thomasferrett
Hall of Fame
I expend a lot of energy on my topspin strokes (trying to get a very pronounced and fast whip up the back of the ball), but when I hit a slice I tend to use a slower racket head speed. I can hit a slice OK, but it seems kinda lazy to hit it that way. I want to hit slices with extreme racket head speed.
Whenever I swing at a slice as fast as I do at my topspin strokes, the ball just seems to keep floating on and on until lands well out.
Look at how fast Dolgopolov swings at this slice;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09CyBRe5eU4
The momentum of the shot carries his hitting shoulder over his head. Now THAT is how you should hit slices!
But my question is - how do you swing as fast as you can at a slice AND keep it in the court?
My guess would be that you have to aim so low over the net that you're actually aiming the ball below the height of the net, but you swing so fast downwards that you create enough backspin that the ball lifts itself up above its initial trajectory as it travels forwards (due to the Magnus effect) so that it has just managed to lift itself over the net by the time it reaches the net...?
Any ideas?
Whenever I swing at a slice as fast as I do at my topspin strokes, the ball just seems to keep floating on and on until lands well out.
Look at how fast Dolgopolov swings at this slice;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09CyBRe5eU4
The momentum of the shot carries his hitting shoulder over his head. Now THAT is how you should hit slices!
But my question is - how do you swing as fast as you can at a slice AND keep it in the court?
My guess would be that you have to aim so low over the net that you're actually aiming the ball below the height of the net, but you swing so fast downwards that you create enough backspin that the ball lifts itself up above its initial trajectory as it travels forwards (due to the Magnus effect) so that it has just managed to lift itself over the net by the time it reaches the net...?
Any ideas?