There you can see what muscle Memory ecactly is. In his shadowswings he is doing what he was just taught. When it is time to hit that ball, he is always doing this extra loop right after preparing. It needs so much time to get rid of habits. Great Content though!
Fantastic instruction. Nikki 's advice to keep it simple is so helpful. His strokes are ideal for any player to try and emulate. Would like to see more slow mo of his shots.
I have seen many instruction videos about the one-handed backhand, but without a doubt, this was the cleanest and most practical one. Much simpler, less to think about and clean shooting, thank you very much!!
Nikki's advice about hitting the outside edge of the ball, really helped me to understand what my coach was telling me this morning. Letting the tip of the racket lead the way, catching the ball on the outside edge seemed to help me create the shot shape that I want. It also applied equally to the down the line shot with different impact point obvs but my inclination to try and control the ball by keeping my wrist firm (stiff) was shown to be hurting my game. Similarly the idea of holding the throat of the racket with my left hand helped me create more space and the tip about imagining someone pulling the racket toward the back fence was also intuitive to me and helped create some torque in my torso. All in all, best ever online tutorial for the one hand backhand. Super helpful.
Anyone who criticises your technique either can't play themselves or are just trolling. Good players or knowledgeable players simply dont give unsolicited advice across the internet to you. They understand the game, how development works and more respectful because of that.
“Tip of the racquet should lead” ? This runs counter to what I’ve always heard which is that the butt cap should lead, tip catches up & comes through last
This is an awesome video along with the forehand one. Nikki has some great advice on how to hit with simplicity and power. I have watched alot of videos on one handed backhand technique and not one has ever mentioned hitting the ball on the side at 7/8 o'clock - what amazing advice !!!!
Amazing instruction. Hit the side of the ball. This is an example of a difference between internal feeling and what is really going on. The racket is hitting the right place of the ball.
Nikki and the other former pro from Marbella (some years ago) were the real deal, Nikki backhand part 2 including weight transfer and on the run will be great. Thanks a lot Jonas!!!
Excellent instruction... One thing I may disagree with is 14:40 "think of hitting the outside of the ball even when going down the line. He says to contact it later to go down the line and still think of hitting the outside of the ball. A better way of thinking of it is: 1. x-court - Contact earlier. Obviously you will be hitting the outside of the ball; that is the only way to make it go cross court! 2. down the line - Contact later
Very very useful tips! I have a 1hb and normally I strugle with aiming cross court, the hitting outside the ball from 7-8 pm to 2 pm really makes a lot of sense. I am new to Nikki's videos and love his technique, clean strikes and easy instructions makes it even more adictive to watch, keep it going!
I love his preparation and the simplicity of the stroke. I am trying to work with a novice who is having trouble straightening her arm and leading with her elbow bent.
When I was learning, the most helpful tip I got was to think of it like holding a ball on a string with left hand. You pull it out horizontally, then let it drop. Same as a ball on string, it drops and swings around. Also not to lift the front shoulder.
One tip a coach gave me and is super useful is to use your left thumb to push down on the racket, so that the racket head drops below the ball and you can hit from 8 to 2 like Niki said. I think this should help you get more spin Jonas
Thanks for the valuable lesson. Your demo is the best. Down the line shot, hit around the a little late is very good trick, so subtle. Cannot wait to practice that, I can’t make that shot for years. Bravo!
im wondering if pointing the racquet head towards the net on the backhand is always a bad habit or if strength adequatly compensates. I am a 11 utr player and quite strong by tennis standards. I am 182cm tall, 86kg, 10~% body fat. Having the modern takeback on the forehand as qell with the racquet tip facing the net, the same takeback on my backhand felt like it helped me to have control and generate spin. I always tried to emulate Stan's bh, so i never thought of the 'hitch' as a downside.
Wow, this is truly next level! I've never heard of letting the racquet head go/lead so much and hitting around the ball. More details to aspire to-what fun! I also like the simple tip on creating space on the backswing.
Very helpful, thank you. My 1HBH isn't as consistent as my topspin forehand, so having little mental cues to emphasize a clean, low maintenance backswing and contacting the outside of the ball whether going cross or up the line are interesting and great! Nikki does have a sick shot.
it's clear instruction, simple and easy to understand. My conclusion with OH backhand is simple but the preparation and need to always remember sideway position, not over rotate your body. Big thanks!
