After watching Wawrinka's backhand break down today on a quick court surface. Should he work with his new coach to develop a 2 handed backhand for consistency purposes and to handle top spin?
He is still young enough to bring this into his game, after all Federer only brought the tweener into his repertoire in his mid twenties so there is still plenty time.
I think if he can change to a 2 hander then he could well win a slam.
Not sure if serious or just trolling... if serious shame on you. Fedtards were crying like babies when I suggested shankerer switch to a two handed backhand.
his one handed backhand is one of the best in the game and if he tried to do it 2 handed it would take away a lot of his speed/flexibility when hitting it
also you are mistaken, players cannot just simply mid career switch from 1 handed to 2 handed :drink: :haha:
lastly, his one handed backhand is one of the best parts of his game and one of the great shots in mens tennis, are you insane?
there is no reason it would be more effective 2 handed, he controls it fairly well as is and can take certain liberties with it
obviously it's not super effective against a lefty with big spin like Nadal but how often does he face one of those?
now if you had some advice for his forehand.... that I might get
his one handed backhand is one of the best in the game and if he tried to do it 2 handed it would take away a lot of his speed/flexibility when hitting it
also you are mistaken, players cannot just simply mid career switch from 1 handed to 2 handed :drink: :haha:
I disagree, there was a guy back in the 50's called Jim Strawberry who won the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title with Debra Cream and he changed to a 2 handed backhand at 23 despite playing all his life with a single hander so it can be done.
No its not possible..it takes years of practice for a pro player to build muscle memory. One handers and two handers are quite different in terms of the mechanics.
Federer could have beaten Nadal on few occasions if he had a two-hander. But we don't see that happening.
for any sake of realism to answering this question, this ^^^^. muscle memory, just imagine you've hit millions of one handed back hands, switching over = nightmare
After watching Wawrinka's backhand break down today on a quick court surface. Should he work with his new coach to develop a 2 handed backhand for consistency purposes and to handle top spin?
He is still young enough to bring this into his game, after all Federer only brought the tweener into his repertoire in his mid twenties so there is still plenty time.
Is there anyone who plays the onehanded backhand effectively against Nadal? The best I have seen is Ljubicic because he is so tall and Horacio Zeballos because he has a lefthanded backhand (which works perfectly against Nadal).
Haas, Wawrinka, Gasquet, Federer backhands all get completely dismantled.
The training method to get this to work is pretty easy so to say he's too old is a ridiculous statement.
You just duct tape a players spare hand to the racket and then hit balls to the backhand. Muscle memory is soon over written. Many juniors have learnt this way as modern coaches will coach out a 1 handed backhand under ATP rule 15.2 introduced by Uncle Tony in 2008 it says:
The world of one handed backhands is superficial unt vacuous. All junior players must make use of a 2 handed backhand to ensure the future of this sport.
ludicrous suggestion, but in slight of his recent form, perhaps
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