Two-Handed Forehand Tutorial | Tennis Technique
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In today's tennis tutorial, I teach you how to hit a two-handed forehand.
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Are you making this common forehand mistake? bit.ly/nmbr1fhpr
When I was a teenager, I took lessons from a Serbian coach who used to train Ilija Bozoljac. Had the opportunity to rally with him for 30 mins, his two-handed forehand was very lethal. He never broke top 100 in singles, but he was a beast in doubles against the Bryan Bros during the Davis Cup World Cup.
Great player
I was one hander before and got problem like YIPS, losing my memory and confidence of playing forehand. I have great two-handed backhand and decided to try two-handed forehand three years ago. Surprisingly, it works super great for me and elevate my level overall. It's also the charm of tennis: Everyone will eventually find unique techniques that best suit them!
I am injured and I'm trying to play with 2HD forehand now. I like the right hand on top with the forehand and left hand on top on the backhand. This switching is tough on return of serve. What do you find?
I don't switch, my two-handed forehand is similar to Fabrice Santoro and Monica Seles, whose non-dominant hand is on the top. So I'm not able to give you advice. Player like Hsieh Shu-wei uses the switching approach. So maybe watching more of her vedio could give you some inspiration. Good luck！
Completely the same with me. I used to use one handed forehand but one day I just couldn't get my timing right no matter what I tried. So switched to two-handed forehand and has been working really well for me. Definitely less reach and have to be quick around the court but at least I'm hitting the ball with confidence again.
@@dshertihegirtoi3094u Yes, I believe hitting confidence is sometimes more crucial than skills.
Love your videos Nikola and this one was right down my alley.
I switched to the DH forehand 20 years ago(I'm 50)after watching Bob your man Raemon Sluiter live(top 50).
I thought that looked interesting/cool and my forehand was always my achilles heel(if only we had UA-cam back then probably wouldn't have been😊).
Just think the extra hand gave me that extra security/control as my DH backhand was solid.
But was a 3.0 back then and now a 5.0 now and really was all down to the switch to DH both sides.
I play as you described simple high takeback both sides no loop with RH normal semi western grip with LH on top.
Then on BH just move the RH grip around to continental grip.
But is very unique and as expected always get comments from new opponents but would never ever change even with your great 1HD forehand tips😊.
Keep up the good work.
Yes. Finally I’ve been waiting for this video for a long time.
I am so glad that you brought up Pancho Segura. One of Ecuadors tennis legends.
Fabrice Santoro was pretty solid player, #17 was his best singles and #6 doubles ranking + he was able to beat lot of top tier players.
Frabrice Santoro - magician..! Double handed forhend slice!
There is no need to change the winning tactics. With a two-handed forehand, balls can be spun much more easily, and the return can be controlled more easily.
Honestly, a one-handed forehand is better, but many times people break their hand, they have insecurity, and then a two-handed forehand can be a great weapon.
Fabrice Santoro is not an average player, he is the only player outside the top 10 who beat all the top 10 players in his time. He was never very high in singles because he always played doubles (one of the best doubles in the world Llodra-Santoro...)
Beat 18 world number ones, so...
So great to watch this. I've got a two-handed forehand and a one-handed backhand. My one-handed forehand just didn't work - I couldn't turn with it, so I switched to a two-handed forehand and I can turn easily with this. Dominant hand at the bottom but eastern grips with both hands. I'll try out your grips and see what happens
I loved Momica!!!
Thanks for this video Nick ... it's been working great for me since switching more than a year. For me, it's always been about making sure I keep the stroke as long as possible thru the follow thru and not get snappy with it which can end up dumped in the net or totally short
Would love to hear your thoughts on Seles. Those matches between her and Graf are so fun to watch even today. What happened to her was very sad. Fans were robbed probably a decade of wonderful tennis.
You should have mentioned Byron Black too. He played in the ATP in the early '90s to 2000's and made it to top 20
Thanks for analysing this in such depth. I’m in the small group you mention. Subscribed!
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I really appreciate this content, Coach Nick. Often we get coaches that get stuck in a pattern of only teaching things they know and not being open enough or curious enough to explore things that are different or unconventional. The pro players you mentioned are for sure outliers, but each found a way to create consistent and reliable strokes that helped take them to the upper echelons of the game. Every player that is successful has something to offer. It is important to learn from them, just as we would learn from the likes of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, etc.
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As a natural two handed on both sides, i must say that all my opponents are going nuts, swearing and breaking racquets ...
It's definitely not better than one hand forehand, but it has the elements of surprise..
And by the time the opponent realize what in the name of God is happening, the game is over ...
I use a full western grip and a short swing, but when i contact the ball it's a bazooka...
Your video was great - keep up the good work...
hsieh su wei is a fascinating player, for sure.
Hsieh Su Wei has a double backhand (because her hand placement is backwards). Monica Seles has a true two handed forehand.
I heard Roger Federer one to say in an interview that he actually started out with both hands on both sides, but then sometime is a junior when he was 14 or15 I believe he was 14 he switched to one hand on both sides.
