The two-handed backhand: Professionals of padel use it, why not us. Indeed, if you come from tennis and you achieve a backhand with both hands, do not hesitate to keep it for your padel. On the other hand, if you start on padel and playing backhands is complicated for you, performing this shot with both hands will give you more control over the ball as well as reducing the risk of injury to the wrist and elbow.
It is best used for all balls played in front of you, from the knee up to the waist. The reverse will be realized without effect, flat. It will be easier and recommended to play the balls coming directly than the balls out of the window.
For all the balls you will have to play behind you, with the glass, as well as all the balls you want to cut (effect from top to bottom).
On the fly, you can use both hands to hold your pala until the moment of impact. Once the ball is hit, finish with one hand to recover the balance of the body and finish the gesture correctly.
Finally the two-handed backhand may be a formidable weapon if: you play it by moving forward, shorten the gesture and seek to fix your opponents on the fly. In the opposite case, you risk giving balls easy to play to your opponents or even make the mistake.
Do not hesitate, try your backhand with both hands and most importantly, have fun.
In this video notice in which position plays Marta Marrero the backhand with both hands.
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Thanks for the tip! It's true that coming from tennis I thought that it was not done in padel. I started playing one-handed backhand and it's okay, but it's true that in certain situations I would pick up my two-handed tennis backhand (against for example). Besides, it's really impressive the short crusaders that the player of the video manages to find! It really makes me want to try my two-handed backhand at the padel :p