Today, I have a tip that will help you develop a knifelike, low skidding slice backhand. Many times, when I’m teaching this shot players have trouble with keeping the ball low, their slice tends to float and sit up, allowing their opponnet the opportunity to tee off. One of the teaching methods I use in this case is “exaggerate the cure”. I’ll have the student purposely try to hit their slice backhand in the middle of net, that’s right, I’ll tell them, “go ahead, drive the ball in the net”, many times, this helps them learn, how it ‘feels’, to hit a great low skidding slice.
Remember, swing down, keep the racquet face open and your opponent will be forced to hit low skidding balls off their shoe tops.
All the best,
Tom Avery
