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Two-Handed Backhand

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Build a stable, powerful two-handed backhand.

What coaches agree on

  • Turn your shoulders as soon as you see the ball coming to your backhand, and take the racket straight back with the tip pointing up, a full 180 degrees, before it drops toward the ball.
  • From that turned position, drop the racket head below the height of the ball, then swing up and through it, since that low-to-high path is what puts topspin on the shot.
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  • Tilt the strings down slightly as the racket drops so they've squared back up to face the target by the time you make contact.

Common mistakes

  • Bending the elbows through contact like a bicep curl instead of extending both arms out from the shoulders, which shortens the swing and cuts the contact zone short.
  • Letting the top, non-dominant arm take over and collapse the dominant side instead of driving the shot with torso rotation, which drains power and shortens your range of motion.
Two-Handed Backhand Fix
Beginner

Two-Handed Backhand Fix

Coach's take: Deep, patient two-hander teaching and the closed-face logic is gold.

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Backhands like Djokovic – in 1 Hour!
Intermediate

Backhands like Djokovic – in 1 Hour!

Coach's take: Really strong comparative coaching — clever visual checkpoints make an abstract concept (hip/chest separation) easy to actually see and copy.

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