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Great explanation. I don't know why people don't analyze Gustavo Kuertens backhand which is more lethal and legendary. I hope people do analyze his backhand. U can check the match between Kuerten and Federer on hard court and decide for yourself as to the efficacy of the same.
Could you please analyze gugas backhand in detail as mine is modelled around his. Also, Henin as these r semiwestern / western backhands. As the pace and spin go up these grips are essential. And the earnest request is for the rejuvenation of the dying art of one handed backhand. This is for the good of tennis.
0:16 for me, at his peak (2013-2017), it's the best backhand ever period. He has outplayed Djokovic's cross court backhand rallies so many times with insane down the lines one after another. None has hit faster backhands than him (maybe prime Thiem?). None hit's one handed backhands over the shoulder better than him. Maybe Nalbandian comes a little bit close to him's but, still none has mastered the down the line or the inside out backhand the way he has. Plus he can get really nice angles.
I don’t know why people say keeping the racquet straight up puts him in place for more power. No it doesn’t. Ideally u want that so that your face isn’t too open when u make contact. U can hold it at an angle like Roger does. Look at Stan’s back leg. It’s bending and he’s about to use it to leverage his hips. That’s where the power comes from. Then ideally u want the front foot to go heel to toe then contact with the ball. His arm is loose up until it’s in the slot which is when u should start to straighten out your arm and hold an L shape at the wrist and make contact with the ball. Once the contact happens he then is able to loosen up the wrist. There should be no wrist manipulation before contact. When I’m setting up with my grip on my left hand, right when it’s in the slot my right hand is already straight. Once it’s straight the left finally lets go of the racquet then follow through the contact maintaining the L shape on your wrist. Stan is lower to the ground so he doesn’t need to pull his left all the way back for control.
Thanks for the video! I this racquet take back technique and it works great for waist high balls. Adjusting for high balls or low fast balls, it becomes difficult for me.
No. The key is when he’s in the slot he’s leveraging his hips. Coiling his back leg so that once he ready to shift his weight heel to toe with his hips into the it. He plays lower to the ground as well on his back hand.
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I can't hit the ball with the backhand of Wawrinka , because my backhand is with the two hands.
This was tremendous, many thanks.
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Great explanation. I don't know why people don't analyze Gustavo Kuertens backhand which is more lethal and legendary. I hope people do analyze his backhand. U can check the match between Kuerten and Federer on hard court and decide for yourself as to the efficacy of the same.
One of the great one-handers of all time...one of our favorite players as well!
Could you please analyze gugas backhand in detail as mine is modelled around his.
Also, Henin as these r semiwestern / western backhands. As the pace and spin go up these grips are essential. And the earnest request is for the rejuvenation of the dying art of one handed backhand. This is for the good of tennis.
Also he is student of Oscar wegners revolutionary style then and defacto standard today.
Great stuff. Thanks so much!!!
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0:16 for me, at his peak (2013-2017), it's the best backhand ever period. He has outplayed Djokovic's cross court backhand rallies so many times with insane down the lines one after another.
None has hit faster backhands than him (maybe prime Thiem?). None hit's one handed backhands over the shoulder better than him.
Maybe Nalbandian comes a little bit close to him's but, still none has mastered the down the line or the inside out backhand the way he has. Plus he can get really nice angles.
Well said. Agree, in his prime the Wawrinka backhand was top of the list.
Very well explained
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I don’t know why people say keeping the racquet straight up puts him in place for more power. No it doesn’t. Ideally u want that so that your face isn’t too open when u make contact. U can hold it at an angle like Roger does. Look at Stan’s back leg. It’s bending and he’s about to use it to leverage his hips. That’s where the power comes from. Then ideally u want the front foot to go heel to toe then contact with the ball. His arm is loose up until it’s in the slot which is when u should start to straighten out your arm and hold an L shape at the wrist and make contact with the ball. Once the contact happens he then is able to loosen up the wrist. There should be no wrist manipulation before contact. When I’m setting up with my grip on my left hand, right when it’s in the slot my right hand is already straight. Once it’s straight the left finally lets go of the racquet then follow through the contact maintaining the L shape on your wrist. Stan is lower to the ground so he doesn’t need to pull his left all the way back for control.
Thanks for the video! I this racquet take back technique and it works great for waist high balls. Adjusting for high balls or low fast balls, it becomes difficult for me.
Stay with it and you'll have it in no time! 💪
I found out the key today was the right foot step forward and transfer the weight to the front just before the point of contact of the ball
No. The key is when he’s in the slot he’s leveraging his hips. Coiling his back leg so that once he ready to shift his weight heel to toe with his hips into the it. He plays lower to the ground as well on his back hand.