Coming Up and Across Your Body

Watch how the one handed works just like the forehand. Acasuso will keep his wrist back so that the entire mass of his arm - from shoulder to hand - can lift up and then across his body. This stroke feels like you are pushing or lifting the ball up and across your body.

Notice as well how the shoulder and hand, together, lift the arm up and across.

   
Just like with the forehand, the hand and shoulder drive the arm up and across the body. The wrist holds back.