The Slice Backhand
The slice backhand is often used when the tennis ball is either too low or too high to be effectively hit with a topspin one or two-handed backhand. This section contains free tennis instructional videos that focus on the techniques that high level tennis players use to hit their slice backhands.
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Pivot and Shoulder Turn The pivot and shoulder turn is the first thing all professional tennis players do when they hit a slice backhand. The racket will start to come back because your shoulders are turning sideways — don’t use your arms to get the racket back during this step! |
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Take Your Racket Back The pivot and shoulder turn only gets you partially sideways. You need to continue to turn your shoulders to get fully sideways and use your arms to get the racket all the way back. |
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Step Forward into the Court Stepping forward into the court will get your weight moving in the correct direction for the forward swing, which happens next. |
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Swing to Contact Unlike the swing to contact on other shots, your racket will be moving down to contact. This is what creates backspin (also called underspin) on the tennis ball. |
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Follow Through The follow through allows you to complete the slice backhand in a smooth, relaxed motion. |
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Hi Will. I just wonder why proffesional players don´t use the forehand slice?
You don´t even have any lesson about it.
Thank you. and congratulation for this web.I think you are an amazing teacher.
I was wondering that too javi35. I always though the slice forehand was a game winning shot.
Hi Will. I just wonder why proffesional players don´t use the forehand slice?
You don´t even have any lesson about it.
Thank you. and congratulation for this web.I think you are an amazing teacher.
I was wondering that too javi35. I always though the slice forehand was a game winning shot.
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