Inside this video you are going to learn one of the little known secrets the best two handed backhand players use.
Wozniacki, Murray, Agassi….they all do it.
When you learn to relax your bottom hand onthe backhand at the END of the stroke, you will be shocked at the results.
The ball control and feel you develop is out of this world.
Pretty please: go practice this now and come back and leave me a comment.
You are not going to find this little known tip in many other places. Other coaches might talk about using your non dominant hand to hit opposite hand forehands. But they probably won’t show you the way I would have you do it in this video for maximum results.
Can you tell I am just a wee bit excited to share this you. I would love to hear what you are thinking about what I have shown you today.
See ya at the next video!Jeff
Hey everyone, it’s Jeff Salzenstein here and I’ve got a great video tennis tip for you that’s going to help you with your backhand, especially if you have a two-handed backhand. If you have a one-hander, you’re going to have to wait for another video for me to help you with your one-handed backhand. But go ahead and watch the video anyway because this tip is one of my top tips, it really jives with the tennis system that I’ve developed, which is based a lot on relaxation. The best athletes in the world know how to go from tension to relaxation. Just watch Roger Federer. He is a master at being graceful and relaxed on the tennis court.
Now, if you look at last month’s Tennis magazine with Caroline Wozniacki on the cover, you might have noticed her fancy outfit, you might have noticed the pose, maybe the footwork, maybe the swing. But did you notice what her bottom hand was doing on the racquet at the end of the swing? Go ahead and take a look at that magazine and see if you can pick that up.
So the key, the key to what she’s doing with her bottom hand or her offhand on the racquet when she’s swinging is her fingers are opening up a bit, and that is showing me that she knows how to relax on her backhand and she is using her non-dominant hand. In my case, as a lefty, I’m using my right hand to hit an amazing backhand with a relaxed bottom hand at the end.
Now, I could have used this tip during my junior career. I had some great coaches that were having me hit right-handed forehand, but I never really got to feel on my backhand of what I needed to do by using that drill. The drill that made all the difference for me was actually swinging with two hands and then relaxing the fingers at the end of the swing. So I still had the stability of both hands on the racquet with that relaxation component at the end.
So, I want you to go ahead and try that. Leave a comment if you like this video and you feel like this is going to help your game. And then I want you to go out and try it and then come back to me and leave me a comment to see if it works — because I want to learn with you, I want to help you get better at tennis, and I’m pretty confident based on the results I’m getting with my own backhand and with the lessons that I give that if you relax your bottom hand at the end of the swing, like Caroline Wozniacki, Andy Murray does it, David Nalbandian, several other two-handers on the Tour. If you do that, you’re going to have amazing results.
So I look forward to seeing you at the next video and I really want you to go out there, improve your backhand, relax that bottom hand at the end of the swing and let me know how it goes. Leave me that comment because I really want to help you, I want to learn with you and find out what works best for your game. So we’ll talk soon and thanks again.
Jeff Salzenstein
http://www.JeffSalzensteinTennis.com
Hoiw would relaxing the bottom hand during the swing and/or at impact affect the swing? Taking the last finger or last two fingers off when serving is sometimes recommended so maybe it could also work for the backhand – perhaps even more effectively. Thanks for the idea – I’ll go out and try it now.
Great tip Jeff!! it really is like you say. Not doing that means you are actually leading the shot with your dominant hand still. Which is wrong tecnicque. When you don’t loose your fingers there that blocks (at the time of contact) your left hand (I am right-handed) from “hinging” and putting that “roof” on the ball BEFORE bringing the racquet through across your body. That tip allows the left hand to really lead the shot and creat that 180 degrees far wide turn flip of the racquet head at contact point, before bringing it in across the body, and leaves the right arm relaxed with elbow low (pointing to the floor) almost touching the body. It truely is a great tip!!
I am going to try it in an hour, will check back with you to let you know how it goes
I just tried the backhand tip, and I can honestly say that I have found the Holy Grail for me.
I haven’t been able to hit my two hander down the line cleanly in months if not years.
I felt absolutely phenomenal hitting my two hander today.
Thanks so much, I can’t tell you how ecstatic I was today hitting both cross court and down the line with the relaxing of the fingers technique.
David
just to clarify, the last two comments are not the same David, I will use my whole name in the future to clarify. Jeff, you are my new guru. I would like to set up a skype lesson at some point, the problem for me is getting some decent clips of strokes to send you. All I have is the flip camera, and I have found that what I really need is a wider angle camera. Keep up the great work. Love your site.
David Stewart