Looking forward to practicing these tips tomorrow. How to use your offhand is often overlooked when learning and refining tennis strokes. Liked the video. Keep them coming.
12:12 he says stay nearly side on, dont overrotate, yet he fully opens his chest and the coach still says yeah thats the one. At the end of the day consistency is was matters, even if it looks bad. It doesnt matter if you have the best technique in the world if most of your shots go out. And this guy here has some pretty good consistency.
Great video series ! The serve would be interesting. Volleys/smashes too. And maybe some more "tactical" tips for managing points and matches. Great work guys! I look forward to the next part. Thanks Jonas and Nikki.
Enjoyed this BH lesson immensely! Since many of your viewers are older and play more doubles, the three key shots are the serve, return of serve and volley. I would like to see you and Nikki give a lesson on the return of serve (there are plenty of videos out there on the serve and how to hit a volley). In particular, would like to see how to hit the return of serve from the deuce court including the off-backhand return and then from the ad court. Compare when to use the drive backhand return as opposed to the slice backhand return.
loved the video, I really needed it to be honest, very simple but effective tips, gonna try to put it together tomorrow and see if i can get my backhand back to shape over time, a big thanks from Brazil
I’ve seen Ian from Essential Tennis with the same problem with the take back. Turns out he was bringing the racquet way up to hopefully impart more spin bc his grip was more on the Continental. The fix to that was to grip it forwards a bit so you don’t have to make all these weird arm movements bc the angle of the racquet will create it, not the rest of your body so now you can do a more direct stroke & utilize more forward attack.
Awesome to see the progression in this video. At first you were still doing the hitch then eventually you did the hitch less and less during the first drill. Then as you said, going into the second drill about going around the ball you went back to hitching a bit because you weren't consciously thinking about it as you were thinking about something else now but by the end of your drills you were starting to put it all together and it's awesome to see the results of what kind of shot you can hit once you do put it all together. The shots at the end by you looked very controlled, smooth and powerful with less effort. You were unconsciously not doing the hitch anymore as you just focused on placing your shots which shows that drills and tips really did help sink themselves into your body and natural swing. Great video!
Great simple tips fo practice. I really appreciate the tip about letting the follow through flow naturally. Some coaches instruct to keep the follow through to the "left side of the letter v," but when I have tried that it feels so constrained and unnatural, like I'm stopping in the middle of my swing.
Hits backhands in warm up that are miles better than mine, 'hey look at all these things wrong with my backhand' Please, I was not prepared to be attacked today
Thanks u so much,i practica today after watching your fore-hand tips.It worked for me and my trainings partner.We are a different level.But IT worked for me and hun aswell👌👀🤙🙏🙏🙏🙏 Gr J
Genuine discussion: Is the style of excessive flaring of the wrist a good way to teach players? I've had coaches who have taught both styles. I've typically agreed more with the classic method (where there is less flaring of the wrist) in practice. However, in game I often will release the wrist because of the speed/pace of the game as well as the fact that I'm trying to generate more power in games while my wrist is relaxed after contact (and therefore, the combination of the momentum of the racquet + a relaxed wrist after contact will result in some flaring). However, if I find myself more in the school of teaching players not to flare the wrist, or at least not to purposely do it. The reasons being: 1) Flaring the wrist typically results in the body opening up too much after contact, this results in higher inconsistency. 2) Players focus too much on the flare because they think the "spin" comes from the flaring of the wrist. However, I would argue the majority of spin comes from the fact the racquet starts under and goes up into the ball and the wrist is relaxed. And because they're intentionally flaring the wrist they might tense up and loose a lot of power. Second discussion: The different take back techniques. I personally don't think there's anything wrong with taking back the racquet in a more vertical position, having a longer racquet drop and accelerating into the ball. I actually think it's better to teach this way. If the incoming ball is very fast, there are ways to learn to shortening your swing. I also don't personally have the "hitch", but I'm personally not convinced it's a huge problem. What are everyone's thoughts? Thank you.
