Getting the approach volley deep on the backhand wing

[steve s]

I have been working on getting to the net on any short ball. On my backhand side, I have been hitting a heavy under spin ball, that I have been hitting firm, and low. The ball stays low on the other side of the net.

The shot has been working. I should leave it as is, but I want deeper in the court.

 

[IowaGuy]

I have been working on getting to the net on any short ball. On my backhand side, I have been hitting a heavy under spin ball, that I have been hitting firm, and low. The ball stays low on the other side of the net.

The shot has been working. I should leave it as is, but I want deeper in the court.

Do some drills to try to hit it a little deeper in the court

 

[J011yroger]

Keep your shoulders pointed at the target. So if you drew a line from your back shoulder to the front one and extended it to the opposing baseline it would go through your target. This will keep your follow through in the direction of the target and add depth and accuracy.

Stay low and keep your eyes at the level of the ball.

J

 

[MyFearHand]

I think the biggest thing on this slice approach is to make sure you really get low and hit it before you move forward. Since you're looking to be in a good position at the net there is a tendency to pull up or move forward too soon. This leads to variation in the height and location of this approach. As long as you keep getting low and let your quads do a lot of the work on this shot you should be able to adjust the length of the shot just by hitting it often.

 

[S&V-not_dead_yet]

I have been working on getting to the net on any short ball. On my backhand side, I have been hitting a heavy under spin ball, that I have been hitting firm, and low. The ball stays low on the other side of the net.

The shot has been working. I should leave it as is, but I want deeper in the court.

This is a wicked shot off of which to try and hit a passing shot. I've been on both ends [I'm more often the slicer than the passer].

Whether you leave it "as is" depends on how deep you're currently hitting it: if it's landing around the SL and you're winning the point mainly because your opponent doesn't know what to do and dumps the ball into the net, I'd say you have a lot of room for improvement, which will pay off when you get to the next level. If it's already landing 1/2 way between SL & BL, that's a pretty darn good shot so just be careful that you don't overdo it and start missing long [which you can always dial back anyway].

 

[time_fly]

Here's a nice video about controlling the depth on slice: