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Important Roles of Non-Dominant Hand in Slice Backhand

Slice Backhand: Grip + Preparation

The use of non-dominant enables you to have a good shoulder coordination to slice the ball.
Use continental grip(Hammer Grip).

How To Develop A Knifelike Slice Backhand by TomAveryTennis

Tennis - slice backhand

Important Roles of Non-Dominant Hand in Volley

Boris Becker: How to Volley

The non-dominant hand used in volley is to balance your body that resulted in better coordination before hitting the ball.

3 elements of a good volley
1) Bend your Knees and keep racquet head up
2) short backswing
3) contact out infront of the body
Note : Split step is important for Volley as it prepare you to react to oncoming balls.

Bob and Mike Bryan (World No 1 doubles demonstrate their famous RDC (Romanian Davis Cup) drill.

Maximize Your Volley Ready Position

Simple Guide to Fantastic Volley Footwork

Tricks for Great Volley Contact

Forehand Volley Techniques and Tactics

Forehand Volley Tip #1

The most common reason why many tennis players hit a long forehand (outside balls) volley shots is because they tend to pivot their elbow or wrist when they hit the ball. If you do this, you have to execute the shot accurately to avoid error. Remember to keep your elbow and wrist firm when you execute your forehand volleys. You also have to punch out from your shoulder when you hit the ball.

Forehand Volley Tip #2

It is ideal to hit the forehand volleys when the ball is at net level or higher. To do this, you have to move forward to meet the ball.

Forehand Volley Tip #3

For better results, you have to keep your racket head above your wrist when you hit the ball.

Forehand Volley Tip #4

Always remember that in a backspin forehand volley, the ball floats farther than in a flat volley. Thus, you have to hit your ball lower and apply lesser power.

Forehand Volley Tip #5

To hit a proper forehand volley, the magnitude of the downward angle in your racket swing must be of equal proportion to the magnitude of the upward angle of your racket swing.

Forehand Volley Tip #6

Always move forward and meet the ball in front of you when you make contact. Avoid hitting the ball back or else it can cause a lot of errors.

Forehand Volley Tip #7

When you are moving forward to hit the ball (as mentioned above at contact), you have to make sure to that you keep moving when you are about to make contact with the ball.

Forehand Volley Tip #8

If you are about to hit a return from your opponent’s heavy topspin shot, you have to remember that the ball has the tendency to jump off from your racket face. Thus, you need to compensate this by hitting the ball a bit lower.

Forehand Volley Tip #9

If you are going to hit a forehand volley below the net, remember that it is ideal to hit hard and deep than on a high ball. Add backspin in your shot and for best results, hit a drop shot or angle forehand volley shot.

Forehand Volley Tip #10

To hit a backspin forehand volley, you have to tilt your racket face upward or do the downward chop.

Important Roles of Non-Dominant Hand in Overhead Smash

Watch how Tracy Austin demonstrate the use of Non-dominant hand to hit a smash. Practice using Continental grip and you are ready to hit the "shot of no return" - smash.

Tennis Smash Technique

Roger Federer Overhead Smash in Slow Motion

Kim Clijsters - Overheads in Slow Motion High Definition

Important Roles of Non-Dominant Hand in Serve

Always use your Non-Dominant hand to track the ball

Roger Federer Serve

Andy Roddick Serve

Important Roles of Non-Dominant Hand in Forehand Groundstrokes

Andre Agassi

Look what these players are doing with their non-dominant hand. Some put their opposite hand (non-dominant) on the racket;some put it on the throat of the racket. The most importance thing about utilizing racket back is to have a good shoulder rotation.

Maria Sharapova

Sam Stosur

Andy Roddick

James Blake

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Novak Djokovic - Slow Motion Forehands, Australian Open 2012

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Important Roles of Non-Dominant Hand in One-Handed Backhand Groundstrokes

Justine Henin reveals the secrets of use of non-dominant hand in one-handed backhand groundstrokes in her own words “if you do not use it, it’s really tough; if you use it, you feel perfect”. Understanding this perfect feeling will help you master one-handed backhand groundstroke technique. The important roles of non-dominant hand in one-handed backhand groundstrokes are:
1) Keep body in good balance.
2) Facilitate to use shoulder muscles other than forearm (it’s natural for our symmetric two hands/arms to do the same motion).
3) Prevent torso from overturning to lose control and consistency.
4) Act as a brake to stop body further turning so that arm and racquet continue to accelerate to reach max speed (whipping motion).

Roger Federer
One common mistake for one-handed backhand groundstrokes is to swing with forearm only, which is a major cause of tennis elbow. Use of non-dominant hand as shown in this video will easily correct this mistake.

Tennis Lesson in East Coast, Marine Parade (Villa Marina, Mandarin Garden, Casafina, Laguna)