I know I'm too much "arm" on my shots and not getting enough hip rotation, been trying to shadow swing and TopspinPro train with that in mind. Decades of bad form on the court make it challenging to implement, but you have to keep trying to improve that kinetic chain. 🙂
Shout if you want any help. Definitely try the exercise I did with my hands under my armpits so you can feel what I am talking about - i.e. feel the hips and shoulders moving independently.
Recently I have come to realize the importance of rotating the body as you point out. I'm trying to implement rotation by exaggerating the motion, but what I think is exaggerated actually turns out to be just barely enough. One question - in the video it seems like sometimes you turn the shoulders first, then the hips, while at other times the reverse. Is there a preferred order?
Hi John, this is Zoë at TopspinPro. It depends on the shot but generally with a standard center of the baseline double handed backhand the hips will come through at the same time as shoulders as a unit or slightly behind the shoulders. Ultimately your hips should be fully square to the direction you have hit the ball when you are in your finish position. They should be loose and flowing with the shoulder turn. A lot of people end up super stiff in the hips and finish with hips facing sideways at end of swing. This not only puts a huge amount of pressure on your body and back but also will throw you off balance and slow your recovery for the next shot.
You're right Hal. As per Randy's comment - got to tennis too late. Can't change the content but I will change the title so it's less misleading. Thanks for the feedback.
Good explanation of what is a tricky concept to articulate
I know I'm too much "arm" on my shots and not getting enough hip rotation, been trying to shadow swing and TopspinPro train with that in mind. Decades of bad form on the court make it challenging to implement, but you have to keep trying to improve that kinetic chain. 🙂
Shout if you want any help. Definitely try the exercise I did with my hands under my armpits so you can feel what I am talking about - i.e. feel the hips and shoulders moving independently.
Recently I have come to realize the importance of rotating the body as you point out. I'm trying to implement rotation by exaggerating the motion, but what I think is exaggerated actually turns out to be just barely enough. One question - in the video it seems like sometimes you turn the shoulders first, then the hips, while at other times the reverse. Is there a preferred order?
Hi John, this is Zoë at TopspinPro. It depends on the shot but generally with a standard center of the baseline double handed backhand the hips will come through at the same time as shoulders as a unit or slightly behind the shoulders. Ultimately your hips should be fully square to the direction you have hit the ball when you are in your finish position. They should be loose and flowing with the shoulder turn. A lot of people end up super stiff in the hips and finish with hips facing sideways at end of swing. This not only puts a huge amount of pressure on your body and back but also will throw you off balance and slow your recovery for the next shot.
Great info thx👍🏾
6:43 starts talking about tennis
Randy - you're right. In hindsight I focused too much on golf and didn't get to the point - particularly given the video title.
@@TopspinPro It's all good.
@@evanoscargilbert2592 😔😊
Don’t really care about golf and squash biomechanics and too much time wasted until got to tennis.
You're right Hal. As per Randy's comment - got to tennis too late. Can't change the content but I will change the title so it's less misleading. Thanks for the feedback.
To be fair I'd say the speaker is trying to get the broader concept across and I found it useful to have comparisons to other sports.
@@christopherjohnson5486 Thank you Christopher