Teaching Backhand Fundamentals & Angles to Juniors: Tiafoe's Junior Coach

Published: Jul 09, 2024 Duration: 00:03:26 Category: Sports

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I'm going to show you guys the backand side grip next backand side is here I usually keep it right here and then I put my hand right there on the grip here put the back hand and then I add the second hand here so Ethan is going to demonstrate a similar way you're going to go here put the raet at the bottom and then add the second hand on top so usually at Pro players the left hand V can vary a little bit in terms of location could be a little bit under a little bit over but the key is to get these knuckles correctly and the right hand right so this pretty much gets it done really good then later on we're going to go move into the take back and the swings want to make sure that the elbows are slightly bent this is going to be our ready position here so he will be ready to go into the forehand here or possibly into the back end right there by Shifting the grip okay so we're bouncing coach is bouncing right Ethan is bouncing ra keep bouncing Rock is in front that's the ready position that's the elbows that's a body language make sure he's breathing Ethan is breathing he's looking strong keep breathing you don't want to show up on it you're tired you want to show the opponent you're ready to go all day Ethan is ready to go all day back is straight knees are slightly bent and go good where is the crossover step on the back hand Ethan thank you now Ethan is doing a crossover step what about the finish on the back hand how the elbows are going all the way to the top all the way to the top all the way cross over step big steps yeah all right Ethan let's get our 30 balls in a row down ready how many is that one beautiful no mistakes in the net brush elbows are going away from the body we just talk we just talked about the back hands how how important it is to open up the court Ethan balls are crossing the sideline before they're crossing the Baseline Short Court he's learning fundamentals hit he's hitting the tennis ball outside of the ball he's pulling the guy off the court he's keeping his head straight this is the backand action good let's drop the racket under the ball Ethan with the tennis ball needs to look pretty like a rainbow the tennis ball is like a rainbow the ball is rising ball is rising and the spin brings it in we're not hitting anything flat we're hitting everything with action and height and lots of spin our body language is strong we're doing 30 today but we can easily do 50 we do three sets once you see a tennis ball that will go above the net level that's when you pull the trigger and you hit winners until then if the ball is below the net level then you got to grind it out like Rafa Nadal does and you do it all day as long as it takes [Music]

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