Slider Serve - Question

[Tennis_Monk]

I have a fairly good serve (Self rated at 4.5 and i do well against fellow 4.5 players) but have trouble with slider serve.

When i serve from the AD court, i can hit a slider to the corner (backhand side of a right handed opponent) with deadly accuracy.
I am unable to do the same from Deuce court when i try to do the slider (it will go to FH side of a right handed opponent). I cant quite figure this out. I always find the Net or it goes tooo wide.

 

[Mahboob Khan]

First the difference between deuce and ad court:

-- Slider/slice serve in the deuce court: the toss is more to your right and the racket bypasses the ball at 3 o'clock.

-- Slider/slice serve in the ad court: the toss is more to your left and the racket bypasses the ball at 9 o'clock (excessive pronation).

If your serve curves to the righty's FH in the deuce court, it means there is nothing wrong with the technique. The problem is with regard to placement.

Deuce Court:

In order to develop the range to place your slice serve up the T in the deuce court, aim your serve in the ad court side of the T, and hit the ball with the same technique. Since you are aiming your serve in the ad court T and bypassing the ball at 3 o'clock, the ball will curve into the T of the deuce court! Experiment with this technique and you will be comfortable with it.