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Crossminton-Handbuch

The backhand

Technique · Beginner

Explanation

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You play the backhand on the side of your body turned away from the racket — where the back of your hand points forward. It's the counterpart to the forehand and follows the same principle, just mirrored.

If you already know the forehand, this image helps: everything that ran to one side there runs to the other here. Your weight moves onto the foot on your hitting side, your upper body opens up, and the racket comes forward in front of your body. Here too you hit the Speeder in front of you, within reach of your hitting arm.

And in case the forehand isn't fresh in your mind: stand side-on to the target, guide the racket forward close past your body and open the motion out toward the contact point. The stroke stays compact, the wrist quiet at first — just as with the forehand, you build the clean arc before pace comes in.

One reason the backhand has to be solid: in a match it's deliberately targeted. Many serves and attacks seek out the backhand side, because for most people it's the weaker one. A reliable backhand takes exactly that opening away from your opponent.

close past the body · contact in front
Key graphic: the backhand

Exercise

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Groove the mirrored arc

Goal

The backhand motion sits as a flowing chain before a Speeder comes into play.

How to do it

  1. Take the base position, universal grip.
  2. Shift your weight onto the foot on your hitting side, open up your upper body.
  3. Guide the racket forward close past your body and open the motion out toward the contact point.
  4. Keep the imagined contact point clearly in front of your body.
  5. Return to the base position and repeat.

Self-check

Watch whether weight, rotation and hit blend into one another. If the motion stalls, slow it down until it flows. The backhand feels more unfamiliar than the forehand at first — that settles with the repetitions.

Next level

Once the motion sits, you bring a Speeder in — toss it up to yourself briefly, let it drop to hip height and hit it in the arc in front of your body. Now you check whether the chain holds with real contact too.

Classification
Playing goals
Pace and power control, Target accuracy, Answer to attackers
Prerequisites
The forehand drive, The universal grip, The base position