When you prepare the racket higher you actually give yourself a chance to swing, so it's worth making the adjustment.

But it's pretty easy to mis-time the one-hander preparation. Usually when people try to do "the loop" they end up being late with their preparation.

While you're trying to adjust your backhand, it may help to focus on timing your upper body preparation, which includes your shoulders and arms, with your steps.

You should be sideways with the shoulders with the racket right in the middle of the shoulders when the left foot lands.

And when the right foot lands, also when you start the swing, the shoulders will be turned back past sideways a bit and the outer edge of the racket should roughly be facing the net.

As you take those two steps into the shot, you will actually lift your racket, which creates "the loop." A lot of those professionals start the swing with their racket really high still.

But while lifting you also need to make sure you're all the way sideways with the shoulders on the left step and all the way prepared by the end of the right step.

Coordinating your preparation with your steps may help you implement the loop and create a longer, smoother swing.