2 Handed Backhand Dink 🎬

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The Two-Handed Backhand Dink: Clean, Controlled, and Offensive

Paddle Positioning
For a consistent two-handed backhand dink, keep the paddle tip up and both wrists cocked back. If the wrists drop or loosen, the paddle dips and the swing becomes wristy, leading to pop-ups your opponents can punish. A stable paddle face keeps your contact point reliable.

Body Positioning
Use this shot when the ball is in front of your body and inside the kitchen. That positioning lets you get under the ball and add topspin, turning the backhand dink into an offensive option. Once the ball drifts behind you, shift to a slice or more defensive shot. On cross-court dinks, strike the lower half of the ball to generate spin and keep it out of the net.

Contact
Drive the paddle through the ball using your arms—not your wrists. Spin comes from brushing up through contact with a stable, accelerating arm motion. Stay low and level with your body; rising during the swing creates height inconsistency and leads to more errors.

Best Time to Use the Shot
Attack with the two-handed backhand dink when your opponent is not leaning in at the kitchen. If they’re standing off the line, you have extra space and margin to apply pressure with a heavier, more aggressive ball.

Worst Time to Use It
When your opponent is leaning forward on the kitchen line, avoid attacking dinks. Even a slight pop-up becomes attackable. Against taller players, it can be more effective to use the two-handed backhand to target the middle of the court rather than shaping a predictable cross-court ball.

Choosing the Right Location
A common mistake is going fully cross-court every time. Doing so opens up around-the-post chances, gives your opponent bigger angles, and forces you to cover more court. Instead, mix in targets toward the middle or the inside foot of each player. This gives you more margin and makes your true wide cross-court dink more dangerous when you choose it.

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