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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

  • 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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Hey everyone. This is Florian from onlinetennisinstruction.com. Today, I want to take a look at Novak Djokovic's

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Novak Djokovic Backhand Analysis

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    Nicole posted on 2015/05/15
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turn

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head

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slightly

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position

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contact

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hand

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