Tennis Shots: Topspin Backhand

Video Transcript

"Now I'm going to be explaining how to do a backhand with topspin. Again, we want to have the back in position, with our right leg in front of us. I'm going to explain it for a two hand backhand. We're going to be contacting the ball in front of us, the same way, racket looking forward but it is just a couple of inches, after we contact the ball, that we're going to start tilting the racket and that's going to really produce that spin, on the top of the ball. Let's do it again. Right leg in front of us, racket back, contact the ball, make sure you're having a good contact, with the racket looking forward, and then you start tilting your racket and you finish with your elbow under your chin, again."