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Okay same thing. We were just on the forehand. I want to show you how to get to the side
wall on the backhand side. Now normally if you're moving to your left, you want to move
your left foot first, and the same rule goes for moving to your right. If you're moving
to your right, you move your right foot first. That's almost always true. So there are exceptions
to that, but on this backhand drill, what I want you to focus on is left foot, go to
the wall. Left foot, go to the wall. Left foot, go to the wall. So this is how you can
get to a ball that's kind of far away from wherever you might be in two, in two steps.
Now if you're, if you're a little taller than I am, you might be able to cover it a lot
easier. But, but the idea is I can take a big step and come over and cover, or I can
take a small step and get that low ball. But I have to be able to learn to move that way
and turn my shoulder at the same time, because you see I don't just step like this and then
hit with my arm. If you notice that I'm stepping and turning, I coil my upper body, so I'm
using my upper body and my shoulder when I hit the ball. So the idea is that, what I
want you to think about is step, step, step, step. So this way you can cut off any ball
that your opponent hits to you that's within your reach. Otherwise, if it goes deeper,
you have to learn how to deal with that, but we'll cover that later. But this is a really
good drill as you break it down into bite size pieces, step and step.