Tennis Backhand Topspin Secrets - How To Hit Heavy Topspin One Handed Backhands

Tennis Backhand Topspin Secrets - How To Hit Heavy Topspin One-Handed Backhands. Do you want to hit with heavy topspin on your one-handed backhand in tennis? Then you've clicked on the right video! Generating topspin on the one-handed backhand can be and is a struggle for many tennis players all over the world. How exactly do players like Dominic Thiem, Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Grigor Dimitrov and many others produce such heavy topspin on the one-hander?
There are a few "tennis topspin secrets" that all the pros know and use to generate heavy topspin.
In this lesson, Top Tennis Training coach Simon Konov will show you exactly how to hit heavy topspin on your one-handed backhand.

The Foundation - One-Handed Backhand Grip
The way you hold the tennis racket will have a huge impact on your stroke. It will greatly determine the direction your strings face prior to and during the contact point. Many players who struggle to generate topspin on the one-handed backhand in tennis use either a continental grip or an eastern forehand grip.
These two grips will manipulate the strings to open up during the strike zone. In order to have the racket face flat towards your target (crucial for brushing the ball) with these grips, you must flex your wrist in an awkward way.
This can work at some level but against more powerful players, your chances of injury will increase dramatically.
The ideal grip on the one-handed backhand in tennis is the eastern backhand grip. This is where your index knuckle and heel pad are both on bevel one, the top bevel.
With this grip, your racket can be flat towards the court with a neutral position in the wrist, so your stability on the stroke will be much better.

How Topspin Is Produced - The Swing Path
Now that you have the ideal grip, your focus should be on brushing up the back of the ball when you make contact. This means that prior to contact, your racket head will be below the ball level and you're using a low to high swing path. When you want to hit a flatter backhand, the swing path would be more horizontal, but with topspin strokes, it becomes more vertical.

Opening The Palm
As you make contact with the ball using the eastern backhand grip, your palm will be facing the ground, and your knuckles pointing up.
Just after contact, start to supinate the forearm, allowing the palm to open up towards the sky. This action will create an upwards swing path with the racket head, during the contact zone. The tip of the racket will go from pointing to the left side of the court to then pointing upwards, and finally towards the right side of the court.

Ground Force
Using the legs to load up and then drive into the ball will also help you generate heavy topspin. When you're loading up, imagine you're sitting in a chair, or squatting down. This will help you really engage both legs in the loading phase.
Try to step in with the front foot using a heel to toe motion. This will help you store your body weight on the back leg before transferring it onto the front leg.

Video Timeline:
00:00 - Tennis Backhand Topspin Secrets Intro
00:48 - The Ideal One-Handed Backhand Grip
4:08 - How Topspin Is Produced
6:30 - Opening The Palm For Heavier Topspin
9:20 - Using Ground Force To Produce Topspin
13:20 - Ideal Swing Path For Maximum Racket Head Speed

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