06/18/2026
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➡️ Here’s the honest truth about the slice backhand at club level.
🎾 Almost everyone hits it in front of the body and through the back of the ball. The result is pure backspin a floating ball that sits up and says hit me.
🎾 Tour players contact the ball later. Level with the front hip rather than out in front. And that later contact point gives the racket face access to the inside edge of the ball.
🎾 Inside edge contact changes the spin entirely. Instead of pure backspin you get sidespin combined with backspin. The ball skids low through the court and moves away from the opponent on the bounce. Nobody is floating that ball back aggressively.
🎾 Two things. Contact later. Contact the inside of the ball.
🎾 That’s it. The slice backhand goes from a defensive floater to a genuine weapon with those two adjustments.
🎾 I’ve coached this at tour level and at club level. The detail is the same at both. The contact point and the part of the ball the racket finds.
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