Great common sense advice on a tricky shot. Thanks. This shot ( at times ) allows injured players to continue to play
Great for return of serve!
Bravo et merci. Most of 2 HF players use extended rackets at 28 ou 29 in. for the higher swingweight and to reach distant balls.
It could be the new forehand for you Nick! 😀😀 Great video!
Haha, could be, you never know 🤯
Excelente¡¡¡¡¡...yo pego a dos manos por ambos lados....plano estilo Connors...lo más importante es tratar de pegar cuando la pelota está subiendo.....take the ball on the rise.....es el mejor tip que puedo dar...llevo 30 años jugando así......
Thanks for the video. So much to say but I will try to keep it short.
I am 54 and I had to learn a two handed forehand last fall. I am right handed and I really hurt my elbow last year, both inner and outer. Ligament damage. Inner elbow pain from an old injury back in 1989. Outer from tennis. I play tennis for fun and to try to stay healthy. Orthopedic Dr told me to stop playing tennis last fall. I can’t do that so I decided to try the 2HF. I hold it like a baseball bat, right hand on top, and it helps with the elbow pain. I tried the technique of right hand on the bottom but it hurts my elbow too much. My game has fallen off dramatically but it’s getting better. When my elbow hurts I can’t hit at all so it’s a slow process and I can’t practice to help improve. I’m getting used to the 2HF but still occasionally hit some into the fence when I don’t concentrate and the racket becomes a baseball bat. My technique or lack there of, is what I am working to improve now.
My elbow is getting better but I know it might not be too healthy again. Gyroscope Ball is a huge help with getting me back to playing again. So my 2 handed forehand is here to stay. I do hit one handed when I have to reach out with varying degrees of pain and success. On days when it feels good I am learning to hit two handed for most of the match but rip it one handed down the line or cross court to try for the winner if the ball is in my wheelhouse. It’s a lot of work to hit like I do now but it’s literally the only option I have if I want to keep playing. Hopefully by the fall I will be back to winning more games.
Thanks again for the video and showing different ways to hit.
Feel better
I’m coming off elbow surgery as well and switched to a 2h forehand but right hand on bottom. You have less elbow pain with right hand on top? I’ll have to try it
@@ryangoff7040 Hi. Hope you heal quickly. Yes less pain with my right hand on top on my follow through. I swap it when I hit a backhand, but not all the time. The ball will sail without any topspin if you hold it like a bat. I’m still getting used to it but it’s here to stay.
Hi Patrick,
My elbow is sore on the inside as well and like you I don't want to stop playing tennis. I'm trying to play with a 2HF and like you I like the right hand on top. I used to play softball. This switching between forehand and backhand is really tough on the return of serve. How do you handle that?
The last one you showed makes the most sense as it’s like a baseball or back hand grip.
Wow nice!!
Very interesting look at a rarely seen technique nowadays.
Thank you
Always end up back to 2 handed forehand. My 1 hander has more spin and power, but i never know if its going to work! 2 hands is consistent everytime.
I play two-handed forehand. Thank you for the video.
The stroke itself is only part of the battle with this. I had a physical issue which led me to try it and I can hit the stroke fine - it's definitely more stable, good control etc, albeit high and low balls are tough. The most difficult aspect is the movement and getting to the ball and staying balanced through all that. Having said that none of the players you mentioned had incredible movement (Seles pre stabbing was the quickest) so it must be possible to overcome this. I would be interested in a video on how to incorporate good smooth movement and balance with the shot
As a spectator, this was very enlightening!
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Nice and illustrative video, but the fact that you surprisingly forgot about Gene Mayer : most of F. Santoro's technique is directly borrowed from him...
Nice lesson!
There is another possibility that I have tried and it works for me at least.
Act like a left-handed guy when you perform the two-handed backhand.
PS: In my case it works because (and I'm right-handed) it's much easier and more natural to execute the forehand with my left hand as if I were left-handed.
Probably because my muscle memory is very ingrained with the wrong technique and I still haven't fully overcome this problem.
What do you think Nic?
I practice every shot type on both my left and right sides for the fun of it since I'm a curious cat who loves to tinker. I basically have 4 forehands and 4 backhands lol. I did discover something intriguing during some of my hitting sessions. I am right hand dominant, but my lefty 1 HB feels more natural than my righty 1 HB. To clarify, my righty version feels very natural to me on its own, but something about the lefty version manages to edge it out. It makes me wanna tinker around some more.
Nick, what is the name of this White racquet model?
I recently switched to a two handed forehand because of developing tennis elbow and wanting to save my arm. I have only played a few times with two handed forehand but I feel there is potential to make this into a weapon!
Tennis arm usually comes from backhands as it affects the extensor muscles and lateral epicondyle. Hitting a forehand may result in pain on the inside of your elbow (medial epicondyle), and is often referred to as golfer's elbow.
In Santoro's two handed forehand slice he would actually let go of the right-hand (dominant) after hitting the ball.
