Name: Novak Djokovic Backhand Analysis
Uploaded: 2015-05-15T06:13:49.000Z
Duration: 3 min 38 s
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Hey everyone. This is Florian from onlinetennisinstruction.com. Today, I want to take a look at Novak Djokovic's

two-handed backhand. I'll show you some of the fundamentals that make his backhand so

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great and that are also really important for your own two-handed backhand. Novak begins

his motion with the upper body turn or what's often called the unit turn. This basically

means he turns the upper body and he does not use the arms. He's just getting the upper

body into position andas you can see here, his arms do absolutely nothing. That way he

gets into this crucial position right here where as you can see, he has coiled his shoulders

more than his hips. So from this position, he can later uncoil and generate a lot of

power. Very few recreational players turn the shoulders enough into this position. So

from this position, we'll see Novak drop the racket into the slot position. He is basically

just letting the racket fall into slot which is close to the body as you can see right

here. From the slot, we'll see him swing inside out to the context. So his hands are now close

and they will then move away from the body. Have a look right here. That's how he gets

to contact. Let's have at that one more time in really slow motion. Swinging inside out

to contact, and now we can see how he got to the contact point. The contact point is

slightly in front of his right hipand at around waist height as you can see right here.

The next thing I want you to pay attention to is Novak's head position and how he's fixating

his eyes at the contact point. He has his head slightly tilted so that he can keep his

on the contact point. And that will remain so throughout the contact phase. This is a

very fundamental position that you will also see with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and most

of the other top players. This can really help you to make clean contact with the ball.

A lot of times, players turn their head too early, and as a result mishit shots.

Now have a look at the contact phase one more time. As you can see, his eyes remain pointing

towards the contact point and his head has not moved a single inch. From here, Novak

continues to move his arms and racket out the target forward and upward. This gives

him great depth and penetration on his shots. Have a look at how far away his hands are

from his body in this position. Now Novak follows through and releases his arms naturally.

Let's have a look one more time at the whole backhand sequence in super slow motion.

So those are some of the fundamentals that make Novak Djokovic's two-handed backhand

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