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NIck, It would be an interesting experiment to change shamir's backhand. Looked like he had wrong grips when he was hitting (not sure) But regardless of what backhand he uses, I still don't see the intensity and belief needed (I guess belief comes with confidence)

Best advice is to switch to 2 hander

give him a 2 hand backhand and he can win 2 games auto improvement

they should continue hitting in the rain!! I do that when I was learning to get better

Time makes everybody a one-hander eventually. Very few players manage to hold on to a two-hander in their 60’s and beyond.

He knows about aggression right? He looks like he thinks its a hitting session

7:15 i'm yelling at my monitor "hit your backhand bro"

Personally I think Shamir is using a much to demanding racket for his level, the 330 gr Yonex Percept 97H 😮

i will continue to use one hander, as I figure out how to hit a good one hander :D

watching Agassi made me want to change to a 2hander too, lol

One hander for over 20 years. Tried out a two hander a last week. Had such a hard time. I also felt like I got tired a lot faster. I notice Shamir was breathing pretty heavy too. Sticking with the one hander.

I feel his backhand uses too much wrist, the stepin and turning could be bigger

If you have a one handed backhand: love it, embrace it, trust it, drill it, feed balls with it, if someone on other court asks you for a ball, pass them it with a backhand. Watch the best one handers: Wawrinka, Federer, Musseti, Kuerten.. for inspiration. The time will come when other players start commenting how beautiful and reliable is your backhand.

Shamir is 34?? I thought he was like 25 lol

1HBH is the technically simpler, but still harder because you have fewer compensations. You have a whole other arm to adjust with the 2HBH and help when you're tired. You can have bad form and be late with 2HBH and still be ok at rec level. Footwork and timing needs to be perfect for a consistent and quality 1HBH.

If a player is gonna use a 1HBH, especially an amateur, they need to develop also a killer slice. The problem with Shamir wasn't his 1HBH or lack thereof, but he was missing easy slices into the net. If he kept the ball low and deep he would created at least some problems for Ema attacking style.

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Nick imo work on shamirs load please. Both his hands need to touch the racquet on the load. It will help him close because the open strokes are giving her easier shots to return

I’m young upcoming at tennis this video helped me a lot thanks

I almost switched to a one hander but I didn't want to commit to awkward slices on higher balls. Would rather hit through it with a flatter two handed swing.

Your efforts and dedication as a coach really show in your videos, you don't stumble upon some of those teachings by accident. Thanks for sharing!

I prefer to use massive sidespin and the Magnus effect to put those high balls away.

Which specs is Shamir’s Yonex Percept?

I think Shamir suffers a lot from confidence issues.

It takes a higher skill ceiling to play an *effective* one-handed backhand than a two-handed backhand. Put this way can you imagine Wrawinka winning grand slams with a 2 hand backhand? I have consistency drills with my son and his one handed backhand is more consistent than his forehand. What does however happen is that he runs around many backhands and eventually hits one backhand for every four forehands, thus when he is forced to play the backhand, he hasn't hit any for 2 or 3 rallies. Each players is different, play what suits the player and what the player believes in.

1 year ago was 4.0, and still 4.0? To be honest he is 3.0 at best.

I think he could adjust to a 2BH withing 6 months to a year.

Still feel you guys didnt give his 2HB enough of a chance. I've switched from 1 to 2 and the consistency increase has been huge. Easy power with the 1HB, but it feels inherently less reliable in matches My 2 cents...good luck

I will play him when i get healthy again 😉

I have played with a one hander since a kid and use to receive lots of compliments on my ability to hit with heavy pace and topspin, but after a shoulder injury at 56 years old that kept me out of the game for two years when I returned to the game at 58 it hurt my shoulder to play one handed (no problem with slice, just whip action on top spin) I switched to a two hander and love it. had to get use to a little different footwork, racquet prep etc... but I would never go back to a one hander. two hander more forgiving, more stable usually more power, easier on the shoulder and is like having two forehands.

Shamir is getting better, no doubts about it🤠. What I would like to see on his backhand is a bit more venom from that side💥. I am positive he can do it. Let"s go Shamiiiir

Shamir needs help with foot work and being more assertive. I've been there

Love Shamir videos!