I wish you guys had addressed the grip. That seems to be one of the toughest areas for newbie one-handers to come to grips with (pun 100% intended), making the spin from ready position to motorcycle (or approximate) one-hander grip while also turning and moving to get into position. And the grip has a huge influence on the rest of the one-hander flow and resulting contact. I'll check to see if you have other vids that address grip. Thanks.
Interesting tips on how to get some pop into the stroke. Would be great to hear similar tips from Nikki on how to get some pop on slice and kick serves (without accidentally turning them into flat serves).
Thank you!! These are instant classics. Made for repeat watching. Nikki and Karl are superb teachers. One video on anticipation and preparation please!
Nice work Jonas! You can complement the outcome of drill #2 with some more pronounced footwork. My impression is that you're not getting low enough/not getting enough hip rotation into the ball. Loading left>hitting through to land on the right>recovery step on the left would be helpful. Hard to explain by text, but do a shadow swing and imagine there is a dot on the court roughly 18 inches from where your right foot lands. You should focus on starting low and having your left foot finish on that dot to get maximum rotation and an immediate start on recovery footwork. All the best!
I have a one handed backhand and struggle quite a bit with any high balls or heavy topspin to my backhand side. Kick serves give me a lot of trouble as well on my backhand side.
I’m a two-handed backhander but I’ve always wanted to be a one-hand backhander. Is it worth giving up my old backhand form and trying to learn a new one-hand backhand form or does two-handed backhand have more advantages?
So nice to see you rocking that particular racket, one if not the all time favorite for me! There is no two handed backhand lesson from and with Nikki Roen coming up, is there? It wouldn't make much sense I suppose, BUT aslice video maybe? Pretty please? ;D
I have - apparently - a Wawrinka BH which is a mix of my version of the Lendl backhand which I copied as a child and the best BH advice my coach ever gave me which is: do what you would do to throw water out of a bucket overboard on boat deck... visualise that, then do it on court and all will magically fall into place. TRY IT!!! 🎾🎾🎾
There you can see what muscle Memory ecactly is. In his shadowswings he is doing what he was just taught. When it is time to hit that ball, he is always doing this extra loop right after preparing. It needs so much time to get rid of habits. Great Content though!
Fantastic instruction. Nikki 's advice to keep it simple is so helpful. His strokes are ideal for any player to try and emulate. Would like to see more slow mo of his shots.
I have seen many instruction videos about the one-handed backhand, but without a doubt, this was the cleanest and most practical one. Much simpler, less to think about and clean shooting, thank you very much!!
Nikki's advice about hitting the outside edge of the ball, really helped me to understand what my coach was telling me this morning. Letting the tip of the racket lead the way, catching the ball on the outside edge seemed to help me create the shot shape that I want. It also applied equally to the down the line shot with different impact point obvs but my inclination to try and control the ball by keeping my wrist firm (stiff) was shown to be hurting my game. Similarly the idea of holding the throat of the racket with my left hand helped me create more space and the tip about imagining someone pulling the racket toward the back fence was also intuitive to me and helped create some torque in my torso. All in all, best ever online tutorial for the one hand backhand. Super helpful.
Anyone who criticises your technique either can't play themselves or are just trolling. Good players or knowledgeable players simply dont give unsolicited advice across the internet to you. They understand the game, how development works and more respectful because of that.
I have been watching 1-hand BH videos for years. This is one of the most useful to me.
Nikki's best video so far here and one of the best backhand videos out there
Jonas, the three points are very helpful. Could you do something similar for the serve?
Ron
I have a serve video coming up 👍🏻
@@Tennisnerd Looking forward to it!
Yes, one video for serve would be super awesome!! Great stuff so far, well done Nikki and Jonas!
“Tip of the racquet should lead” ? This runs counter to what I’ve always heard which is that the butt cap should lead, tip catches up & comes through last
I understood it as tip of racquet leads after contact. I could be wrong but I found that I generate top spin easier that way.
This is an awesome video along with the forehand one. Nikki has some great advice on how to hit with simplicity and power. I have watched alot of videos on one handed backhand technique and not one has ever mentioned hitting the ball on the side at 7/8 o'clock - what amazing advice !!!!
Hey Jonas, hi Nikki. A SERVE Lesson would be great too..!! Thanks for the backhand and forehand episode! Best wishes from Germany to Marbella!
