Honestly you should worry more about hitting it right maintaining an L shape wrist thru your follow through. Timing and saying sideways plays a big key. Having balls fed slowly then at a faster speed is huge as well. Tbh having a racquet that is more control oriented makes for better practice as hitting one handed BH forces u to follow through correctly. Which in turn makes are better practice habits. Definitely a ground stroke you can’t take a shortcut or u will look stupid. Me personally I have to play further back from the baseline to get my timing right. I am not fast enough if I’m rallying with a person from the baseline. I have to play about a foot behind the baseline to create good habits.

.. go on - list the 'negative beliefs' and 'antiquated instruction' that you claim exists and provide a link to such a teaching video on KZfaq.

@@Chris_Sheridan so many to list and I’m sure you came up on some instructional video that were less instructional to say the least Chris. Example high backhand even those above head height. These can effectively be handled with authority either cross court or down the line and I’ve heard the advice to step back ( even very far) to allow the ball to drop to around chest to waist level or step in and hit it early at waist level . He recommended to chip it(which is a fine viable option especially when done so effectively). His demonstration of how to hit it was well, not only flawed but will leave you with more questions. A few years later he admitted that his one hander was awful even throughout college. He’s an online coach. He was being helped by one of his fellow instructors who no longer is with him but went on his own to put out nice content. He had trouble unlearning old habits. There are quit a few out there and over the 40 yrs I’ve played, been coached as well as taught I’ve scraped and rebuilt my game so many times with countless frustrations but that is what make tennis so epiic. Actually all learning endeavors are but sometimes we get in our own head and way which can hinder our progress but man is it fun and rewarding when u get it. I get so excited I wanna share it with others so they can find the fun and beauty of this sport. Cheers

@@DEForce-fm8rt .. thanks for your comment - many will observe how Nadal retreats behind the baseline to play his defence strategy until he finds the opportunity to play an offensive forehand winner. Federer's backhand was one of his strengths when he became world no. 1, however, players like Nadal would still try to find a weakness on that side, especially with high bouncing topspin returns. I use advice from numerous quality channels and select the videos that are informative and get to the point without too much verbal repetition or filler or slang terms or cliches. I can tell when a coach knows what he is talking about - it's easy to spot poor coaching. Not every teaching channel will be 100% reliable - nevertheless, I will pick my favourite videos - I don't dismiss the entire channel programme or the coach if I feel the video will be less informative for my students. I simply back up my teaching by offering my students quality video analysis from online content that I trust and that I can explain from my own experience and understanding. The better channels include the following (in my opinion) - Tomaz Mencinger (Feel Tennis) - Ian Westermann (Essential Tennis) - Will Hamilton (FYB) - Florian Meier (Essential Tennis Instruction) - Nikola Aracic (Intuitive Tennis) - Alex + Simon (Top Tennis Training) - Christophe Delavaut (Tennis Oxygen) - Mark Papas (Revolutionary Tennis Instruction) Check Federer Vision Technique by Mark Papas .. www.revolutionarytennis.com/federervisiontechnique.html#benefits

Hi mark, I teach in Canada just outside of Toronto, please send me an email to tennisdoctoratp@gmail.com for more info.

I wonder if you can break down the 2-hander as well in a different video with this kind of detailed analysis. Agassi, Djokovic, and Nalbandian say they use the right arm more than people think. I have a 1-hander, but want to understand a good 2-hander at a deeper level.

.. you don't know what you're talking about - all Federer's backhands have full extension - you can't have a bent elbow on the backhand - the follow-through is always low to high with a windshield wiper finish (supination)

No. Ya maximum spin to the net.

@@FMD023 yes i agree.....dats if you dont put your body into the shot, it will end up at the net... Try it out...with your body in it... Thank me later