I love it. Talking tennis in the rain ;)

I like this coach. Keeping it real and not babying him

When I started to play tennis Lendl, Becker, McEnroe, Gomez, Edberg, Cash, Mayotte......pretty much every top male player used a one hander. It was just freaks like Wilander, Mecir and Agassi who played the two hander. I played the one hander and it seemed natural to me. Then Ivanisevic came on tour and I thought that he was cool so I tried the two hander a bit but I couldn't get it working. I felt that I lost all touch once the second hand grabbed the racket. It felt somewhat numb. It was like playing tennis with boxing gloves on. There was only one shot that I instinctively played two handed. The backhand topspin lob! For some reason I felt the touch when doing this shot. But only if I had time to set it up. I couldn't understand why I could hit a lob two handed but no other shot. Over the years I slowly but surely lost the two handed topsin lob but if go for it consciously I can still do it.

Shamir's backhand might not be a weapon, but it's not bad - I don't get why he's so afraid to hit it.

I started playing tennis with a 1hander, switched about 6months ago and it was the best decision in my life. You should do the switch man! When you play against higher level opponent it is much easier to redirect pace. A one hander shines when you have proper time to set it up, twohander is betyer at everything else

Seems absurd to suggest that Shamir should switch from 1hb to 2hb. He spent 15 years playing 1hb and has a great looking stroke! Just keep working on that side if its his weakness! Would be perfect to do backhand drills to improve his game, but dont switch please! Thats like bailing out and starting from 0. Its delusional to think that 1 or 2 hands matter especially at 4.0-5.0 level, one is not superior stroke its up to the player to improve, theres no easy way. If he REALLY struggles with return of serve, then use 2 hands on the return.

Shamir have been hitting his one hander for 15 years but still slice when playing games. But after only 30min of two hander he was already doing fine. Give him 6 months and he will perform much better with his 2 handers. If Shamir really does not want to switch, at least practice the slice so it becomes a weapon.

Thanks coach, I really need to do this!!!❤❤❤

3:22, agree with Nick. 2 hander is so confusing at rec level, specifically which arm is dominant. It's easier to get the ball over the net which means players will just do whatever works. A one hander will tell you quicker if you hit it right.

LOVE THIS!!

I've been teaching for about 20 years. I've also mentioned before in other posts to your channel that I had a one-hander when I started playing in the 80s. When I started teaching in the 2000s I thought it incumbent upon myself to learn how to hit a two-hander so I would better be able to teach it. It ended up my two-hander was more reliable than on my one-handed drive ever was under pressure. The only advice I might give you for your student would be to look at how he is uncoiling and at times he arms the shot and doesn't use the bigger muscles and his torso to uncoil. When I got rushed with a one-hander i tended to do the same thing. I also hit better on the run to my backhand then sometimes when I was set. I believed it again has to do with body positioning and uncoiling properly. Setting early on a ball down the middle or more specifically on a return you need to make a more conscious effort to get turned to the ball. I don't know if you're seeing what I am but of course you are in a better position to judge. Definitely no criticism of you or your student. We all seek to improve ☮️

It depends on the player... there are people who naturally hits better with one hander. I would try 1 or 2 months hitting with 2 hands but if it doesn´t work I would get back to 1 hand. Maybe training the 2 handed footwork and rotation he can get back to one hand better than it was before. But I would rather improve my one hander. Maybe for him it would be better to use a semi-western grip in one handed backhand, the same grip as the forehand, so he wouldn't be worried about changing the grip, that would help with high balls, and for him, who is a short guy, it would be easier to hit low balls as well

If anyone watched the entire video, you would see it all comes down to a confidence thing and yes, preparation and footwork helps too but his one hander is clearly superior. Sure, with a lot of time, practice, change, regression etc, he could eventually have a decent two-hander. I would focus on match play and building confidence on "going for it" on the one-hander. Have your buddy track your full swing to backhand slice ratio and then the resulting point...may be shocked at how often one bails out of a full swing backhand!

Best beginner video i’ve seen

He should definitely switch the biggest pro is his return of serve will be much stronger with 2h

I have a different experience / theory. I used to have a one handed backhand since I started playing tennis as a kid. But after not playing for 20 years or so, when I came back to tennis, my one handed back hand was pretty decent and I could play matches fine etc. But it was so hard to return serves and play high balls that I came to the following conclusion: One handed is great if your timing is perfect, you move your feet really well etc. and you hit 5k backhands a week (or whatever number, but basically, you train that timing a lot). When you don;t have the time to do that, I felt that in my case I would get a more reliable shot as a two-hander. I made the switch. It took me about 1 year to get it decent. But now I can actually compare the two, and I think my theory was proven right. If you don't train like an animal / have limited practice time (like 1 lesson and play a couple matches in a week), the two hander is just more rewarding in terms or reliability. Returning etc is way more productive. That's been my experience.

to be honest, his two-handed looks like one-handed with extra hand, so you can't actually compare them, still believe he could play better with two-handed