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Hey guys, this is Curtis, the amateur loser on the right side of the screen. Ryan, this is awesome material as always! I am honored to have been featured on the channel, and have been attempting to implement the points you made! It’s already making a big difference, I greatly appreciate it! As a long time viewer, I can also add I DEFINITELY appreciate you featuring the Hendy on a lot of your latest uploads, and I cannot tell you enough how much it means to us. It is my pride and joy, and we are all honored being featured here. Everyone please continue to support Ryan and 2MinuteTennis, and hopefully you all are as lucky as me and get your footage featured as well. It’s extremely helpful stuff, seriously. YOU GOT THIS!

This is the greatest explanation of 1-hand backhand errors. Great detail. My man you nail it.

This is a really good video. The first to explain what 1.5 means and when to release the left hand. Can’t wait to try this the next time I play.

The 1.5 hand made a big difference for me after watching Thiem still go forward a bit with his non-hitting hand and leaving it on longer than I originally thought. I started doing that and found improvement in control, power, and consistency.

Struggle with my back and for many years now. I have watched too many back videos to count. This is the best one yet! Thank you.

Outstanding!! Thank you for that breakdown, well done!

WOW. This was a wonderfully thorough video and every bit of it was helpful, no fluff. Can't wait to implement the tips.

excellent video! So practical. Cannot wait to hit the court later today and follow this advice!

You got this! Way to go Ryan. Another excellent tennis instruction.

No.1. Tennis analyst on KZfaq . Thank you .❤

Amazing coach ! I really wanted this . Thanks 👍

This is a great video! So thoughtful and informative. Going to implement on my one-hander! Thanks!

This is one of the best video I’ve seen yet, specially with the comparison and visuals and arrows showing exactly what you’re referencing. It’s my first video from this channel, but it’s so helpful. Subscribed

Fantastic video analysis!

Just found this video I’ve been having such a hard time explaining some of this concepts to my clients and your pov and explanation are just amazing and gave me way more understanding myself thanks coach!

Great video!

Thank you. That could be my problem… can’t wait to try this.

Super step by step tutorial for an amateur. Keep going

This is crazy informative!

As always ryan is spot on. So much to see…I notice All pros set BEFORE the bounce and this gentleman is finishing his rotation after the bounce causing him to run even later. Second I notice at point of contact Curtis has already rotated his head and eyes forward causing additional early/over rotation and off center hitting.

Great info!! Best instruction online!!!

Great cues . Tks 👍🏻

Great tips. Thanks so much. Started shadow swings right after I finished watching😅. Also what app is that for video sketching?

Great stuff as usual. I think you’re touching on a bigger point here though- It’s common for us rec players to have trouble producing pace on a weak/short ball. I see the swing in the first one as his attempt to swing bigger, which throws everything out of whack after the racquet goes horizontal. This fast, outside-in horizontal swing leads to the bad follow-through.

great commentary

Great Video…one thing I’ll add that helped me as a junior with the right hand/elbow position on the take back was to imagine holding something in your armpit and you can’t drop it, even put something small in there…that got my right elbow closer and hand lower.

so helpful!

Great analysis, and thank you for the tips! I would definitely add a few minutes on the importance of leaning forward, the leg work and loading during the unit turn. Keep it up!

awesome keep it up

Brian: Great tips as usual from your side. Just one point I like to clarify. In fact your third point: Angle at contact and angle at end of swing: you call that the V . You explain it as the wrist stays the same. I am just experimenting with having a more loose wrist - similar to Stan when he hits the ball. It is really pronounced with Stans backhand as well as Dominique's. Can you please share your thoughts . Thanks / Will / Singapore

Thanks for the video. I´m struggling with one aspect though and need some input: I´m trying to keep my non dominant hand on the racket longer now, but, as a consequence, I cannot swing it in the opposite direction after hitting the ball as everything happens so quickly. My question is: what is more important a) to keep the non dominant hand longer on the racket (1.5 hander) or b) to swing the non dominant arm in the opposite direction after contanct. Right now I´m supporting option a) but any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hi Coach ! I am a geek of Tennis of course and a geek too about Geometry ! I enjoy watching your explanations with angles ! it speak to me....Could you do the same video angles,with a two handed backhand ?

