You MUST learn the Flat Backhand - Padel Tips
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
- This difficult backhand shot can be made much easier with some simple tips!
Coming from a tennis background this is one of the more difficult shots to learn (with the bandeja)...but, like the bandeja, it is important to have this in your game! If you are only playing slice from the back, it is too risky and better players will expose that!
Let us know in the comments if this is a shot you struggle with!
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"Practise with a baby" - LOL that made me laugh xD
That was pure class! 🤣
Haha thanks, probably better ways to describe it, but came to me at the time haha
I liked the footsteps on the floor. Good video, Sandy!
Glad you liked it!
Great video! I litteraly prayed to get a video like this after my match last night and here it is!
Haha great...I was watching from the corner ;)
Great work on those VFX floor cues! Awesome content as usual. Cheers
Can't take all the credit, but yes, I like those kind of graphics!!
Great, illustrative explanation.
Glad it was helpful! :)
Flat backhand is a huge issue for me, so thanks for this video!
Huge issue for many people!! Hope it helped Kanter!
Great video!! Keep improving, you are doing it really good.
Thanks Jaime! Appreciate the support!
Thanks again Sandy!!! One of my students came from Tennis and is one of the things that we need to work on!!!
Yes, tennis players find this tricky!!
Congratulations on been a "relatively new" father. The baby analogy was great, but please don't play with your baby in your arms. Haha.
This was a great video. I just have one comment to add and is something you were doing naturally but didn't mention it during the video and that is the left hand and arm role during the setup, hit and follow through. During the setup, it is good to have the left hand go back as well while holding the paddle. This provides balance. During the hit, the left hand lets go of the paddle and starts moving backwards to help with balance. And finally, during the follow thourgh, it should be extended, almost mirroring the right hand and arm so you end up with both arms wide open. This helps with balance and control. For new players this is very difficult to remember, and goes hand-in-hand (pun intended) with how some players bend the wrist on the right hand.
Keep the videos coming, they are amazing!
You are right, the left hand takes that racket back...almost worth a video on the use of non-racket hand!!
@@ThePadelSchool Yes. Do it! It is well worth it
Great videos Sandy!!!!
Thank you!!
I loved the sense of humor here, it was a nice touch
Haha...trying..
Back to basics! Nice!
If you feel like making other videos on the basics, May you add more detail on it? For instance, tactical use or detailing the use of the none dominant arm. Merci et bonne année !
Yes, the original basics videos I did when I just started and they were really short, so I will add details for sure :) Bonne annee a vous!! :)
Top Monday video Sandy. Vamos
Appreciate the support as always Joacim!
Great tips!
Glad you like them!
The new dad baby analogy was hilarious and hit so close to home! Great vid otherwise, as always :)
Thanks for another great video!
If possible, could I ask you to make a video on shot selection when your opponents have the net position? I often find myself questioning whether i should use bandeja, lob or a normal backhand/forehand in various spots (mostly after I have been lobbed, but also when returning the serve). Would be much appreciated!
Good suggestion...I have a couple on the channel that might help already: ua-cam.com/video/UbJIWwEWRA0/v-deo.html for the choice and here for the return: ua-cam.com/video/HCW0J4SbHGg/v-deo.html
Great video. Thanks.
glad you enjoyed!
Trying to find your video about high volleys and gancho? Any help on its location? Name of video. Thank you.
@@ourbeautifulcreations9466 Our recent video on this topic is this one; ua-cam.com/video/qoJr977wzUc/v-deo.html
But then we have this one as well; ua-cam.com/video/IwA90i3ITTI/v-deo.html
Hope they're what you're looking for!
Great details! Wish i could like it twice! :)
Got a similar one for the forehand coming up?
I was thinking to go through the basic shots again in more detail, so hopefully!
Hi Sandy,
I've a special request for a video:
Can you make a video with some exercises that we can do at home to improve movements and positions?
Usually we don't have a court to practice and when we get to the court there is always a match to do, so we don't have time to practice this kind of things.
Thanks for your help. I learned a lot from you.
Hey Valerio, I have actually made a whole playlist of videos you can do at home, including training exercises, agility and racket skills. All specific to padel: ua-cam.com/play/PLFotglr241m5RP4YQrjPVriIJORGnY3vf.html
Hope that helps
Great video!! Any chance you will do a review on the new Adidas 2021 collection anytime soon?
I will do as soon as I get them!!
Good video Sandy 👏👏I love this shoot also foe some problem, my elbow don't like it. 😁 😁
Thank you! You might find this is either the equipment (racket/grip/oversqueezing) or maybe the straight arm throughout. Have you tried that bend on take back like I said in the video?
