Tennis Without A Racket: The Backhand

It's time to play catch. Not with another player, but the new player needs to learn how to play catch with herself.

Next, the new player, standing in the two handed backhand ready position, grabs a ball with his non dominant hand, then grabs the wrist of his non dominant arm with the dominant one and extends his arms and hands back and down, out from but slightly below the buttocks. The new player's non dominant arm should be slightly bent, and the dominant had should be holding the wrist of the non-dominant are. With the arms back, the new player should start by rotating her hips toward the front and this rotation is used to accelerate the arms, hands, and the ball toward the contact point. The faster the hip rotation, the faster the arm swings. However, the new player should concentrate on creating a smooth two-handed backhand stroke, because the strings supply most of the power the smooth stroke can allow the tennis ball to clear the net. Since there is no racket at this point, the new player must concentrate on accelerating the ball in his hand. During the stroke, when the ball reaches the contact point, the new player will release the ball, and it will go flying away from his hand just like a hit tennis ball. At this point, the new player continues her hip rotation, allows the arms to control themselves and finish over the dominant shoulder.

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