Strokes: Backhands

Getting a feel for the backhand slice

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Hitting the slice – it’s a love hate kind of thing.  You’ll absolutely love having this shot in your repertoire and you’ll probably hate learning it Good news.  Here’s a fun way to get a feel for the backhand slice – borrow your kid’s Frisbee and start tossing it around! The motion of the backhand   More >

The Pressure Backhand in Tennis

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For many of us, the backhand in tennis, and specifically the double handed backhand, is our weaker groundstroke. This can cause nerves when we have to hit a double handed backhand in a pressure situation, such as a return of serve from the ad side in a match. And I’m sure many of you have   More >

Tennis Backhands: Windshield Wiper Technique to get Top Spin in Tennis

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Today we are going to build on our post Tennis Tip:  Add Top Spin to Improve Your Tennis Techniques, by showing you how to work on tennis backhands. You will be using the same “windshield wiper” concept on the backhand side.  A few reminders: Begin facing the net with your racquet face open, and your   More >

Tool to Quickly Improve Tennis Techniques

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How do they do it?  How do the best tennis players like Federer and Stosur make their strokes look so effortless?  Sure, thousands of hours on the court helps.  Yet what can we do as mere mortals to get a taste of effortlessness on the tennis court? You have the tennis tool you need in   More >

Tennis Tip: How to Really Watch the Ball‬

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We hear it again and again on the tennis court.  “Watch the Ball.”  Well, what exactly does this mean?  Is it really the right thing to do? “I never teach my students to watch the ball.”  – Mary Hill Consciously trying to watch the ball can interfere with proper tennis technique.  Too often players try   More >