Amazing instruction. Hit the side of the ball. This is an example of a difference between internal feeling and what is really going on.
The racket is hitting the right place of the ball.
Thank you so much Nikki and Jonas. Very useful tips!!!
Nikki and the other former pro from Marbella (some years ago) were the real deal, Nikki backhand part 2 including weight transfer and on the run will be great. Thanks a lot Jonas!!!
loved this backhand lesson...to the point and every aspect and detail.....thanks
Super nice instructions, thank you both. May be a slice version? And volley(bh-fh) if possible please. Regards
Great suggestion!
Best BH-video Ive seen, pretty much. Great work! (again!)
Wow, thanks!
Excellent again, please keep going with all aspects of the game
We will!
Excellent instruction... One thing I may disagree with is 14:40 "think of hitting the outside of the ball even when going down the line. He says to contact it later to go down the line and still think of hitting the outside of the ball.
A better way of thinking of it is:
1. x-court - Contact earlier. Obviously you will be hitting the outside of the ball; that is the only way to make it go cross court!
2. down the line - Contact later
Super helpful. 2 handed backhand would be nice!
Great vid Nikki backhand is so crisp
The advice about hitting the ball aside and the wrist turning action really helped me! 👍 Big thanks 🙏!
Very very useful tips! I have a 1hb and normally I strugle with aiming cross court, the hitting outside the ball from 7-8 pm to 2 pm really makes a lot of sense. I am new to Nikki's videos and love his technique, clean strikes and easy instructions makes it even more adictive to watch, keep it going!
I love his preparation and the simplicity of the stroke. I am trying to work with a novice who is having trouble straightening her arm and leading with her elbow bent.
When I was learning, the most helpful tip I got was to think of it like holding a ball on a string with left hand. You pull it out horizontally, then let it drop. Same as a ball on string, it drops and swings around. Also not to lift the front shoulder.
excellent video Jonas. i am 53 and still trying to improve my 1-hander. many thanks
Excellent instruction from Nik....simple and precise.
Great video and good reminder of how many moving parts the 1HBH has. Looks great when feeding balls but falls apart quick in a real match situation.
Super backhand instruction! Better than many of the prototypical videos on line! You’ve found a new notch!
One tip a coach gave me and is super useful is to use your left thumb to push down on the racket, so that the racket head drops below the ball and you can hit from 8 to 2 like Niki said. I think this should help you get more spin Jonas
Thanks for the valuable lesson. Your demo is the best. Down the line shot, hit around the a little late is very good trick, so subtle. Cannot wait to practice that, I can’t make that shot for years.
Bravo!
im wondering if pointing the racquet head towards the net on the backhand is always a bad habit or if strength adequatly compensates. I am a 11 utr player and quite strong by tennis standards. I am 182cm tall, 86kg, 10~% body fat. Having the modern takeback on the forehand as qell with the racquet tip facing the net, the same takeback on my backhand felt like it helped me to have control and generate spin. I always tried to emulate Stan's bh, so i never thought of the 'hitch' as a downside.
This video is immensely helpful we need more videos with him!
Fantastic instruction. I have the same issue as you do!!! TY
Wow, this is truly next level! I've never heard of letting the racquet head go/lead so much and hitting around the ball. More details to aspire to-what fun! I also like the simple tip on creating space on the backswing.
Orsom .The advice to feel that the racket is comming a little bit around on the outside of the ball is very helpfull for my backhand .
Nice one!! Upload more videos like that guys!! It really helps!
Thanks!
Very helpful, thank you. My 1HBH isn't as consistent as my topspin forehand, so having little mental cues to emphasize a clean, low maintenance backswing and contacting the outside of the ball whether going cross or up the line are interesting and great! Nikki does have a sick shot.
Great instructional videos, Jonas!
it's clear instruction, simple and easy to understand. My conclusion with OH backhand is simple but the preparation and need to always remember sideway position, not over rotate your body. Big thanks!
Glad it helped!
Fantastic content, many thanks
Looking forward to practicing these tips tomorrow. How to use your offhand is often overlooked when learning and refining tennis strokes. Liked the video. Keep them coming.
Absolutely
Didn't think you were going to be able to stop the hitch, but seems like it started coming to you around 13:30. Nice job. Keep on it.
