Backhand Stroke

Wasiq Khawar Asked 12 years ago

Hello Alois and Jeff,

When I play the backhand stoke, I fail to do the whole stroke completely and don't finish the right way, which makes the ball not land on the the table. Is there a way to make myself always do it correctly when finishing? Also, sometimes I dump the ball in the net when playing the backhand stroke . Is there a way to fix this? 

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Wasiq,

The two problems are probably related.

Try to slow down the practice and do the shots one at a time.  Do this by getting someone to feed the ball to you and then catch it after each shot.  Before you play the next shot stop in the finish position and check that it is correct.

As you get the feeling of finishing in the right position, you can start to do two balls in a row again making sure that you are finishing in the right position for both balls.  Don't even worry too much about where the ball is going, only think about the finish position.

Again as you get comfortable you can start to rally the ball slowly and feel each time where your finish position is.

With this like most improvement, it is about getting focus on the area so that you can improve it.

Let me know how this works for you.