Angle at the wrist maintained
One of the things you should recognize is that from just before impact, through impact and probably a foot or two after impact, the angle in the horizontal plain between the forearm and the racket shaft is maintained; that is, the wrist isn't really moving...just trying to hold the ball on the strings. The arm may be externally rotating which adds more spin and lift as it moves the racket head up in the vertical plain, brushing the ball slightly (not turning over it). I'm not sure you can find it on youtube, but there may be some video from the Grand Slam Cup (I think 1994) where Korda played a lot of great matches and they had the overhead view of the players in the Olympic Basketball stadium in Munich (special for me because I played my only tour level matches there in the 1975 WCT event).
One of my favorite "tricks" for many years has been one I use in teaching the 1hbh. I ask the student to try to take the knuckles to the target on the follow through and finish seeing the ball under the extended racket as it travels out. I tell them to put a "halo" (the racket head) over my head (only way one will ever get there!). The best example of this was Vilas. For my money, that is a little too stiff, but it is a great exercise in a teaching progression.
The modern game wants to create more topspin and upward and across movement of the racket head. But if you can learn to hit solidly through that one-handed backhand like Korda, it is a wonderful feeling. You just "unwind" through the ball, but with a little discipline on the follow through to hold your control.
Try it out.
don
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One of my favorite "tricks" for many years has been one I use in teaching the 1hbh. I ask the student to try to take the knuckles to the target on the follow through and finish seeing the ball under the extended racket as it travels out. I tell them to put a "halo" (the racket head) over my head (only way one will ever get there!). The best example of this was Vilas. For my money, that is a little too stiff, but it is a great exercise in a teaching progression.
The modern game wants to create more topspin and upward and across movement of the racket head. But if you can learn to hit solidly through that one-handed backhand like Korda, it is a wonderful feeling. You just "unwind" through the ball, but with a little discipline on the follow through to hold your control.
Try it out.
don
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