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    The backhand is a shot used in most racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and pickleball, where the back of the hand precedes the palm when swinging...
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  • Look up backhand in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Backhand is a stroke used in racquet sports and other sports, including: Tennis pickleball Ice Hockey...
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  • awkward to perform backhand topspins and backhand attacks, and the game has become much more attack-oriented as of late. The backhand weakness makes it...
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  • drawbacks. Also, combined with a two-handed backhand, it is almost impossible for the opponent to see which side (backhand or forehand) is hitting the ball. The...
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    Federko and Jason Garrison. The backhand shot is a wrist shot released from the back of the blade, and on the player's backhand. This shot is not as powerful...
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  • Pimp: The Backhanding is a card game published in 2005 by Arthaus Games, an imprint of White Wolf Publishing, as part of their One Hit Wonders line. Game...
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  • Backhand (Greg Mattingly) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a member of...
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    forehand overhead (a forehand "on the backhand side") rather than attempt a backhand overhead. Playing a backhand overhead has two main disadvantages....
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    Tennis (section Backhand)
    Forehands and backhands may be made from it. Competent tennis players have eight basic shots in their repertoire: the serve, forehand, backhand, volley, half-volley...
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  • service line. Backhand: Stroke in which the ball is hit with the back of the racket hand facing the ball at the moment of contact. A backhand is often hit...
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    Buck "Backhand" Adams (born Charles Stephen Allen; November 11, 1955 – October 28, 2008) was an American pornographic film actor and director. Adams was...
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  • groundstrokes and volleys can be further classified as either forehands or backhands, with the classification determined by the side of the body on which the...
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    with the open palm of the hand, in a movement known as a slap or smack. A backhand uses the back of the hand instead of the palm. The word slap was first...
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  • players change grips during a rally depending on whether it is a forehand or backhand shot. A grip is also the wrapping around the handle of the racket. There...
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    surface, and his serve and backhand his best shots. John McEnroe once said that Wawrinka has one of the most powerful backhands ever, and in 2009 said he...
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    men's single players in badminton history and has earned the nickname "Mr. Backhand". When he was young, he joined the SGS club, a badminton club in Bandung...
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    play and for being one of the few female players to use a single-handed backhand. Henin won seven Grand Slam singles titles: the French Open in 2003, 2005...
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    semi-final and Ma Long in the final by 4–3. He was appreciated for his amazing backhand-banana at 10-10 and took a service point to win the gold. At the 2015 WTTC...
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  • BACKHAND INDEX U+1F447 👇 WHITE DOWN POINTING BACKHAND INDEX U+1F448 👈 WHITE LEFT POINTING BACKHAND INDEX U+1F449 👉 WHITE RIGHT POINTING BACKHAND INDEX...
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    Disc golf (section Backhand)
    (for a right-handed, backhand throw), whereas a disc that is under-stable will tend to track right (also for a right-handed, backhand throw). The stability...
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    the ball, where the player produces a backhand stroke (most often topspin) known as a reverse penhold backhand by turning the traditional side of the...
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  • Back Hand (redirect from Backhand (album))
    You're Living Yours: The Music of Keith Jarrett, where it is listed as "Backhand". The track later appeared on the 2006 Hornsby compilation Intersections...
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    a powerful backhand drive but over the course of her career tended to use it less frequently, opting more often for an effective backhand slice. Starting...
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    veteran Czech coach Adolf Kacovsky. Federer began using the one-handed backhand from an early age not only because Kacovsky was a fan of it, but also because...
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    forehand and single-handed backhand. Generally thought of as a baseliner, he added more variety with the use of a sliced backhand and more netplay since adding...
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    Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Turned pro 2001 Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Carlos Moyá (2016–) Marc López (2021–) Gustavo Marcaccio (2022–)...
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    allows for lifting the puck easier while a shallow curve allows for easier backhand shots. The flex of the stick also impacts the performance. Typically, a...
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  • the three positions backhand, backhand, forehand in an infinite loop into a fixed position of the feeding player. The second backhand ball of the attacker...
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  • [citation needed] In tennis, a player may be able to reach balls on the backhand side more easily if they're able to use the weaker hand. An example of...
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  • walks up and slaps him for ruining her party. Beerus retaliates with a backhand, with Vegeta finally losing his temper at seeing Bulma hurt and causing...
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