Photo Study of Novak Djokovic's Strokes

With one exception, Djokovic demonstrates a classic point of contact for a two-handed backhand here. He is meeting the ball with his weight on his front foot and with his hips still sideways but his shoulders turning toward the net. The ball is even with his front hip, the long axis of his racquet is horizontal, his string bed is vertical, and he's meeting the ball very near the ideal point on his strings. The one undesirable aspect of this shot is his greatly overclosed stance. Having his front foot much closer to the sideline than his back foot limits the rotational energy he can contribute to the shot. His body gets in its own way a bit. Players often have to hit from an overclosed stance because they've run sideways for a ball and don't have time to get the back foot farther over.