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I think sidespin should not really be intentionally hit - but it is an inevitable part of modern swing production which has aggressive windshield wiper finishes where the racket swing path is somewhat rotational, and will inevitably impart a degree of sidespin.
It would be nice to summarize how this sidespin works.
So, if you're a righty playing another righty;
Hitting cross-court forehands generally causes your forehand to hook inside, bending more towards your opponent's forehand or deuce side than would happen without the sidespin?
Hitting inside-out (or down-the-line) forehands generally causes your forehand to hook outwards, bending more to your opponent's backhand or ad side than would happen without the sidespin? Here's a video of it (but for a lefty instead of a righty);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=G2ji6a0p5PM#t=208s
Hitting cross-court backhands generally causes your backhand to hook inwards, bending more towards your opponent's backhand side or ad side than would happen without the sidespin?
Hitting inside-out (or down-the-line) backhands generally causes your backhand to hook outwards, bending more towards your opponent's forehand or deuce side than would happen without the sidespin? Here's a video of it;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9ddvtzOhjHI#t=160s
Hitting forehands on the dead run can cause the ball to dramatically hook round to your opponent's forehand or deuce side, and thus can 'banana' round the net post. Here's a video of it (but for a lefty instead of a righty);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oWbWzwpddEg#t=26s
Hitting backhands on the dead run can cause the ball to dramatically hook round to your opponent's backhand or ad side, and thus can 'banana' round the net post? Here's a video of it (but for a lefty instead of a righty);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9dDh0nKNdsE#t=600s
Hitting slice backhands cross-court generally causes the ball to drift outwards into your opponent's forehand or deuce side more than would happen without sidespin? Here's a video of it (but for a lefty instead of a righty);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xMMthwtEqD8#t=21s
Hitting inside out (or down-the-line) slice backhands generally causes the ball to drift outwards into the opponent's forehand or deuce side more than would happen without sidespin? Here's video of it (but for a lefty instead of a righty);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oWbWzwpddEg#t=121s
As you can see by the numerous question marks in my post - I'm no expert, so correct me if I'm wrong. Also, I'd ideally like video examples of everything, so help me out there as well please!
It would be nice to summarize how this sidespin works.
So, if you're a righty playing another righty;
Hitting cross-court forehands generally causes your forehand to hook inside, bending more towards your opponent's forehand or deuce side than would happen without the sidespin?
Hitting inside-out (or down-the-line) forehands generally causes your forehand to hook outwards, bending more to your opponent's backhand or ad side than would happen without the sidespin? Here's a video of it (but for a lefty instead of a righty);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=G2ji6a0p5PM#t=208s
Hitting cross-court backhands generally causes your backhand to hook inwards, bending more towards your opponent's backhand side or ad side than would happen without the sidespin?
Hitting inside-out (or down-the-line) backhands generally causes your backhand to hook outwards, bending more towards your opponent's forehand or deuce side than would happen without the sidespin? Here's a video of it;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9ddvtzOhjHI#t=160s
Hitting forehands on the dead run can cause the ball to dramatically hook round to your opponent's forehand or deuce side, and thus can 'banana' round the net post. Here's a video of it (but for a lefty instead of a righty);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oWbWzwpddEg#t=26s
Hitting backhands on the dead run can cause the ball to dramatically hook round to your opponent's backhand or ad side, and thus can 'banana' round the net post? Here's a video of it (but for a lefty instead of a righty);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9dDh0nKNdsE#t=600s
Hitting slice backhands cross-court generally causes the ball to drift outwards into your opponent's forehand or deuce side more than would happen without sidespin? Here's a video of it (but for a lefty instead of a righty);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xMMthwtEqD8#t=21s
Hitting inside out (or down-the-line) slice backhands generally causes the ball to drift outwards into the opponent's forehand or deuce side more than would happen without sidespin? Here's video of it (but for a lefty instead of a righty);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oWbWzwpddEg#t=121s
As you can see by the numerous question marks in my post - I'm no expert, so correct me if I'm wrong. Also, I'd ideally like video examples of everything, so help me out there as well please!