Great video. I’ve always struggled with the backhand but 1 handlers always felt more natural for me. Can’t wait to get on court and give it another go
12:12 he says stay nearly side on, dont overrotate, yet he fully opens his chest and the coach still says yeah thats the one. At the end of the day consistency is was matters, even if it looks bad. It doesnt matter if you have the best technique in the world if most of your shots go out. And this guy here has some pretty good consistency.
Excellent. Would also like to see one on the serve
Awesome video, awesome idea. Jonas, keep up on great videos!
Great video series ! The serve would be interesting. Volleys/smashes too. And maybe some more "tactical" tips for managing points and matches. Great work guys! I look forward to the next part. Thanks Jonas and Nikki.
Enjoyed this BH lesson immensely! Since many of your viewers are older and play more doubles, the three key shots are the serve, return of serve and volley. I would like to see you and Nikki give a lesson on the return of serve (there are plenty of videos out there on the serve and how to hit a volley). In particular, would like to see how to hit the return of serve from the deuce court including the off-backhand return and then from the ad court. Compare when to use the drive backhand return as opposed to the slice backhand return.
Would also love to see a lesson on the slice backhand groundstroke and approach shots on both sides.
loved the video, I really needed it to be honest, very simple but effective tips, gonna try to put it together tomorrow and see if i can get my backhand back to shape over time, a big thanks from Brazil
As a fellow 1HBH myself and a fan of such strokes Nikki has a sweet crisp motion on his 1hander. Great lesson again.
Thanks for the great video. It would be fantastic to get Nikki’s tutorial on the serve.
We will do that too 👍🏻
Great tips, clean explanation of the all aspects of the strokes. Thx large!
Pls provide a video on the two-handed backhand and serve as well. Thank you for all the instructional information.
Great correction from the coach
This, and the forehand video or some of your best videos. He gives such useful instruction.
More to come!
Nikki is an incredible coach!!
Excellent backhand instruction video 👍
Thank you 👍 new app available with more
I'd requested something similar regarding slice! Would be great if Nikki could break it down
We’ll get there 👊🏻
Every backhand I hit from now on will be like ideal furniture.
Great video thank you for posting. Could you do a backhand slice video? A great compliment to the one handed backhand
Great video TN! Nick is an excellent stroke repair technician! Flawed muscle memory is the toughest competitor...
Thanks!
I’ve seen Ian from Essential Tennis with the same problem with the take back. Turns out he was bringing the racquet way up to hopefully impart more spin bc his grip was more on the Continental. The fix to that was to grip it forwards a bit so you don’t have to make all these weird arm movements bc the angle of the racquet will create it, not the rest of your body so now you can do a more direct stroke & utilize more forward attack.
Incredible video! Thanks so much for sharing. Could you do something on volleys?
Yes, I can look into that.
Awesome tips! Videos on a two hander and a slice would be great! 👍🏻😀
It looks so easy....and it's really not so simple but there's a lot if good tips in this video. Thanks a lot.
Awesome to see the progression in this video. At first you were still doing the hitch then eventually you did the hitch less and less during the first drill. Then as you said, going into the second drill about going around the ball you went back to hitching a bit because you weren't consciously thinking about it as you were thinking about something else now but by the end of your drills you were starting to put it all together and it's awesome to see the results of what kind of shot you can hit once you do put it all together. The shots at the end by you looked very controlled, smooth and powerful with less effort. You were unconsciously not doing the hitch anymore as you just focused on placing your shots which shows that drills and tips really did help sink themselves into your body and natural swing. Great video!
Great instruction.
Yep thanks for the video and coaching tips. I found it useful 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the amazing tips.
Great simple tips fo practice. I really appreciate the tip about letting the follow through flow naturally. Some coaches instruct to keep the follow through to the "left side of the letter v," but when I have tried that it feels so constrained and unnatural, like I'm stopping in the middle of my swing.
Hits backhands in warm up that are miles better than mine,
'hey look at all these things wrong with my backhand'
Please, I was not prepared to be attacked today
Really helpfull to improve my technique, thanks for the videooooo
Thanks u so much,i practica today after watching your fore-hand tips.It worked for me and my trainings partner.We are a different level.But IT worked for me and hun aswell👌👀🤙🙏🙏🙏🙏 Gr J
Just loving these videos! 👍
Genuine discussion: Is the style of excessive flaring of the wrist a good way to teach players?