Pancho Sergio had Two forehand👏🏻👏🏻😍😇
What's really preventing getting better is lack of true practice opportunities.
#1-most recreational tennis players only want to play matches and never want to practice and I don't mean just hitting back and forth, which is a mostly useless exercise. When I say "Practice" I mean taking turns feeding each other balls from a basket like a coach would do, so technique can be worked on and improved. I don't even see most recreational players practicing serves, which can be done alone. This makes finding a non-paid practice partner similar to finding a Unicorn. Even with online services that are meant to help you find practice partners, finding them is rare.
#2-Many clubs and even municipal courts don't allow baskets of balls on the court. I don't want to get into all the reasons this is blocked, I get it, but it's also a practice killer.
#3-Not enough court facilities have practice walls. While this form of practice is nowhere near practicing with another person, it's better than no practice partner at all.
#4-Ball machines are an alternative offered by clubs, but unless these are pretty expensive machines and properly setup, they often shoot the same ball, with the same pace, over and over, which is better than nothing, but overall not very helpful. There's nothing like practicing with a live person hitting live balls, even when they are just feeding practice shots. The human factor adds a shot variety that a ball machine cannot duplicate and practicing with the ball coming at you off a racquet and not shot out of a hole in a metal box just cannot be replicated.
#5-NOT using video to see your own strokes. If you don't know what you're doing wrong, you can't fix it. With every cell phone being a video camera, $25 Walmart tripods, and $10 phone tripod mounts, there's just no excuse not to video yourself to see what you need to improve.
Let's overcome these hurdles. How about some videos about ways to self-improve?
Interesting video. I find it looks very awkward. I notice Fabrice Santoro also had a preference for using two hands on his volleys.
I always thought that the two handed forehand had the dominant hand above the non dominant hand, as if the dominant hand would act like as main driving force, as if you're doing the mirror of the two handed backhand. It made sense for me because I thought it would have the same benefits that have a two handed backhand has (
though even thn I think a one handed forehand will still be better)
I learned something totally unexpected today 🤔
Technically that would just be a backhand from your other side, as someone who hits a 2 handed forehand I can assure you that gripping with your dominant on the bottom is far better for power and the other way isn’t very useful
recently had a forehand problem and cant hit as hard as I used to and start looking into two handed forehand possibilities, look what I got myself into, confused as hell now
Interesting video as ever. On a related topic, there was a tournament at my club and there was a girl who had two forehands. Unfortunately her left handed forehand was weak and making a lot of unforced errors - perhaps it was the pressure of the moment. Have you seen many people with two forehands, or perhaps the even rarer two single handed backhands :)?
I am going to try hitting with two backhands when I start again next season. My right arm is chronically sore, and my 2HBH has always been superior to my forehand. I Will be 50 years old, 4.0 plus level
The WHFH just always came naturally to me
I felt like a weirdo and did learn the conventional one-hander
Yes, it does deliver better power for me .... when executed properly
But I'd have to practice for hours and hours and hours to get the same consistency I do from the two-hander
It's so simple: back and forth
I open the face slightly, and get it over
I can hide my shot angles better
And I'm not worrying about my racquet position, rolling the racquet for whip and topspin
As for pros not using it ... who cares? Im never going to be a pro
For someone hitting a two-handed forehand would they keep that for the volley? The arm and wrist position looks very awkward at net. I have a friend who hits it and struggles with volleys.
Great question. 2h fh volley is possible and might be necessary for ppl with wrist issues but it’s extremely uncomfortable and inferior to the 1h fh Volley
Thank you for this video. I have had carpal tunnel syndrome for a long time but have been able to play fine with a wrist brace, but lately it has gotten much worse. I have no control on the forehand side and no ability to hit with pace. I'm afraid that if I don't switch to a two-handed forehand that I'll be unable to continue playing tennis.
Try it 🙏
it's ok to do a loop with a two handed forehand, it's just a shorter loop. I have a two handed forehand since i'm a kid (my grandfa show me a lot of monica selles stuff) & you can loop if it's natural to you.
Reminds me of raemon sluiter
I think I might be comfortable challenging the pro if Nik had to play two handed forehands, one handed backhands and left legged serves...
People who played a lot of cricket often start with the two-handed forehand
something about using 2 hands to return a serve is way better for me
Monica Seles and Jan Michael Gambil would approve of this video.
I need to switch to this, I have a sore wrist on my fh but on my single bh my wrist is fine. it's gonna be weird 2 hand fh and single bh😂
I play 2 handed forehand with my dominant hand above my weak hand on the racket, is that even more rare? 😅
I get it that the two handed forehand isn't encouraged. But Monica Seles was so dominant back in the days. I don't think she would have been as successful had she played with only one hand. Her two handed forehand allowed her to hit the ball early and to create angles that no other player could do.
Greatest 2-handed FH in history is Rafa’s.
Is there any footage of him hitting those ?
@@85turtlestb Yes, that’s his usual shot.
@@jerome_morrowtrue, as he is naturally right-handed
How about two handed overhead?🤣 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
No 😂😂