Awesome channel

Hey, Ryan... When it comes to "the finish," what about the pro's like, Dimitrov, Federer, Wawrinka, and others who open up their shoulders toward the court (after contact) and point their racquets toward the back fence? (yes, crosscourt balls, but not always) I find this to be more of the case when watching them practice and during matches. The only time I see them finish in the "V" shape is when; as you suggested; when they are looking for "control" OR they're getting a deep ball and being pushed back. I have a OHBH as well and feel these are accurate (with what I do) Thanks, Ryan

I agree with this - but I have noticed that Rec players have a hard enough time setting up for 1hbh - when I have tried to drill this, a lot of rec players hit even later. Thiem hits a lower trajectory swing path - these are just different mechanics between players. Closing the racquet happens easily when clients focus on pointing the butt cap at the ball.

Just great.

Great stuff! Does keeping the right arm straight on the takeaway increase the likelihood of being late? I notice that when I have a bend in my right arm on the backswing, I struggle to get it straight by contact.

Hi Ryan What exactly do you think is the cause of left hand letting go and moving back too early? I’m extremely puzzled by this common issue in amateur one handers. And how can it be fixed? Thanks.

Great vídeo.

I wish you would’ve had him the student swing one with the changes that would’ve made perfect sense I think

May I add the grip of the racket as another issue?

Another big difference I noticed also is the shape 😂

Wow, when I thought I was the weirdo who does the 1.5 BH (actually I named as such when discussed this strange technique in TW forum like 10 years ago) with the non-hitting arm pushing through to help the launch of the stroke.

Отл! Спасибо! 👍🎾🤝

It would be interesting to see you analyze Borg’s “2 handed backhand” in this video… his backhand almost appears to be a “1.5 to 1.75” backhand vs. a true 2 hander. Back in the day, I thought Borg had some of the ugliest strokes that I’d ever seen… looking at how modern strokes have evolved, I’m now thinking that Borg’s strokes were perhaps a bit ahead of their time.

5:35 "Nobody on tour has this absolutely perfect technique". Perhaps you've never analyzed Stan Wawrinka's backhand...if it's not perfect, it's the closest professional tennis has ever seen. 😍😍

Great comparison. I would put money on him also being a racket ball or squash player.

Really good stuff here that was new to me. A funny thing about pro strokes is that they look more complicated but are actually much simpler than what we do.

Eccellente

My back hand is double back hand, I also do one back hand shots, but definitely I don’t do like the guy on the right

Shapo does it to gain control? I guess he isn't doing it enough.

Sampras, Federer, Thiem, Mauresmo...? I could go on. They don't follow your vertical racket theory. Obviously you can nit pick on the mechanical breakdown of each part of the stroke but you would lose the forest for the trees. There are a few critical points that all strokes must fulfill and as long as they work for the individual regardless of small mechanical differences, then that's a functional stroke. There's no "perfect" stroke and trying to change someone's natural stroke mechanics to mimic and emulate another, especially a pro, I would argue is counter productive. I know you want to say that the vertical racket produces a more consistent response for the rec level player, but that's where we have to agree to disagree! Without measuring shoulder, wrist, hip, knee, etc ROM and strength we really can't be making any inferences on optimal positions. Though to be fair, if you were coaching someone from scratch, feel free to influence their strokes in a direction you find would be most beneficial for them.

Looks like Curtis meant to do a slice but got caught in too minds

team had a 2 handed backhand which he changed late so it does look like a 2 handed backhand and that's how, probably he adjusted it.

That’s a slice position, it feels like he is going to get hurt

The amateur player's backhand is like Richard Gasquet style, like slice style backhand😂

For this video I would've appreciated seeing a few more pro strokes in real time

This takeback is not wrong, it's more like guga kuerten, which I requested u to study and analyze but, probably u didn't feel important to study. Gustavo has one of the best ever backhand even better than wawrinka. I think u r not old enough to study a player that old, I guess. No ill feeling. People analyze the big 3 or 4 to stay popular and not be sincere to the superior techniques of all time.

Shapovalov is left hander ! not right

My one handed backhand is better than Musetti's

YOU ARE FUNNY DUDE , TAKE YOUR MEDICATION , DON T HALUCINATE ........

BS, what really happens is that armatures do not engage their own body weight in the preparation because they are lazy.

@2Minute Tennis: "Nobody on tour has this absolutely perfect [BH] technique that you would want to copy..." Seriously, what are you talking about? Dimitrov has a technically perfect backhand, which is based on Federer's which is also perfect. Thiem, Wawrinka, Tsitsipas, Gasquet, Shapovalov -- all world-class one-handers ripe for copying by amateur players. I'm sure you mean well but your lessons are so often misinformed like this and you make outrageous claims. Frankensteining together a one-hander is a terrible idea for an inexperienced player. Just terrible.

Or we can ditch the one handed backhand and teach him a proper two handed backhand. The one handed backhand is for gifted individuals or adults over 50 years old 🤷🏾‍♂️