Missing the ball on backhand
Strokes
Daimeng Chen Asked 2 years ago
I miss the ball on backhand a lot. I find it useful to watch the ball until contact on forehand. But on backhand, just before the ball impacts, it disappears from my view for a second. This is an even bigger problem if there is a big kick effect.
I position myself in front of ball with footwork for backhand, but it's actually less consistent than reaching to the side for me. This is because, in addition to vision the problem above, when the ball is coming toward me directly, I cannot tell the speed and spin (It just looks like a circle getting slightly larger). On forehand, when watching the ball come at an angle. I can tell the speed and spin easily.
As a result, all I can do reliably on backhand side is block. I can't find anyone else with this problem, is there something obvious I'm doing wrong?
Alois Rosario Answered 2 years ago
Hi Daimeng,
This isn't something that I haven't experienced. It sounds like you are doing things correctly. The only thing I can think of is that you are not keeping your eyes steady after you move.
I would just focus on practising this regularly and seeing if you can start to judge the ball better with some more experience. If anyone else has had this problem please help out.
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