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Backhand vs Groundstroke - What's the difference?

backhand | groundstroke |

In tennis|lang=en terms the difference between backhand and groundstroke

is that backhand is (tennis) a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot while groundstroke is (tennis) a forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball has bounced once on the court.

As nouns the difference between backhand and groundstroke

is that backhand is (tennis) a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot while groundstroke is (tennis) a forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball has bounced once on the court.

As a verb backhand

is to execute a backhand stroke or throw.

As an adjective backhand

is (handwriting) of any left slanting handwriting.

backhand

English

(wikipedia backhand)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (tennis) a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.
  • Handwriting that leans to the left
  • (Ultimate Frisbee) the standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.
  • The reverse side of the human hand.
  • (surfing) the hand towards the back of the board.

    • Antonyms

    * forehand * palm

    Verb

  • to execute a backhand stroke or throw
  • to slap with the back of one's hand

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (handwriting) Of any left slanting handwriting
  • (of strokes or throws) In the backhand style
  • (ice hockey) Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick
    • He scored on a backhand shot.

    See also

    * backhanded

    groundstroke

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ground-stroke

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (tennis) A forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball has bounced once on the court.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 25, Bruce Matthews, Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva, Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=But each time Dementieva underlined why she holds such a lofty world standing by answering the challenge with those unerring groundstrokes , particularly the forehand, to hit back after dropping her serve.}}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=July 3 , author=Piers Newbury , title=Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=In a desperately tight opening set, the pace and accuracy of the Serbian's groundstrokes began to draw errors from the usually faultless Nadal and earned him the first break point of the day at 5-4.}}

    External links

    * (wikipedia "groundstroke")