The ART of The One Handed Backand in Tennis

Yes. This video is right in his wheelhouse. I don't know why anyone even hits to his backhand at all.

Watching a clean winner off the one handed backhand is the most satisfying shot to watch. Those of us who play the game know how difficult it is to produce. A two hander is far easier to hit.

The most variety: Federer

The most elegant: dimitrov

here after he stunned in form alcaraz!

The courts need to be slightly quicker or atleast balls need to be lighter. Even if you hit 90 mph forehands, your opponent can likely get to it because of how much the ball decelerates.

@@NN-zf7npyeah it only worked when back then same as serve and volley. Sad

I am not so sure if "barely" winning matched apply to Fed. He was off for more than a year and reached quarters of wimbledon with an injured knee. Actually doubling down on your point, the reason Fed wins even when injured is partly because of his court positioning which is a lot more brave and aggressive; almost refusing to step back. Of course he has the natural gift of being able to absorb pace and hitting on the rise more than most of his contemporaries

Some truth and some wrong here. Saying Tsitsipas and old fed have/had defensive styles is just plain wrong. The problem with Tsitsipas is mainly his flawed technique whether he hits topspin or backhand slices.

Continental that’s an old ass grip not topspin in that eastern is much better

@@hafadaze9046 Do you know what "Prompt position" is? I'm NOT TELLING to hit with continental. Please READ PROPERLY.

Have seen a lot of dumb comments but this one takes the cake

@@TheseHoesAreLoyal I'm sorry for you

This one is on par with a dude saying 2hbh is semi cheating

I would love this but it’s such a dumb thing lmao 😂

That would be hilarious because a lot of the current men have crappy two-handers.

Yup tsitsipas too weak

Almagro is in the video

@@Thebtfgame Oh is he? I was skipping Federer and Thiem and their ugly backhands, so I must have skipped him in the process by accident.

@@LuLu-nw6bifederer and thiem ugly bh’s ? That’s insane statement

@@Thebtfgamekuerten as well

@@LuLu-nw6bithiem yes but Federer fuck no that’s fundamental right there if u play tennis

Forreal against Nadal is crazh

True but stan’s bh is faster on average among all of these i would say

Single hander requires the arm which has a better control than for the double hander especially the elbow and the shoulder. Overall, double hander and single hander arms are both pretty much similar, and I would even argue that the double hander requires stronger forearm because most players use a continental grip on their double handed backhand, even though the non-dominant arm supports the swing. In contrast, with a single hander, your non-dominant arm allows for your dominant arm to swing freely by simply helping with the circular take-back motion which naturally generates the kinetic chain that can facilitate your dominant arm to drop right before the contact with the ball, and with an eastern grip (for most single handers), the forearm muscle isn't as much used as for continental group. For these reasons, you can clearly see that Roger's dominant arm's shoulder is, by proportion, very impressively built and broad both posteriorly and laterally compared to most double-handers, while his dominant arm overall is pretty slim, although it's insanely toned and has tremendous functional power. Roger's forearm is insane too which is an exception because his flick of the wrist is second to none, and I'm sure his wrist strength is like a truck. With a very strong shoulder, his dominant arm has that uncanny balance and smooth transition when he's serving, doing the trophy position better than almost anyone else. Meanwhile, his non-dominant arm is a twig as it should be, because with a built non-dominant arm, he wouldn't be able to rotate his left shoulder almost facing the baseline as he sets up his single-handed backhand. Alcaraz, Djokovic, and Nadal all have monstrous forearms for that matter. And it may not be much, but Federer's shoulders are wider than Rafa's. And it shouldn't be surprising that the three players that you mentioned have well-developed and balanced muscles in both arms, especially Rafa who's actually a righty, because clearly their non-dominant arms are really important for a double-hander. Also, contrary to what you might think, Nadal and Djokovic in real life aren't exactly muscular, I saw a video of them that my friend took in 2021. Their muscles are greatly innervated and veinous and toned to the need of the right amount of functional power. They don't need big muscles like UFC fighters or American football players. I played tennis for about 12 years now with a single-hander all my life, and my left shoulder is hilariously weak. I can only do one full rep of 15-20 kg max of dumbbell shoulder press with my left arm.

Yeah tsitsipas is ass

@@tommyjerry5851 The game has changed, and the rate of adaptation doesn't necessarily match the rate of changes. The gradual decline of the one-hander is testament to that.

​@@tommyjerry5851margin for error is more for a single hander than a double hander and it can easily wear down over 5 sets...on faster courts ,single hander can be of huge advantage but now the atp tour has courts where 95٪ of it play slow to medium paced...that's the reason in last 2 decades, the number of single handers count has reduced compared to that of 80's

Do you even know that Federer as a kid started learning the single handed backhand first and then also tried the double-hander? He even tried to play in a tournament as a kid with his friend in doubles attempting to hit with a double-handed backhand, but said it never suited him. Players adapt to either a single handed backhand or a double handed backhand depending on their compatibility, coaching, etc. "Players like Novak wouldn't have survived if he had a single hander" is one of the dumbest, most illiterate and most baseless comments I've ever seen.

@@TheseHoesAreLoyal same roger once told he wished to have a double hander when he couldn't face high topspin balls from rafa...if a player like rafa never existed, roger would have been happy slicing his backhand...only when it became a liability, he changed his technique very late in his career where he took the ball so early in 2017 and doing that on a consistent basis needs an incredible amount of skill to pull off especially for a single hander

@@vijayendranvijay4538 did you read my comment? Federer, Djokovic, Rafa, and countless number of other players didn't have an option when getting their backhand techniques down. Federer simply couldn't hit a two-handed backhand to save his life. Same with Djoko and Rafa, they couldn't hit a single-hander. You start with what you pick up naturally, and you end up with it for the rest of your career. Stop trying to come up with excuses for Federer's losing h2h against Rafa.

No they’re not lol just not on top 10 anymore but there are still one handers

He was top 10 for like 5 years blame Dimitrov😭

2hbh should have never been allowed