Table 1. Mean (±Standard deviation) for hips and shoulder angle values during one-(1BH) and two-handed (2BH) backhand strokes at the completion of the backswing (preparation phase).
Authors sample Stroke direction and type Shoulders rotation (°) Hips rotation (°)
1 BH 2 BH 1 BH 2 BH
Reid & Elliott (2002) 18 male collegiate players CC On-C
DL On-C		 117.2 (7.0)
120.9 (6.8)		 79.5 (11.5)
87.2 (9.5)		 90.1 (15.8)
88.5 (9.4)		 58.0 (8.8)
68.8 (10.8)
Elliott et al. (1989) 7 male state ranked players and 1 female internally ranked player CC topspin On-C
DL topspin On-C		 123.0
129.1		 NR
NR
Elliot & Christmas (1995) 13 male high performance players DL backspin On-C ≈ 130 NR
Akutagawa & Kojima (2005) 14 male collegiate players DL (laboratory condition) NR 111.6 (9.3) 117.7 (9.3)
CC = cross-court; DL= down the line; NR = not reported; On-C = On-court.