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April 7

The Incredible Gael Monfils Backhand Slice! (film)


One can only marvel at the sheer grace and athleticism of Gael Monfils. This film shows Gael playing an incredible defensive slice backhand with a pronounced slide (on a hard court). His ranking is finally starting to reflect the amazing potential he has shown for some time. Let's hope that he can remain injury free. Enjoy this.  ...
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April 7, 2009 at 1:41 pm
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January 19

Up The Pace On Your Backhand Like Andy Murray


  Andy Murray is an incredibly deceptive player for many reasons, but the part of his game that I love to watch the most is his ability to suddenly, at the flick of a switch, up the pace on his backhand (and forehand). Great backhand technique The reason that he is so effective at this and the reason that he is a great ...
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January 19, 2009 at 8:34 am
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September 22

How to Improve Your Backhand Footwork?


  Here's the situation... You decide that you need to work on your cross-court backhand for your singles matches - so you and your willing practice partner head off to the court and decide it's backhand drill time. The Drill After a warm up, out come the towels which will be used as targets on the court and they are correctly placed in ...
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September 22, 2008 at 4:13 pm
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