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.