@@ThePadelSchool i change my racket from vertex 2 to ML10 (only 2 match now). I think it's more confortable. I will trie to improve the shoot technique
Thank you. From tennis background with double hand background and high one hand slice I been struggle with this. From having thousands of hours with confident backhand strokes it has been frustrating doing one hand flat backhand. There is no feel in the wrist and I have been struggling finding out the wrist position. I got zero confidence when the ball hit the ground before the net or hitting the glass on the other side. Its like starting all over again. In these corona times I bought a ball machine to train my weaknesses. After 2-3000 repetitions of flat backhands I start to have more feel but afraid to automate wrong wrist techniqe. Next time is it possible to show backhand in slow motions to see the elbow wrist action? Anyways I take your points to my heart.
I understand that frustration well!! It takes time! Hopefully the slow motion videos I am posting on Fridays helps see the technique a bit clearer...
Great Video and explanations... Just one question for the backhand. Do you suggest to change the grip from continental to eastern for backhand?
Good question and I wouldn't when learning. At a slightly higher level we see the grip move very slightly (but not full eastern grip)...hope that helps
Nice tips but would be great to also see you hit some from a wider camera angle. So as to show us the trajectory etc. The common fear is that if you hit a “flat” shot from lower down it will just hit straight into the net!
A follow on video to show where to aim depending on the oppositions positions would also be cool 👍🏻
Good call Karl and that's important!! Flat doesn't mean low...a lob is flat! I will note that down!
@@ThePadelSchool just if you confuse flat and spin... why not just call it like t🐘what it is in the first place...spin and slice 🤷🏻♂️
You should mention how open/close should the head of the racquet be upon contact. Very important.
Thanks for the feedback Renato
The flat backhand winner is the most satisfying shot
yep!!
😁 Thks 4 the video and i liked de baby one...
Glad you liked it! :)
I play right side, and I often struggle to hit a good flat backhand if my opponent is serving to my backhand. Any tips? Thanks for this awesome video by the way!
sounds like the ball could be too close to you to make a good contact. this video might help pulse.ly/shfvn6rfva
@@ThePadelSchool - Don’t think I got an answer from that video, thanks a lot for your quick answer though. It seems like using the backhand returning a serve from right side is different than returning backhand from left side. I might be wrong though! I would love so much to see a video om how to respond to serves when you’re playing the right side.
Hi Christian, thanks for the message. We have a number of return videos on our youtube you can check out here pulse.ly/ob4wxyf1st but its a greta topic and we will make a note of what you have said for future!
Which Adidas padel shoes are you using? Do you recommend any specific? thanks so much
These are a sole court model. But I would try to go for a lighter more flexible shoe for competition...
Thanks, which ones?
coming from a tennis background started in the 90ies (single hand backhand culture), I would say that another CRUCIAL tip could be to change your handle grip.
In tennis you change your grip for the single handed backhand (to eastern) - but in padel you do not (or sometimes only very very slightly), the movement comes at the arm/wrist.
@@ThePadelSchool ok thank you I will try
I used to play the flat backhand bending the wrist :'(. I will have to get used to your technique
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My backhand is pretty bad especially when i'm standing on the left and someone is serving to me I mess it up a lot
just takes practice! keep going!
@@ThePadelSchool I play with my family. I'm getting better but still make a lot of easy mistakes like smashing too hard without good aim
@@ThePadelSchool These tips improved my backhand massively I could barely hit the serve back when standing on the left side with the backhand but the most important tip was keeping the swing short so I have better accuracy and control
2:33 😂😂😂😂😂
Haha - best way to describe it ;)
I get confused with this shot because you almost never have it that simple. Most of the time you play the backhand just before it bounce and when that happend you don’t have time to get sideways. Other couches don’t suggest to point the raquet to the back glass, instead they tell you to point it more to the side glass so you have more control because the backswing is shorter. The best advice I got is to stay low, point the right shoulder to the ball hit it in front where is your knee
Interesting how other coaches teach it. You are right, on faster balls you would have a shorter swing. I would rather teach the full swing on slower balls and have to shorten an existing swing rather than teach a short swing and then not sure where to take the racket to make it longer...but that's just my opinion...
@@ThePadelSchool ua-cam.com/video/I6R5uZlWcRQ/v-deo.html minute 2:18
Dario V my Spanish is a little rusty, but isn’t he talking about it being a mistake to use the hand to close the racket face and it should be more like a pendulum?! His example and the examples in the video show the players taking the racket all the way back (which you’d need to for the pendulum idea- which I agree with)...
@@ThePadelSchool it’s an example of the wrong in his view
Dario V interesting. The swing looked a little excessive on rotation, but the result looked decent...
practice with the baby hahahaha
2:35 How is your baby
please let us see them soon
A toddler now!! 😂