let's talk about slice baby let's talk
about the slice backhand yes today we're
going to talk about the slice backhand I
have one of the top pros in the world
that's going to demonstrate it for us
there's a lot of misconceptions about
the slice backhand and I want to break
it all down for you right now so you can
play better tennis
hi my name is Jeff Saul's enstein I'm
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the quick tips that can help you in the
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video today we're going to talk about
the sliced backhand there's a big
misconception out there so let's go
ahead and look at Bautista boots slice
backhand in real time there's a couple
things that I want you to notice and
understand okay so what are we looking
at here actually let's look at one more
awesome okay so let's go back to the
beginning now what have you normally
been taught on the slice a lot of what
I've heard is you have to slice straight
through the ball straight towards the
target line and you have to keep the
racket face or the racket swing path
more level like straight through the
ball right and so if you look at this
slice I want you to notice number one
look how high the racket is here now you
don't have to do this John McEnroe took
the racket back lower but just notice
how high that racket head is above the
shoulder behind the head okay and look
at how open the racket face is right
there okay look at the height of the
ball and look at how high the racket is
still now what's interesting is notice
how the racket face is open but then
right as he goes to contact he squares
it up more interesting right I see a lot
of people slicing where their racket
faces more closed here and then as they
go to slice they open the racket face to
create slice it's actually the opposite
you start with an open face and then you
go to closed at contact look at that I
love how he's on his front foot
okay love how he's on his front foot the
other thing I want you to notice is look
at the swing path it starts up and and
look at how low it goes look at how low
that slices a lot of coaches would say
stop chopping down on your slice do you
think you're gonna they're gonna tell
Batista gute to stop chopping down on a
slice of course not but they're gonna
keep telling you go through the slice go
through it he went from high to low
there
he basically swiped down on the ball not
only did he go down but look at where he
finishes completely across his body on
the other side of his body that swing
path is across the body why would he do
that well that's gonna give him that's
gonna help him impart side spin not just
under spin which is going to allow him
to have better control on the slice back
in the modern slice backhand is not
straight through it is across it is up
it is high to low and it's across the
complete opposite of what most people
are teaching you and this is one reason
why I believe players are learning at a
slower rate improving at a slower rate
because the right information is not out
there what the pros are actually doing
is not getting filtered down to club
players and junior players not enough
players are learning this these concepts
let's watch another one again he's above
the ball way above the ball nice step in
I love how he's stepping in and he goes
across now he finishes a little higher
there but look again look how low he
goes right there he's a foot and a half
from there two foot feet from the from
the from the baseline what about the off
arm notice a lot of players with the off
are a lot of coaches will say you know
bring that off arm back and you'll see
they're off arm come way back now he
brings it back but it's not like he's
separating as much as what I've heard
coaches teach okay he's holding at
contact
he's whole look at contact the balls
gone he already has his hand here he's
not separating so fast you don't have to
separate as much look at that he didn't
separate much there and look at how he
opens up he didn't stay
waise he totally is opening his body
he's finishing across and he's not
bringing his arm all the way back the
way that a lot of coaches are teaching
you can do this I've seen Djokovic do it
I've seen Federer do it but just know
that you can hold this off hand closer
to the body for balance okay there's a
lot of goodness happening here with
these tips that I want you to take out
on the court now where can you get in
trouble if you start high and go low if
you open the racquet face right here
you've got to keep the racquet face
closed where can you get in trouble if
you swing across the body if you swing
too fast you have need the the racket
the the racket acceleration in the
racket swing must be smoother it can't
be a swipe I know I said swipe earlier
but it can't be a fast swipe it's got to
be smooth across the ball okay so let us
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