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The Inverse — A reversed frying pan🍳 as an unconventional (additional) backhand
Erdas example. The video creator himself titled his opponent's backhand "the unconventional backhand", and after watching the full video, you'll know who is who: the bald player (Erdas, the so-called "BH expert") is the one with the unconventional backhand, which i find fun and highly effective. It's also not so uncommon in club and league play, if you look closely at certain players' BH techniques. Erdas demonstrates the basic form of the shot:
Here another video with Erdas, absolutely exemplary his execution of it:
Shaw example. Here is another example
of someone playing backhands based on this general "inverted" technique. The boy relies heavily on it for all kinds of situations:
Koch example. In this video, the man with the glasses plays an Inverse whenever he can. His looks rather tame, with little power or spin:
Degros example. The following player (black GEWO shirt, from 01:07 on) plays a superior quality bh, borderlining the inverted technique and switching between a regular, hard bh-loop and his Inverse:
On the German forum with a detailed critical discussion, there is one decent player who advocates the use of such a backhand as an alternative. 'Unorthodox', 'alternative', 'unconventional' are all fitting adjectives, agreed. Do you ever play your backhand like this, or have you seen anyone else play it like this? It's a versatile shot, since subtle variations of it can be employed in every rally of a match! 🥳
This way of stroking can be varied to allow the player to:
Anyway, this ground (if not textbook) stroke is an imho funtastique addition to the repertoire. And the most important addition to my repertoire. Super fun🤩 to practice with a returnboard, or a robot (against topspin, backspin, or no-spin), and eventually employ in matches.
What do you think?
Erdas example. The video creator himself titled his opponent's backhand "the unconventional backhand", and after watching the full video, you'll know who is who: the bald player (Erdas, the so-called "BH expert") is the one with the unconventional backhand, which i find fun and highly effective. It's also not so uncommon in club and league play, if you look closely at certain players' BH techniques. Erdas demonstrates the basic form of the shot:
Here another video with Erdas, absolutely exemplary his execution of it:
Shaw example. Here is another example
of someone playing backhands based on this general "inverted" technique. The boy relies heavily on it for all kinds of situations:Koch example. In this video, the man with the glasses plays an Inverse whenever he can. His looks rather tame, with little power or spin:
Degros example. The following player (black GEWO shirt, from 01:07 on) plays a superior quality bh, borderlining the inverted technique and switching between a regular, hard bh-loop and his Inverse:
On the German forum with a detailed critical discussion, there is one decent player who advocates the use of such a backhand as an alternative. 'Unorthodox', 'alternative', 'unconventional' are all fitting adjectives, agreed. Do you ever play your backhand like this, or have you seen anyone else play it like this? It's a versatile shot, since subtle variations of it can be employed in every rally of a match! 🥳
This way of stroking can be varied to allow the player to:
- receive a serve ("an inverse receive", as seen in the Erdas)
- pseudo-open up through a no-spin loop ("an inverse lupfer")
- open up through looping ("a looped inverse", as seen in the Shaw)
- counter (= flat hard drive) ("an inverse drive", as seen in the Erdas)
- punch ("an inverse punch", as seen in #5)
- block ("an inverse block", as seen in the Erdas)
- pseudo-smash, as powerful as a punch but with a wider arm swing ("an inverse smash", as seen in the Koch)
A: (playing subtle variations 🥘)
B: "hey buddy what funny kind of backhand is dat??"
A: "that was my inverse! you ...erh... likey?"
B: "?? 🤷♂️"
A: "it's my alternative backhand, a reversed frying pan shot if you will. u got one too, no?"
B: "no, but I'm intrigued. gonna buy me one soon, thx!"
Anyway, this ground (if not textbook) stroke is an imho funtastique addition to the repertoire. And the most important addition to my repertoire. Super fun🤩 to practice with a returnboard, or a robot (against topspin, backspin, or no-spin), and eventually employ in matches.
What do you think?
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