useful is a super slow motion clip of you hitting the backhand and discussing all the steps as they occur in the clip so we can see the entire stroke with the finished product, the ball leaving the strings and the follow through. Could show this clip after you complete the step by step discussion and the super slow motion will help us see how the steps merge together. Just a suggestion.

Ok ok and what's next gen on this?

Illegal dampener placement?👀

One or two bevels to the left for the bh?

What the heck is going on with her left hand/arm ? Unnecessary movement = wastage of energy and time .

Thanksss a lot...perfect

Next time teach us the skill for driving backhand stroke at the level of right shoulder

You’re a real special specialist of teaching one hand backhand

Hi from Vaughan 😊

wow. best video ever since 20 yrs. ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏 u speak so clear and not fast also mentioning the possible mistakes. would u pls make a very detailed video about serve. im struggling with it since 10 yrs. it is so complicated for me. thx🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗🤗

best explained of 1-handed backhand so far

What a great video . The girl and also federer pictures ilustrates everything vincent said, from the letter U until sholder rotation. I will try to implement 1 or 2 things at a time , until i can get everything done. Thanks for sharing all of these great infos. Like you said, this can save us several months on the journey of learning to play tennis

the first lady had incredible bh technique!!!

Superb presentation, and I agree with all of it. Especially the advice on grip. I would be so grateful if you would please do a one-handed backhand focus on high balls! Thanks so very much for this video!

Very good. Please refer to the hips as well. Should the hips come forward (slightly) or not?

Federer was left eye dominant.

Thanks a lot

Congrats Vincent! but for left eye dominant, is it possible for one hand backhand? My son is left eye dominant, must he choose double hand backhand? Thks Vincent, Sébastien from France