I've had coaches who have taught both styles. I've typically agreed more with the classic method (where there is less flaring of the wrist) in practice. However, in game I often will release the wrist because of the speed/pace of the game as well as the fact that I'm trying to generate more power in games while my wrist is relaxed after contact (and therefore, the combination of the momentum of the racquet + a relaxed wrist after contact will result in some flaring).
However, if I find myself more in the school of teaching players not to flare the wrist, or at least not to purposely do it. The reasons being:
1) Flaring the wrist typically results in the body opening up too much after contact, this results in higher inconsistency.
2) Players focus too much on the flare because they think the "spin" comes from the flaring of the wrist. However, I would argue the majority of spin comes from the fact the racquet starts under and goes up into the ball and the wrist is relaxed. And because they're intentionally flaring the wrist they might tense up and loose a lot of power.
Second discussion: The different take back techniques.
I personally don't think there's anything wrong with taking back the racquet in a more vertical position, having a longer racquet drop and accelerating into the ball. I actually think it's better to teach this way. If the incoming ball is very fast, there are ways to learn to shortening your swing. I also don't personally have the "hitch", but I'm personally not convinced it's a huge problem.
What are everyone's thoughts? Thank you.
this series is great!!
glad i watched this, i could never get my backhand go down the line. can you do your next one on how to stop leaning back during groundstrokes?
I wish you guys had addressed the grip. That seems to be one of the toughest areas for newbie one-handers to come to grips with (pun 100% intended), making the spin from ready position to motorcycle (or approximate) one-hander grip while also turning and moving to get into position. And the grip has a huge influence on the rest of the one-hander flow and resulting contact. I'll check to see if you have other vids that address grip. Thanks.
Awesome🎉 thx
great video! thanks. the coach said the racket should not be vertical if you are not Wawrinka, but rather 45 degrees. why?
Interesting tips on how to get some pop into the stroke. Would be great to hear similar tips from Nikki on how to get some pop on slice and kick serves (without accidentally turning them into flat serves).
Thank you!! These are instant classics. Made for repeat watching. Nikki and Karl are superb teachers. One video on anticipation and preparation please!
good tip on using the nondominant hand to take the racquet back
Nice work Jonas! You can complement the outcome of drill #2 with some more pronounced footwork. My impression is that you're not getting low enough/not getting enough hip rotation into the ball. Loading left>hitting through to land on the right>recovery step on the left would be helpful. Hard to explain by text, but do a shadow swing and imagine there is a dot on the court roughly 18 inches from where your right foot lands. You should focus on starting low and having your left foot finish on that dot to get maximum rotation and an immediate start on recovery footwork. All the best!
great video! thanks
I have a one handed backhand and struggle quite a bit with any high balls or heavy topspin to my backhand side. Kick serves give me a lot of trouble as well on my backhand side.
Great content thanks! Second serve options would be a good video.
So clean hitting - will try the takeback to improve my backhand 👍 thanks for this great session 🙏
Happy to help!
I’m a two-handed backhander but I’ve always wanted to be a one-hand backhander. Is it worth giving up my old backhand form and trying to learn a new one-hand backhand form or does two-handed backhand have more advantages?
Love both the forehand and backhand vids! Serve? Please!
Wonderful instruction. Would you like to include the difference on preparation betn double and single backhand?
👍👍👍 Fantastic serie of videos ! Different types of serve next time ?
I would love to see a serving MasterClass from this guy.
Great OHBH 🎾 tips. 👍👏🙏
this was awesome.
Great tip!!!!
So nice to see you rocking that particular racket, one if not the all time favorite for me! There is no two handed backhand lesson from and with Nikki Roen coming up, is there? It wouldn't make much sense I suppose, BUT aslice video maybe? Pretty please? ;D
I have - apparently - a Wawrinka BH which is a mix of my version of the Lendl backhand which I copied as a child and the best BH advice my coach ever gave me which is: do what you would do to throw water out of a bucket overboard on boat deck... visualise that, then do it on court and all will magically fall into place. TRY IT!!! 🎾🎾🎾