“I admire Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, the two Swiss,” said 18-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas last fall when he was asked to name his tennis idols. Does it seem odd that a teenager born in Greece, ...

Definition: The backhand is a tennis shot in which one swings the racquet around one's body with the back of the hand preceding the palm. Except in the phrase backhand volley, the term refers to a ...

This video presents a comprehensive tennis drill session focused on the backhand, highlighting techniques for topspin, slice, ...

A shift in the past 15 years has, arguably, transformed the two-hander into the most important live stroke in tennis.

Dominic Thiem is still the most recent player with a one-handed backhand to win a Grand Slam title. After falling short in ...

You may be stronger in forehand than backhand or vice versa, but you’ll find a need for both in most matches. Whether you’re playing tennis casually or you're a pro like in Red Bull’s Bassline ...

Most new tennis players find that the backhand is the most difficult stroke to master. But most of the essentials of the forehand ground stroke also apply to the backhand. "I often say about the ...

How can something so beautiful to watch, a stroke so etched into tennis history, be so exploitable — and why have a dwindling handful of players remained loyal to it? By Matthew Futterman Reporting ...

Is the one-handed backhand back? Seemingly on the brink of extinction not long ago, there are now growing whispers about its quiet return to the upper levels of the men's game. The phenomenon first ...

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In this clip I share a fun training drill from my table tennis practice, mixing fast forehand and backhand rallies. You can ...