Troubleshooting Tennis Shots: Backhand Shot Goes Long

Video Transcript

"Now we're going to talk about the backhand and the same kind of, a little trouble that happens on the forehand, but we're going to get a little more detailed on the backhand side so you can see it. Again, normally happens on the backhand side because we are moving our body forward and when we're aiming the ball, as you can see, my face of the racquet is looking over there instead of looking in front of me; and it's happening because my wrist is giving up, my left wrist is giving up or my bodies going forward. So, just make sure that you keep your elbows close to your body and you contact the ball at this point in front of you. Your shoulders almost looking at the same direction that the racquet is looking. That's how you're going to correct this. If your ball is going too much to the right side of the court, that's because you're hitting it probably too much in front of you. So again, you want to bring the racquet a little back and you're going to fix this problem. Let me just repeat that again. From coming up here, where you're going to get the ball outside the court on this side, to come in a little more back and correct that mistake you're making."